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Rivers LG declares wild elephants, hippos endangered species

Chairman, Andoni Local Government Area (LGA) in Rivers State, Mr Erastus Awortu, has declared wild elephants, hippopotamus and other forest reserves in the area...
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2021 Whitley Awards: British High Commissioner lauds Nigerian bat conservationist

The British High Commissioner, Ms. Catriona Laing, has commended Nigeria’s Ms. Iroro Tanshi for emerging winner of the 2021 Whitley Awards, which celebrates champions...
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Carrying forward the Olympic spirit to care for our forests

Ahead of the XV World Forestry Congress in Seoul, Republic of Korea, whereby forestry specialists and policymakers will come together to make decisions about...
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Stilt roots and power: Tale of mangroves degradation

Nnimmo Bassey, Director, Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), in his welcome at the organisation’s School of Ecology on Shifting the Power Lines on...
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Commission opens bids for inter-basin water transfer into Lake Chad

Member countries of the Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC) on Monday, July 26, 2021 opened bids for the evaluation and in-depth study on improving...
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Conservation

Lack of funds, boundary disputes hinder forest reserves protection – Expert

Head, Forestry and Wildlife Department, Anambra State Ministry of Environment, Mrs Onyinye Achugamonye, has identified lack of funds and boundary disputes as challenges of...
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Conservation

UNESCO removes Liverpool from World Heritage List

Historic docklands and buildings in the UK city of Liverpool have been removed from the UN cultural body UNESCO’s list of World Heritage sites,...
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UNESCO says DRC’s Salonga National Park is no longer endangered

Africa's largest protected rainforest, Salonga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has been removed from UNESCO’s lists of threatened sites, with...
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Finance Minister lauds NUPRC as daily production hits 1.84m

The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr. Wale Edun, has commended the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum...
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River Basin Authority to resume dam construction after 40 years

The Hadeja-Jama’are River Basin Development Authority has restarted construction of the Kafin Zaki dam project, in Ningi Local Government Area...
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