Land Degradation

Land Degradation

UN meeting in Panama addresses global loss of fertile lands, extreme droughts

Addressing global loss of fertile lands and escalating droughts will be the focus of the 23rd session of the Committee for the Review of...
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Land Degradation

Great green wall agency seeks SGF’s support for 50m date palm initiative

The National Agency for the Great Green Wall (NAGGW) has sought the support of the Secretary to Government of the Federation (SGF), Sen. George...
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Unregulated logging ravages ancestral forest in Abuja

For 70-year-old farmer Danjuma Dauda, the Yangokuchi forest is more than just another patch of land. It embodies memory, heritage, and refuge. “I miss the...
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Land Degradation

Group frowns at Cross River’s inaction on illegal logging in Ekuri, Ikom

The Renevlyn Development Initiative (RDI) has criticised the Cross River State Government for failing to enforce the ban on illegal logging activities rampant in...
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Land Degradation

UN meeting to review global progress on desertification, land degradation, drought

Representatives of 196 countries and the European Union will meet in Panama from December 1 to 5, 2025, to review their efforts against desertification,...
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Land Degradation

Brazilian Amazon: Indigenous lands, protected areas are key in slowing deforestation – Study

New research released by the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) in the lead up to international climate talks in Belem, Brazil, finds that designating 63.4 million...
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Land Degradation

Healthy nature for better food systems: UN awards new World Restoration Flagships

The UN on Wednesday, October 15, 2025, named four new World Restoration Flagships under the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. Recognising global efforts to heal...
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Land Degradation

Benue Assembly urges government to address ravaging gully erosion

The Benue State House of Assembly has urged the state government to take urgent steps to rescue Adum Community in Otukpa District of Ogbadibo...
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