African countries lose $17 billion each year in illegal logging. The United Nations has reported that Africa’s share of hardwood exports to China has risen from 40% in 2008 to 90% as of 2018. Southeast Asia once had its own rosewood forests but became so depleted that loggers began plundering other parts of the world.
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Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), an ecology advocacy group, has urged the Federal Government to urgently declare a state of emergency on the environment.
Save the Children International (SCI), an NGO, alongside other stakeholders in the environmental sector, says there is a need to imbibe the culture of tree planting to mitigate the effects of climate change.
The Federal Government has rescued seven persons at a collapsed mining site, which occurred on Monday in Galadima Kogo, Shiroro Local Government Area (LGA) of Niger State.
Three Nigerian companies have received 17 million dollars in UK investment boost support in the clean energy sector.
Desertification results in significant economic losses, estimated at $5.1 billion each year, and severely impacts agriculture and livelihoods, especially in Sokoto State.
ASHENEWS reports that about 30 miners are still trapped in a mining pit after it collapsed in the Galadiman Kogo community in Shiroro local government area of Niger state.
“One person had been confirmed dead, six persons rescued with severe injuries while more than 30 people were still being trapped,” the agency said.
Residents of Sokoto State have complained about the road barricades that prevent them from crossing to the other side of the roads
The Federal Government has inaugurated a 5.2 million Standard Cubic Feet per day (mmscfd) Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) plant in Lagos.