Tag:Deforestation and forest degradation

Conservation

BirdLife, AFR100 champion move to restore degraded forests across Africa

BirdLife Partners and other NGOs in Cote d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Nigeria, and Rwanda are amongst the Top 100 Restoration Projects funded by TerraFund for AFR100,...
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Conservation

Peru activists murder in spotlight ahead COP 20

A new report by Global Witness sheds light on what’s driving the high number of killings of environmental defenders in Peru, less than a...
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Cover

Combating illegal logging with smartphones, smarter shopping

CustomMade, an online marketplace, discloses in this treatise that though illegal logging costs the global economy an estimated $30 to $100 billion in lost revenue...
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Agric & Biotech

Fears over DR Congo’s endangered trees

When one thinks of endangered species, the usual large animals spring to mind. Elephants, tigers, rhinos. And quite rightly they are the ones who...
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Agric & Biotech

Curtail deforestation from monoculture tree plantations, group urges govt

On the occasion of the International Day Against Plantations and Monocultures that was observed recently, the Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN)...
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Climate Change

Nigeria eyes fresh $3.6m, $4m REDD+ implementation takes off

Nigeria is seeking more funding for its Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) programme, which was officially flagged-off last week in Abuja...
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Oil & Gas

Finance Minister lauds NUPRC as daily production hits 1.84m

The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr. Wale Edun, has commended the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum...
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Sustainable Devpt

River Basin Authority to resume dam construction after 40 years

The Hadeja-Jama’are River Basin Development Authority has restarted construction of the Kafin Zaki dam project, in Ningi Local Government Area...
Oil & Gas

Ghana boycotts Africa Energies Summit as industry pushes back against discrimination

Ghana has moved to boycott the upcoming Africa Energies Summit in London this May, a decision that reflects growing...

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Oil & Gas

Finance Minister lauds NUPRC as daily production hits 1.84m

The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the...
Sustainable Devpt

River Basin Authority to resume dam construction after 40 years

The Hadeja-Jama’are River Basin Development Authority has restarted construction...