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Carbon credits: Amazon initiative attracts $160m for projects covering 17m ha of threatened rainforest

Everland, a specialised conservation marketing organisation in the climate change mitigation business, has secured Letters of Intent totaling $160 million from companies seeking to...

How Europe’s demand for rubber destroys Cameroon’s rainforest, threatens forest dwellers’ livelihood

“When they destroyed the forest, they were actually destroying our homes.” Moise Ndjelee sits on a bamboo-made chair, surrounded by other Baka who squat...

EU import bans to protect rainforests worldwide to enter into force

The European Union is to ban the import of products such as coffee, wood and palm oil if forests have been cleared for their...

China urged to lead campaign against illegal logging in Congo Basin

The transformation of the Congo Basin timber trade into one significantly influenced by 20 key Chinese trading companies offers a golden opportunity to  contribute...

Rainforests hold key to taming El Niño destruction

Healthy forests protect our climate and moderate our weather. As the ‘Godzilla’ El Niño builds in the weeks ahead of Paris talks, it is...

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Heatwave, epileptic power supply worsen hardship in Lagos

Residents across several communities in Lagos have decried the intense heatwave, erratic electricity supply and fuel price increase, ...
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Motorists, commuters groan as petrol hits N1,350 per litre

Motorists and commuters across Lagos are facing rising transportation costs following another increase in the pump price of petrol,...

Niger Delta: Activists decry persistent oil spills, slow pace of cleanup

Environmental activists in Rivers State have decried the environmental degradation prompted by persistent oil spills and the slow pace...

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Heatwave, epileptic power supply worsen hardship in Lagos

Residents across several communities in Lagos have decried the...

Motorists, commuters groan as petrol hits N1,350 per litre

Motorists and commuters across Lagos are facing rising transportation...