27.6 C
Lagos
Sunday, July 6, 2025

Marine

World Wetlands Day: Five wetlands that mitigate extreme weather

Mangroves Mangroves are salt-water tolerant shrubs and trees that grow in shallow, tropical coastal waters. Their roots bind the shoreline and each kilometre of mangrove...

UNEP, IAEA to analyse marine contaminants in Abidjan Convention area

Millions of people along Africa’s Atlantic seaboard stand to benefit from an agreement between the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the United Nations...

Climate change can cause coral bleaching, says study

If current trends continue and the world fails to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, nearly all of the world's coral reefs will suffer severe bleaching...

Achieving Paris Agreement goals essential for fisheries

A new study has highlighted how achieving the Paris Agreement – global warming of no more than 1.5º Celsius over pre-industrial levels – would...

Nigeria’s INDC amid Akwa Ibom’s transition to blue economy

During a panel discussion session at a side-event organised by the Akwa Ibom State Government during the UN climate change summit (COP22) that held...

FAO, World Bank, AfDB pledge support for ocean economies

A special Oceans Action Event at the UN Climate Change Conference in Marrakech (COP22) has brought together over 400 high-level participants from around the...

Why seabirds keep mistaking ocean plastic for food, by study

Each year, millions of tons of plastic waste end up in the ocean, where it often goes straight into the bellies of hungry birds,...

Shippers to cut sulphur emissions by 2020

In a landmark decision for both the environment and human health, 1 January 2020 has been set as the implementation date for a significant...

Latest news

World Zoonoses Day: Wild Africa urges action against bushmeat trade to safeguard Nigerians from future pandemics

As the world marks World Zoonoses Day on Sunday, July 6, 2025, Wild Africa is calling for urgent and...
- Advertisement -spot_imgspot_img

BATN Foundation commissions solar-powered borehole tó end 30-year water crisis in Kano community

 “For 30 years, we fetched water from far places, paying N100naira for a jerrican of water that wasn’t even...

BATN Foundation, SwagCo flag off Maize Micro-Enterprise Project to empower Ekiti farmers

In a landmark move to boost food security and rural livelihoods, the British American Tobacco Nigeria Foundation (BATNF) in...

Must read

- Advertisement -spot_imgspot_img

You might also likeRELATED
Recommended to you

AfDB supports Komadugu-Yobe basin with €362,000 grant

The African Development Bank (AfDB), has signed a €362,000...

Images: Countries endorse new protocols under Abidjan Convention

At the “Plenipotentiaries Meeting” holding in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, from...
×