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How Lagos traders struggle as styrofoam gradually disappears in markets

Traders have continued to count their losses about five months after the Lagos State Government banned styrofoam products in the state. The ban has created...

Lagos defends styrofoam ban, says for public health not politics

The Lagos State Government has reaffirmed its stance on the ban of single-use styrofoam, describing the decision as one rooted in public health, environmental...

Oyo residents decry ineffective enforcement of Styrofoam ban

The use of Styrofoam has been a topic of environmental concern and potential harm to ecosystem and human health.  Despite the ban, Styrofoam use persists...

Lagos vows to sustain styrofoam plastic ban

The Lagos State Government on Thursday, October 3, 2024, vowed to deploy actionable strategies to sustain the ban on the use and sale of...

Lagos sanitation corps intercepts truckload of banned Styrofoam packs

The Lagos Environmental Sanitation Corps (LAGESC), popularly known as KAI, says it intercepted a truckload of banned Styrofoam packs at Ojuelegba area of the...

We’re not aware of ban on Styrofoam by Oyo govt – Ibadan residents

Some residents of Ibadan have denied any knowledge of the ban recently placed on the sale and use of Styrofoam by the Oyo State...

Lagos commences enforcement of ban on styrofoam on Monday

The Lagos State Government has said that it will start full enforcement of the ban on usage and distribution of styrofoam food containers on...

Styrofoam: Community leaders back Lagos on ban, urge compliance

Community Leaders in Lagos State have commended the recent ban on styrofoam and single-use plastics by the state government. Some of the community leaders, who...

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Deforestation lowers threshold for Amazon degradation to below 2°C warming – Study

Around two-thirds of the Amazon rainforest could shift into degraded forest or savannah-like ecosystems at 1.5-1.9°C of global warming...
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African actors adopt Addis Ababa Declaration, call for transformative action for SDGs, Agenda 2063

African stakeholders, including ministers, senior officials, experts and experts and representatives of civil society, adopted the Addis Ababa Declaration...

How agriculture restored peace between farmers, pastoralists in Plateau

In nearly every community I have worked in across Plateau State, I have heard some version of the same...

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Deforestation lowers threshold for Amazon degradation to below 2°C warming – Study

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