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Court delivers verdict on DR Congo SIFORCO case, Greenpeace kicks

Five policemen and soldiers were on Monday convicted for their role in a vicious attack against community members protesting against an industrial logging company...

admin - December 16, 2015

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Fresh initiatives to restore degraded African land emerge

Two ambitious initiatives to restore 100 million hectares of degraded and deforested land in Africa by 2030 were on Sunday (December 6, 2015) launched...

admin - December 7, 2015

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Ugandan forest advocacy group wins 2015 ONE Africa Award

The Kampala based forest advocacy group, Support for Women in Environment and Agriculture – SWAGEN, has won the 8th Annual ONE Africa Award. The Award...

admin - November 27, 2015

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UN to decorate Wapichan community for defending land, forests

The Wapichan people in Guyana, South America, have received the prestigious Equator Prize from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in recognition of their prolonged efforts...

admin - November 26, 2015

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Nigeria to explore gas potential for sustainable development – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has said Nigeria is taking appropriate steps to turn its abundant gas resources into veritable catalyst for development as the nation’s...

admin - November 24, 2015

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Bassey: Nowhere to run from Nigeria’s environmental crisis

The crisis has gone further than just climate change, we are confronted with an unrelenting environmental change, says activist and architect Nnimmo Bassey at...

admin - November 19, 2015

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Export trade in forest risk commodities destroying rainforests

The Global Canopy Programme’s ‘Forest 500’, the world’s first rainforest ratings agency that analyses the most influential companies, investors and governments in the race...

admin - November 19, 2015

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Mrs. Buhari’s call on monthly stipend reinforces ERA/FoEN’s NaBIS

The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has hailed wife of the president, Mrs. Aisha Buhari, for supporting the call that the...

admin - November 17, 2015

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