Tag:Deforestation

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Reforestation: Group takes campaign to women, community leaders in Ibadan

An NGO, Alliance for Positive Environmental Impacts and Reforestation (APEARE), Ibadan in Oyo State, on Saturday, August 6, 2022, sensitised women, youths and community...

Stakeholders crave cross-sectoral action to tackle land degradation, deforestation

Stakeholders in the environmental sector have called on the Federal Government to take urgent actions to address the challenges that are responsible for the increasing...

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Unregulated food environment: Nigeria is eating itself to death

There is a quiet epidemic running alongside Nigeria's more publicised health crises. It does not arrive in sudden outbreaks...
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World Water Day: Alliance unveils upgraded global water standard

The Alliance for Water Stewardship (AWS) on Wednesday, March 18, 2026, announced the launch of Version 3.0 of the International Water Stewardship Standard,...

Zambian authorities seize half-a-tonne of ivory tusks smuggled by cross-border trafficking syndicate

Acting on intelligence provided by the London-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), Zambian law enforcement agents raided a house in...

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Unregulated food environment: Nigeria is eating itself to death

There is a quiet epidemic running alongside Nigeria's more...

World Water Day: Alliance unveils upgraded global water standard

The Alliance for Water Stewardship (AWS) on Wednesday, March 18, 2026,...