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Yearly Archives: 2018

UN, GEF seek to incorporate energy, resource efficiency in industries

In the light of energy and related variables that are posing challenges to industrial development in the country, the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation...

Man has within 48 years wiped out 60% of wildlife – WWF

The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has found, in a new major report, that wildlife has declined 60 per cent since 1970 due...

Curbing air pollution can address climate change, protect health

UN Climate Change (UNFCCC) Deputy Executive Secretary, Ovais Sarmad, on Thursday, November 1, 2018  underlined the interlinkages between climate change and air pollution at...

Geographers take stock, explore sustainable national development

The Association of Nigeria Geographers (ANG) says it is set to host geographers and delegates from around the world at its 2018 annual conference scheduled...

Italian storms claim 29 lives, 14m trees

No fewer than 12 people have been killed by severe weather on the island of Sicily, bringing the overall death toll from the storms...

India uses inland waterways to decongest road, rail traffic

India has successfully begun making use of inland waterways to move heavy containers to reduce road and rail traffic, to make optimum utilisation of...

UN urges Africa to increase budgets for environment management

The UN Environment on Friday, November 2, 2018 called on African governments to increase budgetary allocations for the management of environment. David Ombisi, Head of...

Man-eating tigress that killed 13 put down in India

A man-eating tigress, believed to be responsible for killing 13 people in Western India, was shot dead after an elaborate hunt involving forest guards...

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BATN Foundation commissions solar-powered borehole tó end 30-year water crisis in Kano community

 “For 30 years, we fetched water from far places, paying N100naira for a jerrican of water that wasn’t even...
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BATN Foundation, SwagCo flag off Maize Micro-Enterprise Project to empower Ekiti farmers

In a landmark move to boost food security and rural livelihoods, the British American Tobacco Nigeria Foundation (BATNF) in...

NBSAP: A welcome step toward food sovereignty, biosafety

Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) commends the Federal Government for endorsing the revised National Biodiversity Strategy and Action...

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