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When UNEP’s Erik Solheim visited Côte d’Ivoire

"I've seen Côte d'Ivoire rapidly develop in the last five years. I want to see it continue to build and improve its economy long...

Africa, Asia, Latin America face health risk from water pollution

Water pollution has risen across three continents, placing hundreds of millions of people at risk of contracting life-threatening diseases like cholera and typhoid, the...

Abuja, Calabar validation forums set stage for fresh REDD+ phase

Two separate validation workshops held recently within two weeks in Abuja, the federal capital city, and Calabar, the capital city of Cross River State,...

Communication: REDD+ programme urged to utilise online media

Nigeria’s UN-REDD Programme has been urged to make better use of online publications as well as social media platforms in order to effectively communicate...

Ogoni clean-up Council, BoT members unveiled

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed a former commissioner in Lagos State, Wale Edun, as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Ogoni clean-up...

Government inaugurates Governing Council, BoT for Ogoniland clean-up

To ensure full implementation of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) report on Ogoniland, President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Abuja, the Nigerian federal...

Ogoniland clean-up: Activists ask government to declare state of emergency

Despite the announcement of the supposed take-off of the Ogoniland clean-up exercise and a $10 million take-off grant in 2015, the institutional framework is...

UNEP optimistic over Ogoniland clean-up

A clean environment is on the horizon for the people of Ogoniland as government, communities and oil industry commit to implementing UN Environment report...

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Ghana’s biosafety authority: Granting GMO import permits to be based on regulations, international best practices

Clearly, it will not be out of place to declare April 2024 as “the month of Genetic Engineering GE)”...
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Stakeholders advocate increased budget to fight impacts of climate change

Stakeholders in the environment sector have called for increased budget allocation to fight the impacts of climate change in...

Domestic ivory markets must not be reopened – EPI Foundation

The EPI Foundation, the secretariat to the 24 African member states of the Elephant Protection Initiative (EPI), has expressed...

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