Land Degradation

Land Degradation

Afforestation: Emir of Kano advocates re-introduction of tree planting programme

The Emir of Kano, Alhaji Aminu Bayero, has called for re-introduction of tree planting programme to accelerate afforestation and protect the environment. He made the...
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Land Degradation

Deforestation: Govt issues guidelines on wood, charcoal export

The Federal Ministry of Environment on Wednesday, July 12, 2023, rolled out revised policy guidelines on the exportation of processed wood and charcoal as...
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Land Degradation

Firetrap: Deforestation, warming lock Amazon rainforest in dry grassland state

Global warming and drastic deforestation could dry out the Amazon rainforest faster and enforce the risk of keeping it downright fire trapped. A new study...
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Land Degradation

Group urges govt to check erosion on Onitsha-Ihiala-Mgbidi-Owerri road

The Civil Liberties Organisation (CLO) on Monday, July 10, 2023, urged the Federal Government to expedite intervention on the erosion ravaging parts of Onitsha-Ihiala-Mgbidi-Owerri...
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Land Degradation

Senate calls for remedial works on erosion sites in Imo

Senate has urged Ecological Fund Office (EFO) and National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) to embark on remedial works on Obodoukwu, Urualla, Akokwa, Umumaisiaku, Urachima...
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Land Degradation

Cross River lawmakers ask govt to lift ban on logging

Cross River State lawmakers have called on the state government to, as a matter of urgency, lift the embargo on logging to usher in...
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Land Degradation

Deforestation: Adamawa bans indiscriminate cutting of trees

Gov. Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa has banned indiscriminate cutting of trees for charcoal production to avert deforestation in the state. Fintiri announced the ban when...
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Land Degradation

Desertification and Drought Day: 40% of planet’s land degraded – UN chief

The United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, says up to 40 per cent of the planet’s land is degraded thereby endangering food production, threatening biodiversity...
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TechnoServe, Coca-Cola Foundation launch PReP 2.0 to help scale plastic recycling in Nigeria

Building on the success of the first phase of the Plastic Recycling Program in Southern Nigeria (PReP), international nonprofit,...
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40 migratory animal species receive new, upgraded protection at close of UN meeting in Brazil

Confronted with stark new evidence that many migratory species are moving closer to extinction, governments at a major UN...
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CAPPA urges govt to increase tobacco control budget

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