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Kenya, UNEP sign deal to increase forest cover

Kenya and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) on Thursday, April 11, 2019 signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to help increase forest cover as part...

Lack of data blamed for Africa’s loss on investments in conservation

As countries continue to act to implement the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and members to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) await the coming of year...

Nigeria, 14 ECOWAS states to benefit from $8m forest protection scheme

The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) announced on Tuesday, April 9, 2019 that Nigeria and 14 other Economic Community of West African...

$52m record haul pangolin scales from Nigeria to Vietnam seized in Singapore

A rather large haul of pangolin scales believed to be originated from Nigeria and bound for Vietnam has been intercepted in Singapore. In what looks...

Army to turn Sambisa Forest into ecosystem resort centre

The Nigerian Army says the Sambisa Forest should be turned into an ecosystem resort centre where war relics in the northeast will be maintained as historical...

Asian nations commit to act against illegal trade in wildlife

Member States of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have expressed a strong commitment to addressing wildlife crime as a serious transnational organised crime, and...

Gombe fishermen cry out over increasing attacks by hippopotamus

Fishermen in Dadin Kowa community of Yamaltu/Deba Local Government Area, Gombe State, have cried out over increasing attacks on them by hippopotamus. Malam Sa’adu Adamu, leader of...

Environment Ministry to help Park Service boost IGR

Permanent Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Environment, Mrs.  Ibukun Odusote, has promised to create an enabling environment that would help boost the Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) of the...

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HEDA applauds proposal to make existing Right to Clean Environment justiciable under fundamental human rights

The Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre), a leading environmental justice and sustainable development organisation, has commended...
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ICCDI enlightens cub journalists, activists on climate justice

The International Climate Change Development Initiative (ICCDI) on Wednesday, July 2, 2025, organised a two-day workshop tagged “Media for...

We developed action plan to reverse decline of vultures in Nigeria – Director of Forestry

In order to address the decline in the population of vultures in Nigeria, the Federal Ministry of Environment in...

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HEDA applauds proposal to make existing Right to Clean Environment justiciable under fundamental human rights

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