Tag:forest

Conservation

Forester clamours preservation of flora and fauna

The Kwara State Director of Forestry, Alhaji Babatunde Mahmud, has said that forest animals are beneficial to the people and should take good care...

Michael Simire - May 26, 2021

Conservation

Environmentalist calls for preservation of local forests

An environmentalist, Ms Gloria Bulus, has called for joint efforts in the preservation of local forests in the country. Bulus, the founder of Bridge-that-gap Initiative,...

Michael Simire - March 8, 2021

Agric & Biotech

Cross River forest sustainability trainees demand empowerment

In an effort to sustain one of the remaining prominent rain forest regions in Nigeria, over 100 persons in Cross River State have been...

admin - July 31, 2017

Cover

Indian girl discovered living in forest with monkeys

Indian police are reviewing reports of missing children to try to identify a girl who was found living in a forest with a group...

admin - April 7, 2017

Agric & Biotech

Proposed wood source for Indonesian mill sparks conflict

A potential wood supplier for one of the world’s largest pulp and paper mills does not have the consent of local communities A joint investigation...

admin - March 8, 2017

Sustainable Devpt

Planations’ role in Borneo forest loss, by study

New study analyses four decades of satellite images – overturning assumptions about the role of industrial plantations in Borneo forest loss Debates over forest loss...

admin - September 27, 2016

Cover

Super Highway: HOMEF urges CRSG to halt assault on community, forests

The Cross River State Government (CRSG) has been asked to halt the bulldozers destroying farms at Etara/Eyeyen and are continuing towards Ekuri and Okuni forests/communities,...

admin - February 29, 2016

Conservation

Illegal logging negatively impacting IGR, laments Ogun

The Ogun State Government has solicited the support of stakeholders in the state’s forestry sector to join its efforts in curbing illegal felling of...

admin - February 28, 2016

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