Dry vegetation, record temperatures and powerful winds: this “perfect storm” of weather phenomena fueled the massive forest fires in western Canada’s Alberta province this year, according to researchers.
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The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has provided fuel-efficient stoves to 123,505 households in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe.
International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday said it has reached an agreement with the Niger Republic’s government on new financing of around 133 million dollars.
The Jigawa government has banned tree felling for firewood and charcoal to protect forest resources and the environment.
Gombe State Geographic Information Systems (GOGIS) has generated over N1.8 billion in revenue in two years, its Director-General, Dr Kabiru Hassan, has said.
The Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF) says protecting biodiversity can lead to improved public health, greater resilience to natural disasters and economic growth.
For Nigeria to overcome her energy crisis, a hybrid approach through a mixture of electricity from the national grid and stand-alone renewable energy sources like solar (energy from the sun) and wind powered sources is a way out.
The SOS Children’s Villages, a global nonprofit, on Tuesday provided humanitarian intervention to 110 flood-affected households in Agboyi-Ketu Community in Lagos State.
An ethanol- producing company, Pure Biotech Company Limited, has installed a state-of-the-art Effluent Treatment Plant (ETP) to prevent the reoccurrence of wastewater contamination in the Benue River.
The agency, in a statement issued by the Head of NEMA Operation in Minna, Mrs. Zainab Suleiman-Sa’idu on Monday, advised village and district heads as well as religious leaders, especially those at community levels, to begin the preparations in order to mitigate the effect of the flood.