Like most residents of the Farakwai Community in Igabi local government Area of Kaduna state, Ahmed Abubakar received the granite mining companies in the community with euphoria. Abubakar, popularly known as Babangida, said the people’s expectations were that the companies would augment the government’s effort in providing infrastructure and strengthen their economic growth, enhance job creation and environmental conservation.
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The Federal Government has reiterated its commitment to put in place necessary polices on climate change to ensure a greener economy.
The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the UN are set to announce seven initiatives selected as the 2024 World Restoration Flagships.
They investigated the incidence and abundance of microplastics in the water, sediments below the river water, in fish species from the river, and found disturbing levels of micro-(tiny) -plastics in all the matrices investigated.
A study considered to be the first continental analysis of mass importation and consumption of different polymers and plastics in Africa observed that 17 percent of all polymers and plastics were imported into Nigeria.
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.
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.