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Indonesia to create artificial rain as forest fires rage on Sumatra

The Indonesian military deployed an aircraft to create artificial rain on Monday, February 25, 2019 as thick smog, caused by forest fires, forced schools to close...

admin - February 25, 2019

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Obaseki inaugurates Ewu, Ibore gully erosion remediation work

Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has urged communities in the state to always raise alarm when erosion and other forms of natural disasters threaten their...

admin - February 22, 2019

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924,000 square metres of Nigerian land degraded daily

Minister of Environment, Alhaji Suleiman Zarma, says there is an urgent need to recover and conserve the country’s land as 924,000 square metres is lost to degradation...

admin - February 21, 2019

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Ogoniland clean-up: Community monitors emerge, concerns over emergency measures

To complement the Ogoni clean-up process, the Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) and its allies at the local, national and international levels, on...

admin - February 10, 2019

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UNHCR to plant 20m trees in Uganda to curb deforestation

The UN Refugee Agency in Uganda says it plans to plant 20 million trees in 2019 to plug the deforestation by Refugees in the East...

admin - February 6, 2019

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No single formula for all forms of deforestation – Study

The world has been trying for decades to curb deforestation but continues to fail. Forests are still being cleared at high rates despite efforts by forested...

admin - February 4, 2019

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Reviving dying land is doable by 2030, says UN review

Reviving damaged lands and the livelihoods of people affected by desertification, land degradation and drought can be possible by 2030, according to participants who attended the...

admin - February 1, 2019

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Ogoni clean-up: Stakeholders advocate holistic approach to process

Some stakeholders have called for holistic approach that will hasten the clean-up of Ogoni land and the Niger Delta in Nigeria. They made the call in...

admin - January 31, 2019

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