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Horticulturist saves plants from becoming extinct

A Nigerian horticulturist, Ibrahim Salisu, has embarked on gathering and replanting millions of plant and flower species in Kaduna to save them from becoming...

Michael Simire - August 13, 2020

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Elephants almost extinct in Nigeria, conservationist laments

Country Director of Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) in Nigeria, Mr Andrew Dunn, says elephants are almost becoming extinct in Nigeria. Dunn made the disclosure in...

Michael Simire - August 12, 2020

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Nigeria partners with Germany, UN to stop wildlife crime

To tackle wildlife and forestry crime, Nigeria, Germany and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) came together during a virtual session...

Michael Simire - August 12, 2020

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Three ministries partner to transform distressed national parks

The ministries of environment, agriculture and rural development, and interior have agreed to give a facelift to the National Parks in the country. Dr Mohammad...

Michael Simire - August 12, 2020

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Guatemalan forest community fends off wildfires, narco-traffickers

A diverse international group of environmental researchers on Thursday, August 6, 2020 presented the evidence behind a conservation success story: an innovative forest-management programme...

Michael Simire - August 6, 2020

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Vulture: An unsung hero of the environment

The advent and rise in zoonotic diseases such as Ebola, Monkey-pox and Avian influenza and now the novel Coronavieus has inspired scientists to probe...

Michael Simire - August 6, 2020

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137 park rangers worldwide died in last 12 months, says global body

No fewer than 137 park rangers lost their lives to wildlife attacks among several unfortunate homicide related cases, across seven regions of the world...

Michael Simire - August 4, 2020

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Insect can escape after being eaten by frog, scientists find

The insect Regimbartia attenuata can escape even after being devoured by certain species of frog, among them Pelophylax nigromaculatus, Japanese ecologist Shinji Sugiura of...

Michael Simire - August 3, 2020

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