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Land Degradation

UNGA: Sahel threats necessitate ‘global response’ – Issoufou

President of Niger Republic, Mahamadou Issoufou, has called for a "global response" to the problems of land degradation that threaten the arid Sahel belt. Addressing a meeting...

Madagascar warns of deforestation by mafias

The government and environmental groups in Madagascar on Thursday, September 19, 2019 raised an alarm over the accelerating deforestation on their Indian Ocean Island. Environment Minister, Alexandre...

Ahead of Climate Action Summit, ministers clamour coalition to scale up global land restoration

On the road to the Climate Action Summit in New York in September, the Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change of India and...

Great Green Wall Initiative to get ‘visionary roadmap’

Partners of the African-led Great Green Wall Initiative have agreed to develop a visionary roadmap, a decade after its launch, with bold targets to restore 100...

COP14: World leaders call for global action to restore degraded land

Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India has called on the international community to set up a global water action agenda as the central theme...

COP14: How Nigeria is reversing land degradation, by NEWMAP

Nigeria has successfully rehabilitated over 1,558.62 hectares (ha) of degraded land and lifted more than 8,000 people out of poverty through livelihood enhancement activities in drought-prone...

NESREA lauds Gombe initiative to tackle environmental degradation

The National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA) in Gombe State has commended the State Government for its recent initiative to tackle environmental degradation in...

Desertification: UN urges investment in land restoration to save world’s biodiversity

The United Nations has called on governments and private entities to support sustainable actions to reverse land degradation and invest in land restoration to avoid further...

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Govt, partners to integrate climate action, nutrition policies for sustainability

The Federal Government, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) through its flagship Initiative on Climate Action and Nutrition (I-CAN),...
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Lagos seals Oko-Oba Abattoir over environmental violations

The Lagos State Government (LASG) has announced the immediate closure of Oko-Oba Abattoir over environmental violations and inappropriate operational...

Netherlands returns 119 stolen artefacts to Oba of Benin

Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, on Thursday, June 19, 2025, received 119 stolen artefacts from the Government of...

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Govt, partners to integrate climate action, nutrition policies for sustainability

The Federal Government, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN)...

Lagos seals Oko-Oba Abattoir over environmental violations

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