Land Degradation

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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Land Degradation

Charcoal producers pledge to address high forests deficit in Nigeria

The National Association of Charcoal Producers, Dealers, Exporters and Afforestation of Nigeria (NACPDEAN) says it is committed to sustainable forest development that would address...
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Land Degradation

Reps task govt agencies on erosion in Enugu north

The House of Representatives has urged the Ministry of Works and Housing to complete the reconstruction work on the Ugwuonyeama 9th Mile Road, to...
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Land Degradation

Cross River governor-elect urged to tackle deforestation

Environmental and ecology group, We The People, has charged the governor-elect of Cross River State, Senator Prince Bassey Otu, to take the issue of...
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