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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...

admin - April 12, 2019

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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...

admin - April 10, 2019

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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...

admin - April 9, 2019

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$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...

admin - April 4, 2019

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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...

admin - April 1, 2019

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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...

admin - March 31, 2019

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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...

admin - March 28, 2019

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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...

admin - March 24, 2019

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