Conservation

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Ministers, delegates pool wisdom on biodiversity conservation at UN conference

Speakers at a key United Nations biodiversity meeting, described biodiversity and ecosystem-based approaches as essential to achieving the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), related...
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CBD COP15: UN urged to strengthen freshwater biodiversity protections

International Rivers on Monday, October 11, 2021 released a letter signed by more than 570 experts, scientists, engineers, researchers, and practitioners from 97 countries urging...
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Conservation

World Migratory Bird Day celebrates birds and nature

On Saturday, October 9, 2021, people all over the world will be celebrating World Migratory Bird Day, a global campaign that aims to raise awareness of...
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North-East Atlantic countries create expansive marine area to protect seabirds

The environment ministers of the North-East Atlantic countries – the Contracting Parties to the OSPAR Convention – agreed on Friday, October 1, 2021, in...
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CMS committee adopts decisions to advance implementation of Convention

Following a week of global meetings held entirely online, the 52nd Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory...
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Foresters decry illegal tree felling at Ogun reserve

The Forestry Association of Nigeria on Wednesday, September 29, 2021 expressed concern over activities of illegal tree fellers and loggers at the Omo Forest...
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Halima Imam: How insects save our lives

Most of us dislike the little crawly things, and their buzz just gets on our nerves. Sometimes we even wish that insects could just...
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Conservation

Nigeria’s losses in biodiversity must be reversed – Minister

The Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, says Nigeria’s losses in biodiversity must be reversed, so that the country would use...
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Cross River Assembly passes open defecation prohibition bill, Lagos apprehends five offenders

The Cross River State House of Assembly has passed a bill prohibiting open defecation. The bill aims to outlaw open...
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Lagos launches online system for building permit

Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has launched an electronic system that will simplify the process of obtaining physical...
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Nigeria committed to sustainability of biosphere reserves, ecological research – FRIN DG

Director-General, Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria (FRIN), Prof. Zacharia Yaduma, says Nigeria is strengthening policy and legal frameworks to...

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