Tag:Land degradation

Sustainable Devpt

Fresh initiatives to restore degraded African land emerge

Two ambitious initiatives to restore 100 million hectares of degraded and deforested land in Africa by 2030 were on Sunday (December 6, 2015) launched...

admin - December 7, 2015

Sustainable Devpt

Desertification: Sokoto outlaws tree-felling

In a bid to curb desert encroachment and land degradation, the Sokoto State Government has banned the practice of felling trees which some use...

admin - September 7, 2015

Conservation

Nnimmo Bassey: Let’s talk about our land

Although we do know that the environment affects everything we do in life, including how we live and die, we often think that it...

Michael Simire - February 17, 2015

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Bassey: My memories, hopes for Ogoniland

In the spirit of the third year anniversary of the release of the report on Ogoniland by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Nnimmo...

Michael Simire - August 7, 2014

Sustainable Devpt

Activists lament state of Ogoniland, three years after UNEP report

Monday August 4th, 2014 marks the 3rd year anniversary of the damning report of the assessment of Ogoni environment conducted by the United Nations Environment...

Michael Simire - August 3, 2014

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Activists demand action to end Ogoniland pollution

President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria has been asked to take urgent action to end the large scale environmental pollution in Ogoniland, a group of...

Michael Simire - June 22, 2014

Human Settlement

ERA to Shell: Stop sloganeering and clean up Ogoniland

The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has expressed reservations about remarks credited to the new chief executive officer of Shell, Ben...

Michael Simire - June 9, 2014

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Saro-Wiwa: Keeping silent is treason

At the occasion of third Sustainability Academy of Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), Director of HOMEF, Nnimmo Bassey, in Bori, Ogoni pays tribute...

Michael Simire - May 30, 2014

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