By Fabian Ekeruche, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) When the United Nations (UN) adopted the Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs) in 2015, it did not prefigure that a devastating COVID-19 pandemic will emerge few years later to become a clog in the…
Group calls on stakeholders to embrace climate-smart agriculture
The Nigeria Agribusiness Group (NABG) has called on stakeholders in the agricultural sector to reduce climate change impact on agribusiness with climate -smart agriculture (CSA) approach. CSA is regarded as an approach for transforming and reorienting agricultural development under the…
Africa and Nigeria must wake up to emerging technologies.
Emerging technologies in the areas of genomics, artificial intelligence, automaton, and block chains are driving new forms of extraction and re-ordering African society, economics and ecosystems with similar disruptive shocks to previous colonization waves. Due to the weak or no…
Ricoh rewards innovation: High school student awarded scholarship for invention to strengthen clean water access
17th annual Ricoh Sustainable Development Award winner recognized for water purification systems made from local plants Ricoh USA, Inc. today announced Muhil Thendral of Thomas S. Wootton High School in Rockville, Md. is the winner of the 17th annual Ricoh Sustainable Development Award (RSDA) presented at…
NCF Engage Stakeholders on Sustainable Land Uses to Protect Kainji Lake National Park
The decline of species within protected areas have prompted the need to pursue species conservation and protection with the consideration of both the protected areas and the surrounding communities. This informed the decision of the Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF) to…
NCF TRAINS NATIONAL PARK RANGERS FOR IMPROVED PROTECTION OF LIONS IN NIGERIA
It does appear that Nigerians and wildlife lovers shall be seeing more of Lions and Big Cats as The Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF) with the support of IUCN Save Our Species and the European Union recently hosted a Geographical Information…
LAWMA expresses commitment to cleaner environment
By Fabian Ekeruche Lagos Waste Management Authority(LAWMA) has assured Lagos residents of firm commitment to a cleaner environment . The Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of LAWMA, Mr Ibrahim Odumboni, gave the assurance in a statement on Friday in…
NCF and Birdlife host workshop to make the Sahel Greater and Greener
Abuja, 14 June 2022 – BirdLife International and the Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF) organised yesterday a workshop on enhancing biodiversity mainstreaming in the actions of the Great Green Wall (GGW) under the aegis of the Pan-African Agency of the GGW…
Ondo to support dairy processors to meet demand for local milk products
Pastor Akin Olotu, Senior Special Assistant to Ondo state Governor on Agriculture Business, said the state government had concluded plans to develop dairy industry to boost its economy. Olotu stated this during a stakeholders’ meeting on cattle production value chain in Akure. He said the state…
‘Our Goal is to Sustain a Cleaner Lagos’, Ibrahim Odumboni, Lawma MD
The Managing Director of the Lagos State Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), Mr Ibrahim Odumboni has reiterated Lawma’s focus on proactively achieving and sustaining the goal for a cleaner Lagos. He stated this during an exclusive chat with Environment Africa Magazine…
