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A new report released on Monday, January 24, 2022 by UNESCO’s Institute for Statistics and the Global Education Monitoring Report finds that, according to their own benchmarks, countries will not achieve Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG 4) of ensuring inclusive and equitable quality education and lifelong learning opportunities for all by 2030. Silvia Montoya, Director of the UNESCO Institute for ...

UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has commemorated the 50th anniversary of its Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB), created in 1971 to promote a long-lasting connection between people and nature. Miguel Godt, UNESCO MAB Programme Secretary Mr Miguel Godt, UNESCO MAB Programme Secretary, said that the Biosphere preservation was a programme that combined the natural and social sciences ...

Stakeholders in Water Resources Management have begun a workshop in Abuja to address some of the challenges women faced in accessing potable water. Stakeholders at a capacity development workshop on water, gender and climate change in West Africa The workshop was organised by the Regional Centre for Integrated River Basin Management (RC-IRBM), in collaboration with the United Nations Educational Scientific ...

The Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, says Nigeria’s losses in biodiversity must be reversed, so that the country would use plants to produce drugs for cure of various diseases. Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation Onu stated this when Dr Dimitri Sanga, Regional Director of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) ...

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), Abuja Regional Office, in collaboration with the Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria (FRIN), has approved 20 Biosphere Reserves across the globe. A view of participants at the 33rd Session of the International Coordinating Council of the Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB-ICC) in Abuja The biosphere reserves were approved on Wednesday, ...

Minister of State for Environment, Sharon Ikeazor, disclosed in Abuja on Monday, September 13, 2021, at the UNESCO-organised 33rd Session of the International Co-ordinating Council of the Man and Biosphere Programme (MAB-ICC) that global loss of biodiversity is threatening the security of the world’s food supplies and the livelihoods of millions of people Environment Minister of State, Sharon Ikeazor The ...

Nigeria on Monday, September 13, 2021, hosted the 33rd UN Education, Scientific and Culture Organisation (UNESCO) summit in Abuja to review progress, define priorities and coordinate international cooperation in support of biodiversity and ecological sciences. Ms Audrey Azoulay, the Director-General of UNESCO, making a preentation at the summit Ms Audrey Azoulay, the Director-General of UNESCO, while making a remark at the ...

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has pledged its readiness to support the Cross River National Park for effective protection and preservation of its biodiversity. Audrey Azoulay, UNESCO Director-General The UNESCO also pledged to empower residents of the host communities with a view to prevent illegal logging ongoing around the park. Mrs Audrey Azoulay, the Director-General of ...

Historic docklands and buildings in the UK city of Liverpool have been removed from the UN cultural body UNESCO’s list of World Heritage sites, it announced on Wednesday, July 21, 2021. Maritime Mercantile City, Liverpool, UK UNESCO in a statement said the World Heritage Committee, holding its 44th hybrid session in Fuzhou, decided to delete the property ‘Liverpool – Maritime ...

Africa’s largest protected rainforest, Salonga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has been removed from UNESCO’s lists of threatened sites, with the UN body recognising the country’s preservation efforts. Salonga National Park The World Heritage Committee praised DRC’s moves to protect its largest national park, notably its commitment to ban prospecting for oil, which it had allowed ...