Tag:Cross River National Park

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Cross River, National Park to partner on forests management, conservation

The Cross River Forestry Commission is to partner with the National Park Service (NPS) on forests management and conservation. Mr Zanna Lawan, the new Conservator...

Michael Simire - January 21, 2022

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Counting cost of Cross River’s ‘Super Highway’ project on rainforests, eco-biodiversity

Cross River State has over 2,000,000 hectares of rainforest originally found in the state and perhaps the primary rainforest remaining is only 729,000 hectares....

Michael Simire - January 16, 2022

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UNESCO to support Cross River National Park for effective protection of biodiversity

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has pledged its readiness to support the Cross River National Park for effective protection and...

Michael Simire - September 12, 2021

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Superhighway route should avoid Ekuri, National Park, government insists

It appears the Cross Rivers State Government (CRSG) has a high mountain to climb in its bid to build its much-vaunted but controversial six-lane,...

admin - June 30, 2017

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Conservationist confronts Dangote over alleged ‘plantation in national park’

Nigerian conservationist, Odey Oyama, recently discovered freshly cut logs on the edge of a pineapple plantation, and nearby sits a saw mill. The Dangote Group,...

admin - May 15, 2017

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Dangote may pay N100bn for degrading Cross River National Park

If the Rainforest Resource and Development Centre (RRDC) were to have its way, Dansa Foods, a subsidiary of the Dangote Group, would cough up...

admin - March 22, 2017

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Buhari to launch highway re-routed through REDD+ project site

President Muhammadu Buhari is scheduled to perform the ground breaking ceremony of the new 260km Super Highway Dual Carriage Road running from Calabar in...

admin - October 16, 2015