Climate change is one of the defining issues of our age. Nigeria is one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change and this situation calls for an urgent action to reduce the impact of climate change and ensure that…
BirdLife, AFR100 champion move to restore degraded forests across Africa
BirdLife Partners and other NGOs in Cote d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Nigeria, and Rwanda are amongst the Top 100 Restoration Projects funded by TerraFund for AFR100, which recently announced its cohort of 100 local innovators and enterprises in 27 countries to deliver pioneering…
Human behaviour critical to environmental conservation, preservation – Chevron
By Fabian Ekeruche The Managing Director, Chevron Nigeria Ltd., Mr Richard Kennedy, says that human behaviour is critical to the preservation and conservation of the environment for a better future. Kennedy said this at the 20th edition of Chief Lawal…
Its time for the youths to stand up and save nature- NCF, Participants at 20th Chief S.L Edu Memorial Lecture
“It is up to the youths to start acting to save the earth. However, our responsibility as conservationists is to educate and make children aware of the nature from childhood so they grow with an affiliation to the earth". And…
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…
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…
Maina Bukar appointed as Director General of National Great Green Wall Agency
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Dr Yusuf Maina-Bukar as the Director-General of the National Agency for the Great Green Wall (NAGGW). The appointment was disclosed in a statement issued on Friday by Saghir El-Mohammed, spokesman of the federal…
UK Government announces £150 million investment for world’s rainforests The UK Government has launched a £150 million fund to help protect 2.1 million hectares of rainforest from deforestation.
The UK Government has launched a £150 million fund to help protect 2.1 million hectares of rainforest from deforestation. Through the newly launched Mobilising Finance for Forests Programme, the Government’s £150 million investment is for businesses and investors who support…
Satelligence partners with GAR to delink palm oil production from deforestation
Utrecht, 25th February 2021 – Agritech company Satelligence has partnered with Golden Agri-Resources (GAR), following a three month trial, to deliver near real-time deforestation risk monitoring of GAR’s full palm oil concessions and supply chain, covering all of Indonesia. Based…
