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Nigeria requires over 350m trees yearly to check deforestation – NCF

The Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF) says that Nigeria needs to plant over 350 million trees annually to check deforestation. Director-General, NCF, Dr Muhtari Aminu-Kano, said...

New plan launched to help end deforestation by 2030

Ahead of World Environment Day, Everland, which reportedly represents the largest portfolio of high-impact forest conservation (REDD+) projects in the world, has unveiled The...

Meat grown from fungus could save the world’s forests

Substituting just a fifth of meat from cattle with microbial protein – a meat alternative produced in fermentation tanks – by 2050 could halve deforestation, a new analysis...

Dons task govts on policies to end deforestation

A don, Dr. Folaranmi Babalola, on Monday, March 28, 2022, urged governments at all levels and relevant stakeholders to enact policies that would protect...

UN scales up climate action to protect forests

International Day of Forests, observed on Monday, March 21, 2022, under the theme “Forests and sustainable production and consumption,” has been described by the...

Unemployment cause of Cross River’s depleting forests – Commission

The Chairman, Cross River State Forestry Commission, Mr Tony Ndiandeye, on Monday, March 21, 2022, said that unemployment was responsible for two per cent...

Deforestation: Govt empowers women farmers with cooking gas cylinders

The Federal Government, in its bid to address deforestation in the country has distributed cooking gas cylinders to smallholder women farmers in the North...

Edo confiscates 2,375 logs from illegal loggers

The Edo State Government has confiscated 2,375 logs of wood at the Gelegele Seaport as part of efforts to rid the state of illegal loggers. Permanent...

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Cross River Assembly passes open defecation prohibition bill, Lagos apprehends five offenders

The Cross River State House of Assembly has passed a bill prohibiting open defecation. The bill aims to outlaw open...
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Lagos launches online system for building permit

Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has launched an electronic system that will simplify the process of obtaining physical...

Nigeria committed to sustainability of biosphere reserves, ecological research – FRIN DG

Director-General, Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria (FRIN), Prof. Zacharia Yaduma, says Nigeria is strengthening policy and legal frameworks to...

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Cross River Assembly passes open defecation prohibition bill, Lagos apprehends five offenders

The Cross River State House of Assembly has passed...

Lagos launches online system for building permit

Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has launched an...