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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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Sustainable infrastructure key to efficient waste management – Expert

The National President Association of Waste Managers of Nigeria (AWAMN), Dr Olugbenga Adebola, has described sustainable infrastructure as critical...
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IMF, World Bank, WFP pledge support for countries hit by Middle East crisis

The IMF, World Bank Group and the World Food Programme(WFP) have pledged coordinated support to countries impacted by the...

Ogun arrests, prosecutes 108 waste offenders

The Ogun State Waste Management Authority (OGWAMA) has arrested and prosecuted 108 alleged violators of environmetal laws in Abeokuta. The...

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Sustainable infrastructure key to efficient waste management – Expert

The National President Association of Waste Managers of Nigeria...

IMF, World Bank, WFP pledge support for countries hit by Middle East crisis

The IMF, World Bank Group and the World Food...