The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) has handed over four boreholes rehabilitated under the Watershed Protection for Safe and Sustainable Water Supply activity to three communities in Cross River State. Mr Joseph Mathew, Communications Manager, WCS, made this known to newsmen…
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Winners Emerge at 2023 African Conservation Awards
Africa Celebrates Conservation Heroes at the 2023 African Conservation Awards This prestigious event honoured outstanding conservationists and showcased their exceptional contributions to protecting Africa’s natural heritage Winners have emerged at the 2023 African Conservation Awards, hosted by the Game…
World Clean-up Day: LAWMA Calls For Responsible Waste Management
In observance of this year’s World Clean-up Day, a global initiative dedicated to eliminating litter and waste from our surroundings, the Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has called on residents to show commitment towards responsible waste management. Addressing the media…
Unlocking Blue Tech Brilliance! 10 organizations unite for Bluetech Transformation
10 Innovation Support Organisations Unite in Cape Town for Inclusive BlueTech Transformation Last month, from 21 to 25 August, 10 Innovation Support Organisations (ISOs) from 7 different Southern African countries gathered in Cape Town to take part in a five-day…
IVLP Awardee holds tree planting exercise in Enugu State
International climate expert and leading advocate for climate action in Nigeria, Professor Chukwumerije Okereke has organized a climate education and tree planting exercise in Enugu State. The state tree planting exercise is one of the programmes mapped out for the…
AFRICA CLIMATE SUMMIT RELEASES NAIROBI DECLARATION & CALL TO ACTION
Revolutionary climate pact charts new path to strengthen collaboration Over US$26 billion climate finance commitments made at inaugural ACS ACS announces global gathering will hold on a biannual basis The Africa Climate Summit (ACS), co-hosted by the African Union…
Save Vultures to Prevent Extinctions and Looming Epidemic
The Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF) has embarked on a rescue mission tagged “Supporting Community-based Monitoring and Conservation for Vulture Populations in Identified Vulture Safe Zones Across Nigeria” in its efforts to tackle the declining population of vulture and its associated…
Bank of America Refinances Gabon Sovereign Debt for Nature and Ocean Conservation
Bank of America announces the completion of the first ‘Debt-for-Nature’ transaction in Continental Africa and Africa’s first ever involving private creditors to refinance $500 million of Gabon’s sovereign debt The new funding will enable Gabon to contribute $125 million to…
MDAs urged to convert vehicles to CNG
The Nigerian Ministry of Petroleum Resources has urged Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) and Nigerians in general to convert their vehicles from Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) powered engines to Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) engines to cushion the effect of fuel…
Stakeholders explore strategies to advance climate change adaptation in Nigeria
Africa Policy Research Institute (APRI) and the Centre for Climate Change & Development, Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike Nigeria (CCCD- AEFUNAI), in collaboration with the Department of Climate Change (DCC), Federal Ministry of Environment Nigeria held a workshop to discuss…
