Tag Archives: World Environment Day

The Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF) says the country loses up to 400,000 hectares of forest annually to environmental degradation. NCF Director-General, Muhtari Aminu-Kano The NCF Director-General, Muhtari Aminu-Kano, disclosed this in Lagos on Thursday, June 10, 2021 at a seminar to commemorate the Word Environment Day. The theme of the seminar was “Ecosystem Restoration’’. Aminu-Kano also used the occasion to ...

The Executive Director, Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN), Dr Godwin Uyi Ojo, has underlined the need for a State of Environmental Emergency for Ecosystem Restoration (SEEER) to preserve ecosystem and its services. Dr Godwin Uyi Ojo in a group photograph with participants at the ERA/FoEN’s event marking the 2021 World Environment Day held in Benin City Dr ...

The Dangote Group, through its Employee Volunteering Initiative, has initiated a tree planting campaign toward realising global objectives of a safer ecosystem. Tree planting The General Manager/Head of Sustainability Dangote Cement, Mrs Eunice Sampson, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, June 9, 2021 in Lagos. Sampson, who is also a volunteer, said the move was to commemorate the United ...

Four children climate activists of the Royal Palm International College in Ilorin, Kwara State, have inaugurated “Return the Green Club”, an initiative to bring awareness on the need to save the environment from depleting. Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State The Return the Green Club is part of the activities to mark the 2021 World Environment Day, themed: “Restoration of ...

An NGO, the Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth (ERA/FoN), on Tuesday, June 8, 2021 called on the Federal Government to develop a 10-year ecosystem restoration roadmap for the country. Dr. Godwin Uyi Ojo, Executive Director of the Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) Dr. Godwin Uyi Ojo, the Executive Director of ERA/FoN, made the call in a ...

The National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA) has tasked members of the public and government at all levels on ecosystem restoration to save the environment. Prof. Aliyu Jauro, Director-General of NESREA Director General of the Agency, Prof. Aliyu Jauro, made the call on Tuesday, June 8, 2021 in Kano, at a forum organised by the agency in commemoration ...

At an event organised by Frontline Energy and Environmental Services to mark the World Environment Day on June 5, 2021, Dr Godwin Uyi Ojo, Executive Director, Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN), who was given an award by the organisers, explored issues bordering ecosystems restoration, the theme of the Day, in this treatise Dr Godwin Uyi Ojo, Executive ...

The Lagos State Parks and Gardens Agency (LASPARK) has established an Urban Forest park to bring residents close to nature, as the state marks the 2021 World Environment Day (WED). LASPARK General Manager, Adetoun Popoola In establishing the part, LASPARK was complementing the Lagos State Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources’ programmes marking the 2021 WED with the theme: ...

The Federal Government says it will continue to deal with the numerous challenges posed by environmental degradation and biodiversity loss resulting from deforestation, desertification, land and ecosystem degradation. Minister of Environment, Dr. Mohammad Abubakar Minister of Environment, Dr Mohammad Abubakar, restated government’s commitment to dealing with the problems during the 2021 World Environment Day celebration on Saturday, June 5 in ...

Kano State Government says it will soon launch the State Policy on Environment after approval by the State Executive Council. Kano State Commissioner for Environment, Dr Kabiru Getso Commissioner for Environment, Dr Kabiru Getso, made the disclosure at a press conference to mark the World Environment Day in Kano, the state capital, on Saturday, June 5, 2021. He said that ...