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Nigeria’s EMADET wins 2019 UNDP Equator Award

As part of the events marking the World Environment Day, the United Nations  Development Programme (UNDP) and partners on Wednesday, June 5, 2019 announced the winners...

Pride of 14 lions on the loose in South African province

A pride of 14 lions is on the loose in South Africa’s Limpopo province, with authorities suspecting the animals escaped nearby Kruger National Park. Residents of the...

Ihedioha upgrades Imo zoo, bans illegal mining of Nworie River

Gov. Emeka Ihedioha of Imo State has announced the upgrading of the state Zoological Garden to a Wildlife Park and Nature Reserve. Ihedioha also banned the illegal...

Ghana’s forests: To conserve or not to conserve

In 1998, when the 30 Global Significant Biodiversity Areas (GSBAs) were established in Ghana, the purpose included promoting the status of areas of biological...

Botswana lifts ban on big game hunting

Botswana, home to almost a third of Africa’s elephants, says it has lifted a ban on big game hunting. Onkokame Kitso Mokaila, Minister of Environment, Natural Resources...

Biodiversity Day: Co-chairs to lead fresh IPBES assessment emerge

Three leading global experts were on Wednesday, May 22, 2019 announced as the co-chairs of a new and somewhat important assessment by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform...

Migratory Bird Day: Nguru rallies to conserve vultures

Pupils, teachers, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members and community members of Nguru Emirate in Yobe State rallied for the conservation of vultures while...

Stakeholders gather for vulture conservation in Nguru

The representatives of Hunters’ Association, Farmers’ Association, Herders’ Association (Miyetti Allah), Traditional Medicine Practitioners (trado-medics), Heads of political wards and community women leader gathered on Saturday, May...

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Fruit waste can power homes, says group

The Founder, Foundation for a Better Environment (FABE), a non-governmental organisation (NGO), on Monday, April 29, 2024, said that...
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Stakeholders canvass stringent policy against deforestation

The Vice-Chancellor, Bayero University Kano (BUK), Prof. Sagir Abbas, has urged government at all levels to come up with...

Saudi Arabia, UNEP launch World Environment Day campaigns to combat desertification

World Environment Day (WED) 2024 host, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) have...

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Fruit waste can power homes, says group

The Founder, Foundation for a Better Environment (FABE), a...

Stakeholders canvass stringent policy against deforestation

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