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Monthly Archives: July, 2018

Mandela Day: UNODC commits to rules promoting humane prison conditions

As the world observed the 2018 Nelson Mandela International Day on Wednesday, July 18, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has...

Video: Ocean surge, erosion threaten Lagos coastline

According to the Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF), the Federal Government intervention is needed as surges from the raging Atlantic Ocean continue to eat away...

Deep reefs ‘twilight zone’ reject fish, corals, study reveals

Deep coral reefs in a “twilight zone” in the oceans differ sharply from those near the surface. The finding dims hopes that they can be...

Adaptation Fund board approves $35m in new projects

In an intersessional decision, the Adaptation Fund Board has approved four new climate change adaptation projects across Latin America, West Africa and Asia while...

23 US lawmakers question water privatisation in Lagos

The “Our Water, Our Right Coalition” has commended the 23 members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) and Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) who wrote a solidarity...

Petroleum engineers advocate Free Trade Zone for renewable energy

The Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) on Thursday, July 19, 2018 urged the Federal Government to create Free Trade Zone (FTZ) that would develop...

IPCC authors meet in China to develop ocean, cryosphere report

Experts from around the world will come together in Lanzhou, China, from Monday, July 23 to Thursday, July 26, 2018 to advance preparations of...

Scavengers seek conducive environment to do business

Some waste pickers popularly known as scavengers on Thursday, July 19, 2018 said they needed an environment conducive and open spaces to do their...

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Ghana’s biosafety authority: Granting GMO import permits to be based on regulations, international best practices

Clearly, it will not be out of place to declare April 2024 as “the month of Genetic Engineering GE)”...
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Stakeholders advocate increased budget to fight impacts of climate change

Stakeholders in the environment sector have called for increased budget allocation to fight the impacts of climate change in...

Domestic ivory markets must not be reopened – EPI Foundation

The EPI Foundation, the secretariat to the 24 African member states of the Elephant Protection Initiative (EPI), has expressed...

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