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Environmentalist decries continuous decline in Nigeria’s forest cover

An environmentalist, Chief Philip Asiodu, has decried the continuous declining of the Nigeria’s forest cover. Asiodu told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Thursday,...

admin - January 31, 2019

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Paucity of fund stalls FAO’s effort to upscale Africa’s Great Green Wall scheme

At the Nobel Peace Prize Forum 2018 on how to solve the climate crisis of December last year, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO),...

admin - January 30, 2019

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How to curtail cattle urine’s planet-warming power, by study

When cow urine falls on degraded land, it releases far more nitrous oxide – a potent greenhouse gas – than when absorbed by healthy pasture. The...

admin - January 29, 2019

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Kaduna reviews obsolete laws to combat desertification, climate change

The Kaduna State Government on Tuesday, January 29, 2019 said it had passed a bill to the legislative arm to review laws for proper protection...

admin - January 29, 2019

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CRIC17: Momentum to recover degraded lands picks up, rural livelihoods improve

Momentum to repair degraded lands and to manage droughts more effectively has picked up, according to reports released for review by an inter-governmental meeting that opened...

admin - January 28, 2019

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India to host 14th UN land degradation summit

India will host the next global Conference on desertification, land degradation and drought from October 7 to 8, 2019 at the Vigyan Bhavan conference centre in...

admin - January 23, 2019

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Government to assist erosion, flood-prone communities

The Federal Government says it will reclaim all land lost to gully erosion and assist flood-prone communities in the country. The information is in a statement...

admin - January 4, 2019

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NEWMAP plants 38,000 species of trees in Gombe

The Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management Project (NEWMAP) says it planted 38,000 different species of trees on 180 hectares of land in eight local government areas...

admin - January 2, 2019

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