Tag:Deforestation

Land Degradation

Cross River governor-elect urged to tackle deforestation

Environmental and ecology group, We The People, has charged the governor-elect of Cross River State, Senator Prince Bassey Otu, to take the issue of...

Michael Simire - May 26, 2023

Land Degradation

Deforestation: Don advocates kerosene subsidy law

Prof. Abdullahi AbdulRahman of the Department of Plant Biology, University of Ilorin, has urged the Federal Government to enact a law to subsidise kerosene...

Michael Simire - February 24, 2023

Land Degradation

40% of Forest 500 yet to set policy on deforestation

Global Canopy’s latest Forest 500 report and ranking shows very slow progress on deforestation action. The Global Canopy's Forest 500 report tracks the policies and performance of...

Michael Simire - February 21, 2023

TV Reports

Video: Boki women on leading edge to end illegal logging

In the Cross River State Rainforest, an average of 250 tons of timber is harvested daily; in 10 days, 2,500 tons are lost and...

Michael Simire - December 16, 2022

Land Degradation

Deforestation: Govt recovers 6,007 hectares of land in three years

The Federal Government of Nigeria said that it recovered arable lands in the northern parts of the country from a baseline of 90 hectares...

Michael Simire - December 8, 2022

Land Degradation

Association calls on charcoal producers to end deforestation

The National Association of Charcoal Producers Dealers Exporters Association of Nigeria (NACPDEAN) has called on charcoal producers to engage in afforestation to curb deforestation...

Michael Simire - October 2, 2022

Land Degradation

Niger repopulates depleted forest reserves

The Niger State Government of Nigeria says it has begun the processes of repopulating its depleted 98 forest reserves in the state to protect...

Michael Simire - August 21, 2022

Cover

Govt plants 10m trees to combat deforestation

The Federal Government is planting about 10 million trees in 2022 to check deforestation. This was made known in Lagos on Thursday, August 11, by...

Michael Simire - August 11, 2022

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Waste ManagementApril 27, 2026

LAWMA cites inter-agency coordination, planning for sanitation success

The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) says strong inter-agency coordination, early planning, and widespread public participation were key to...

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