Tag:Coastal Communities

Oil & Gas

Victory for SA coastal communities as court halts Shell, TotalEnergies’ offshore drilling project

In what looks like a landmark victory for civil society and coastal communities, the Western Cape High Court has set aside the South African...
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Climate Change

How Cuba’s coastal communities fight climate change

In the coastal neighbourhood of Litoral in Manzanillo, Cuba, the sea is both a lifeline and a threat. Every time a storm darkens the...
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Climate Change

Climate change: Experts call for action against existential threat of coastal communities

Environmental experts, under the aegis of the Academic Associates Peace Works (AAPW), have warned that several coastal communities in the Niger Delta region may...
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Marine

SA coastal communities, eco-justice groups’ offshore drilling appeal highlights threats to livelihoods, marine ecosystems

With COP29 just a few weeks away, The Green Connection, Natural Justice, and Masifundise Development Trust are drawing attention to the widespread opposition of the environmental...
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Human Settlement

Environmentalist advocates law to halt land reclamation in coastal communities

Government at all levels should rather focus on promulgating a law that will put an end to the reclamation of land across coastline communities...
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Cover

Climate challenges faced by coastal communities in Nigeria, by Nnimmo Bassey

Director, Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), Nnimmo Bassey, at Coastal Community Fishers Dialogue/Training at Uta Ewua, Akwa Ibom State on Thursday, August 5, 2021,...
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Disaster Risk Management

Flooding: Clergyman joins in call to dredge River Niger

Bishop Prosper Amah of the Anglican Diocese of Ogbaru has called for the  immediate dredging of the River Niger to save the coastal communities...
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Land Degradation

VC, environmentalists raise alarm as world loses 10m hectares of forest annually

Vice-Chancellor of Igbinedion University, Okada, Prof. Lawrence Ezemonye, on Thursday, March 26, 2026, raised concerns over accelerating global deforestation,...
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News

WorldStage forecasts inflation drop to 12.94% amid reforms

WorldStage Nigeria projects inflation will ease to 12.94 per cent, citing ongoing reforms and cautious optimism for economic growth. The media...
Conservation

Kano reviews 1959 Forestry Law to boost environment protection

Kano State Government is updating and reviewing its forestry law to align with modern standards. Mustapha Mohammad, Permanent Secretary, Ministry...

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Land Degradation

VC, environmentalists raise alarm as world loses 10m hectares of forest annually

Vice-Chancellor of Igbinedion University, Okada, Prof. Lawrence Ezemonye, on...
News

WorldStage forecasts inflation drop to 12.94% amid reforms

WorldStage Nigeria projects inflation will ease to 12.94 per cent,...