The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has reported that 25 per cent of annual investments in Nigeria’s water and sanitation sector were compromised due to inadequate operation and maintenance, along with infrastructure dysfunction.
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ASHENEWS reports that a leading business platform promoting trade and investment on the continent, Invest Africa, will host its 11th Annual Mining Series on the sidelines of the Mining Indaba in Cape Town from the 5th – 7th February.
The New Delhi, India-based global think-tank, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), has released a pan-Africa assessment report on existing environmental audit systems in African countries here today. The report was released at a workshop and training programme, attended by officials of environmental regulatory authorities from 15 African countries.
Genetically enhanced (GE) crops, pesticides, and fertilizers have fueled an explosion in food production over the last six decades. Following the pioneering work of Norman Borlaug during the Green Revolution, agricultural output began a dramatic climb from just over $1 trillion annually in 1961 to more than $4 trillion per year in 2019. This staggering increase has spared more than a billion people from starvation and improved living standards worldwide. A large body of research and real-world experience have confirmed time and again that restricting access to better seeds and crop chemicals traps the poorest people in a cycle of poverty.
Stakeholders in Abuja on Wednesday began a collaboration to discourage the felling of Shea butter trees to enhance the sustainability of livelihoods within communities in the country.
The Africa Institute of Waste Management and Environmental Studies (FAIWMES) has called on the federal and state governments to adopt a nationwide ban on single-use plastics.
An NGO, Save the Children (SCI) has urged journalists to focus on the dissemination of climate change information, risks and mitigation action.
An NGO, Save The Children International (SCI), has called for measures by the government and individuals to address the impact of climate change on children and the nation.
The Founder of an NGO, Environmental Aware and Restoration Network (EARN), Prof. Slyvester Egwu, on Monday urged Nigerians to cultivate good environmental behaviour.
ASHENEWS reports that Nigerian government has plans to deploy revenues generated from hydrocarbons, to fund its $1.9 trillion energy transition, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Heineken Lokpobiri, has said.