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Côte d’Ivoire national park taken off World Heritage ‘danger list’

Comoé National Park in Côte d’Ivoire on Tuesday, July 4, 2017 came off the List of World Heritage in Danger, as its wildlife recovers...

Wilderness areas are fast declining – Report

New guidance launched recently by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) urges the World Heritage Convention to better conserve wilderness areas, and...

Group moves to save endangered cheetahs, dogs, dolphins

The newly launched Endangered Species Rescue (ESR) has said that its priority area of focus is to save cheetahs, the African painted dogs, pink...

Fresh IUCN worry over vaquita exploitation, logging, poaching

Illegal fishing, logging and poaching are impacting two-thirds of the 57 natural World Heritage sites monitored by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)...

Campaigners flay proposed Norway-backed Congo forest logging

The Norwegian government is said to be considering whether to finance industrial logging in the rainforests of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where...

World Giraffe Day: Saving the Masai giraffe in East Africa

The Giraffe Conservation Foundation (GCF) dedicated the year's World Giraffe Day (observed on Wednesday, June 21, 2017) to saving Masai giraffe in Kenya and Tanzania. Giraffe...

Endangered bird species rebound on predator-free Pacific islands

Five remote Pacific islands are once again safe havens for four of the world’s rarest bird species following the success of one of the...

World Day to Combat Desertification: Conserving healthy soils for resilient drylands

On World Day to Combat Desertification observed globally on Saturday, June 17, 2017 the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) explores how conserving soil biodiversity...

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Stakeholders advocate innovative recycling to tackle waste in Kaduna

Stakeholders in environmental protection in Kaduna State have called for stronger collaborations and innovative strategies to address waste management...
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Sustainability, climate action must be embedded across all sectors, says Onuigbo

Sustainability and climate action must be embedded across all sectors of the economy to ensure long-term development and economic...

Segun Adediran: The silent press and the silent siege

Within the next several years, the invisible architecture of Nigeria’s democracy faces a quiet but existential threat. For decades,...

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Stakeholders advocate innovative recycling to tackle waste in Kaduna

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