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South Africa to ban private lion breeding

South Africa says it is declaring war on the country’s controversial lion-breeding industry. Animal rights activists had welcomed Environment Minister Barbara Creecy’s announcement of recommendations to...

COP25 and COP26 Presidents urge govts to strengthen Climate Ambition Alliance

Ahead of this year’s UN Climate Change Conference COP26 in Glasgow, the President of the conference, Mr. Alok Sharma, and the President of the...

How Lagos will prevent third wave of COVID-19, by Commissioner

Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi, has revealed that the state will introduce technology to monitor the movement of inbound travellers in...

AstraZeneca to plant 120,000 trees to reforest Kenyan community

A collaboration involving biopharmaceutical company, AstraZeneca, and Global EverGreening Alliance intends to restore degraded agricultural and forest lands through the planting of 120,000 trees in...

Conservator-General insists national parks aren’t hideouts for criminals

The Nigeria National Park Service (NPS) has described the news report on television and social media that bandits have taken over parts of the Gashaka...

Water actors canvass power decentralisation to tackle climate change

Water sector observers have underlined the over concentration of decision making power at the national level as one of the key factors that may...

Petersberg Climate Dialogue emphasises political preparations for COP26

German Environment Minister, Svenja Schulze, and the designated President of the next UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), Alok Sharma, are co-hosting the high-level segment...

IPCC circulates final draft of Working Group I report to govts for comment

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has circulated the final draft of the Working Group I contribution to the Sixth Assessment Report (AR6)...

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Four giraffe species officially recognised in major IUCN conservation reclassification

A groundbreaking assessment has officially recognised four distinct giraffe species, overturning previous classifications of the world’s tallest land mammal...
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COP30 Presidency’s sixth letter: Countries urged to heed Correa do Lago’s initiative to respond to climate ambition gap

The incoming COP30 Presidency on Tuesday, August 19, 2025, issued its sixth letter, setting clear expectations for countries to deliver...

Environmental destruction in Africa: People’s Tribunal to hold TotalEnergies accountable

Communities and climate justice movements across the continent have mobilised under the Kick Total Out of Africa Week of Action, highlighting...

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Four giraffe species officially recognised in major IUCN conservation reclassification

A groundbreaking assessment has officially recognised four distinct giraffe...
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