Monthly Archives: March, 2019

Bayelsa installs environmental degradation commission, names Kufour member

The Bayelsa State Government has inaugurated International Commission of Inquiry on Environmental Degradation to combat incessant crude oil spills in the state. Gov. Seriake Dickson inaugurated the...

Lagos varsity students develop software to unmask human traffickers

After 29-hours of coding marathon, three students of the University of Lagos have developed the software to unmask human traffickers, track, rescue and rehabilitate victims while...

Biosafety agency restates need to regulate emerging technologies

The Director General, National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA), Dr. Rufus Ebegba, has called for the strict regulation of new and emerging aspects of the application of...

Four Nigerians among IPCC Working Group III authors meeting in Scotland

Four Nigerian scientists are part of a team of experts from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) that will meet in Edinburgh, United Kingdom from...

Group urges govt to dismiss bill seeking to expand scope of biosafety agency

Environmental/ecological think tank and advocacy organisation, the Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), has called on the House Committee on Environment and Habitat to dismiss the...

Destructive Cyclone Idai rings ‘alarm bell’ on climate change – UN

Cyclone Idai that left 1.85 million people in need of assistance in Mozambique is a catastrophe that UN Chief, Antonio Guterres, said on Tuesday, Monday 26,...

Water Day: Access to potable water is a human right – CSDevNet

The Climate and Sustainable Development Network of Nigeria (CSDevNet), a coalition of NGOs, says access to potable water is a human right and therefore...

AU agency prepares mechanism to respond to natural disasters

The African Risk Capacity (ARC), a specialised agency of the Africa Union (AU), has said that it was working on some mechanism to help member countries...

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WWF Africa marks 20 years of Earth Hour with call for renewed environmental action

WWF Africa has commemorated 20 years of Earth Hour, celebrating two decades of global and African-led action to protect...
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10 key takeaways that explain the global waste crisis

Solid waste is one of the most visible by-products of human prosperity - and one of the most underestimated...

‘Reducing demand’ identified a complementary strategy to combat illegal wildlife trade 

Demand for wildlife products supplied through illegal trade supply chains continues to place significant pressure on many wild species....

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WWF Africa marks 20 years of Earth Hour with call for renewed environmental action

WWF Africa has commemorated 20 years of Earth Hour,...

10 key takeaways that explain the global waste crisis

Solid waste is one of the most visible by-products...