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Land Degradation

Nigeria loses up to 400,000 hectares of forest yearly – NCF DG

The Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF) says the country loses up to 400,000 hectares of forest annually to environmental degradation. The NCF Director-General, Muhtari Aminu-Kano, disclosed...

NEMA urges South-East residents to plant trees to check erosion

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has urged residents of the South-East to plant trees to checkmate the menace of erosion within the zone. The...

Great Green Wall: Reps canvass establishment of Africa regional parliamentary assembly

The House of Representatives on Thursday, May 20, 2021 stressed the need for the establishment of an African regional parliamentary assembly of the Sahel...

Govt tasks stakeholders on sustainable land management policy to reverse desertification

The Federal Government has urged environmental stakeholders to brainstorm and come up with a policy document for the implementation of sustainable land management in...

South-South communities count gully erosion losses

Some communities in parts of the South-South zone of Nigeria have decried the perennial economic and human loses arising through the devastating effects of...

Tony Erha: Rooting environmental consciousness in Edo media executives

It is a salient and current issue that truly deserves discussion, even on one of the very WhatsApp Media Forums or Platforms that this...

Group decries gully erosion in Anambra community

The Civil Liberties Organisation (CLO) on Thursday, May 13, 2021 expressed concern about  gully erosion in Aguata LGA of Anambra State, which it blamed...

Gombe eyes World Bank loan to address erosion at Federal College

Gombe State is considering taking a World Bank loan to tackle erosion at the Federal College of Education (Technical) in Gombe, the state capital. The...

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Tpl. Catherine Kehinde George: A trailblazer in town planning education

"If you would not be forgotten, as soon as you die and rotten, either write things worth reading or...
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Kaduna earmarks 22,435 hectares of degraded land for restoration

The Kaduna State Government says efforts are being made to restore a total of 22,435 hectares of degraded land in...

Lokpobiri to Wabote: I stand by my words

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Sen. Heineken Lokpobiri, has reiterated that he stands by his statement...

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Tpl. Catherine Kehinde George: A trailblazer in town planning education

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Kaduna earmarks 22,435 hectares of degraded land for restoration

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