Tag Archives: Desertification

The Edo State Government says it will plant 10 million tree seedlings in the next 10 years to combat desertification in the area. Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State Mr Lucky Wasa, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Sustainability, stated this in an interview in Benin City, the state capital, on Tuesday, June 29, 2021. Wasa said that the exercise ...

No less than 10 million tree seedlings were planted by state governments in the North-East region, to enhance afforestation and check desert encroachment in the last two years. Tree planting A survey shows that the trees were planted in Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe and Yobe states between 2019 and 2021. The states are among the 11 desert prone areas alongside ...

An environmentalist, Mr Gafar Odubote, has called for increased afforestation efforts to address the growing desertification encroachment on farmable lands in the country. Combating desertification: Planting some 20,000 trees to create living hedges Odubote, the regional manager of “Let’s Do it Africa”, a non-profit organisation with bias for environmental issues, made the call in an interview on Monday, June 21, ...

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has warned that a combination of land degradation from climate change and the expansion of agriculture, cities and infrastructures, are undermining the well-being of 3.2 billion people across the globe. UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres Guterres said this in his message on Wednesday, June 16, 2021 to mark World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, globally ...

The President of the UN General Assembly, Mr Volkan Bozkir, says stepping up global efforts to combat land degradation is the only way to safeguard health and the environment against future threats. President of the General Assembly, Volkan Bozkir. convened the Dialogue Bozkir spoke on Monday, June 14, 2021 at the UN headquarters in New York at a high level ...

Climate change, overuse and conversion for agriculture, cities and infrastructure mean that one fifth of the planet’s land area is degraded. This damage, which also drives drought and desertification, harms the livelihoods of almost half the planet’s population. However, as much as one billion hectares can be restored over the next 10 years if there is political will. President of ...

The Federal Government has urged environmental stakeholders to brainstorm and come up with a policy document for the implementation of sustainable land management in order to reverse desertification in the country. Participants at the National Agency of the Great Green Wall (NAGGW) workshop Dr Bukar Hassan, Director-General, National Agency of the Great Green Wall (NAGGW), made this known on Wednesday, ...

States in the North-East geo-political zone of Nigeria are reinforcing proactive measures to check the threat of desertification and erosion in their respective areas. Desertification in northern Nigeria According to a recent survey, state governments and other stakeholders have expressed concern over the situation, expressing the need for concerted efforts by all to check the menace. They identified causes and ...

A survey conducted in the South-West region in Nigeria has shown that gully erosion is a pronounced environmental challenge that needs to be urgently tackled. A gully erosion site An environment expert, Prof. Isaac Olatunji, urged both the federal and the state governments to set up appropriate policies to combat desertification and gully erosion. Olatunji, who is also the Dean, ...

Director, Forestry, Kebbi State Ministry of Environment, Malam Ibrahim Jegudu, on Monday, April 5, 2021 said the State Government has planted one million tree seedlings to combat desertification across the state. Tree planting In an interview in Birnin Kebbi, the state capital, Jegudu said: “The programme was successful. I can remember we produced about one million tree seedlings in the ...