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NAGGW distributes 5m date seedlings in 11 northern states to fight desertification

The National Agency for the Great Green Wall (NAGGW) has procured five million date palm seedlings for distribution across 11 frontline northern states to...

Group plants 67,000 trees to mitigate desertification in Jigawa

The Jigawa State branch of Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI), an umbrella group for the Nigerian Muslim Community, is planting 67,000 assorted tree seedlings in...

UN chief urges leaders to step up desertification convention implementation

UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, has appealed to world leaders to step up the implementation of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) to...

Sustainable sources of energy can help reverse desertification – UNCCD official

Executive Secretary of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), Mr Ibrahim Thiaw, says sustainable energy sources, including solar and wind power, can help...

World Environment Day: A call for commitment to address desertification, drought – NEST

In a message from the Nigerian Environmental Study/Action Team (NEST) Secretariat to commemorate the 2024 World Environment Day themed “Land Restoration, Desertification and Drought”,...

Saudi Arabia joins International Drought Resilience Alliance

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is the latest country to formally join the International Drought Resilience Alliance (IDRA), the global coalition mobilising political, technical,...

Mongolia plants 42m trees since 2021 to combat desertification

Mongolia has planted a total of 42 million trees across the country since the launch of its national tree-planting campaign in 2021, the country’s...

Saudi Arabia, UNEP launch World Environment Day campaigns to combat desertification

World Environment Day (WED) 2024 host, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) have launched campaigns to combat desertification,...

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Ijaw Congress stresses need for support to coastal resilience, NDDC launches tree planting campaign in nine states

The Ijaw National Congress (INC) Worldwide has stressed the need to promote coastal resilience, policy and good governance in...
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UN, France, Brazil launch ’10 years of the Paris Agreement’ commemorative logo

In light of the upcoming 10th anniversary of the historic adoption of the Paris Agreement, Agnès Pannier-Runacher, Minister for...

Single-use plastics dealers accuse Lagos of insensitivity, seek phased ban

The Association of Scraps and Waste Pickers of Lagos (ASWOL) has urged the Lagos State Government to undertake a...

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