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Marine

Our ocean, communities not for sale – Fishers

Our ocean, communities and our sociocultural wellbeing are not for sale. This statement formed part of the declarations made by FishNet Alliance, a network of...
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Marine

World Fisheries Day: Consult, engage artisanal fishers for policies – Alliance

Nigeria has a coastline of about 853km with Lagos, Ondo, Delta, Bayelsa, Rivers, Akwa Ibom, and Cross River as littoral states. Twenty-eight out of...
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Marine

Clean up rivers, compensate us for losses, fishers urge oil firms, govt

Fishers have demanded that oil companies and the government should clean up their rivers and estuaries and pay adequate compensation for losses due to...
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Pollution

Nnimmo Bassey: No to a Niger Delta without fish

In his welcome words at the Oilfield/FishNet Dialogue at Gbarain, Bayelsa State on Friday, June 4, 2021, Nnimmo Bassey, director of Health of Mother...
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Cover

The Fishers’ Pain, by Kome Odhomor

We all rushed out to the shout from people at the riverbank. I saw my mother with her hands on her head, my father...
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FishNet Alliance calls for support for Ibeno fishers in Akwa Ibom

The FishNet Alliance has called for support for fishers in Ibeno, Akwa Ibom State and in other coastal communities across Nigeria whose livelihoods have...
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Marine

FishNet Alliance calls for support for fishers in Makoko

The FishNet Alliance has called for support for fishers in Makoko, Lagos State and in other coastal communities across Nigeria. This call was made...
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A third of animal habitats could experience multiple extreme events by 2085 – Study

By 2085, 36 percent of species’ current habitats on land could be exposed to multiple types of climate-driven extreme...
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Climate Change

Leaders call for Africa-led solutions following landmark court ruling on climate obligations

African leaders, policymakers, legal experts, scientists and practitioners have called for African-led solutions to climate change, as its impacts...
Health

Two-thirds of global hunger concentrated in 10 countries – Report 

The 2026 Global Report on Food Crises on Friday, April 24, revealed that two-thirds of all people facing high...

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