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Monthly Archives: June, 2019

Nigeria seeks active youth participation in climate change diplomacy

Over the last decade, the global conversations about climate change – the reality, the impact, mitigation and adaptation measures – appears to have increased. In Nigeria,...

Cameroon’s Monique Ntumngia wins WWF president’s youth award

Cameroon’s Monique Ntumngia, founder of “Green Girls”, a social business which educates young women from rural communities in the use of renewable energy, is the winner...

World population to reach 9.7bn in 2050, says UN report

The world’s population is expected to increase by two billion persons in the next 30 years, from 7.7 billion currently to 9.7 billion in 2050, according to...

Desertification Day: AU urged to declare state of emergency on forestry

As the world marks Desertification Day, Mr Pima Hoffman, an expert, has called on the African Union (AU) to declare a state of emergency on forestry...

Desertification Day: FAO project develops blueprint for large-scale dryland restoration

Some 25 million trees planted, 53,000 hectares brought under restoration, 700,000 people reached. This is the balance of five years of regreening drylands in the Sahel...

UN scribe urges urgent action on desertification

The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, has called for an urgent action to protect and restore the world’s degrading land in a bid to reduce forced migration,...

Former minister advocates tree planting to tackle air pollution

Former Minister of Water Resources, Mrs Sarah Ochekpe, on Monday, June 17, 2019 advocated for more tree planting to mitigate the effects of air pollution in...

GMO: Divisive, controversial agricultural technology

An agricultural engineering method which includes the artificial inclusion of a new (and most times greater) trait to plants as opposed to the traditional crossbreeding is...

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Green Energy, Lekoil seek to strike out suit, vacate ex parte orders

Green Energy International Limited and Lekoil Oil and Gas Investments Limited have filed applications before the Federal High Court...
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Zero-waste economy: Foundation urges methane cut, plastic reduction

The Community Development Advocacy Foundation (CODAF) has called for an urgent reduction of methane and plastic production cuts, to...

Senate seeks special funding for Environment Ministry to tackle erosion, flooding

The Senate has called for provision of special funding for Federal Ministry of Environment to tackle erosion, flooding and...

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Green Energy, Lekoil seek to strike out suit, vacate ex parte orders

Green Energy International Limited and Lekoil Oil and Gas...

Zero-waste economy: Foundation urges methane cut, plastic reduction

The Community Development Advocacy Foundation (CODAF) has called for...
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