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Food production worries as pollinators face threat of extinction

A growing number of pollinator species worldwide are being driven toward extinction by diverse pressures, many of them human-made, threatening millions of livelihoods and...

admin - February 28, 2016

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Illegal logging negatively impacting IGR, laments Ogun

The Ogun State Government has solicited the support of stakeholders in the state’s forestry sector to join its efforts in curbing illegal felling of...

admin - February 28, 2016

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How forest restoration project will benefit communities, by Ogun

The Ogun State Government has unveiled plans to embark on a Agro-Forestry and Forest Landscape Restoration Project with the aim of creating employment opportunities...

admin - January 28, 2016

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Illicit trafficking, compliance top agenda at CITES forum

The 66th session of the Standing Committee of CITES holds this week in Geneva, Switzerland in the bid to to take vital decisions on...

admin - January 11, 2016

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Nigeria may create trust fund for biodiversity protection

A National Biodiversity Trust Fund may be created to aid the protection and conservation of biological diversity in the country. This idea was mooted recently...

admin - December 23, 2015

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Why we killed escapee lion, by Jos Park

The management of the Jos Wide Life Park in Plateau State, Nigeria, has said that it invited troops to kill an escapee 43-year-old lion because...

admin - December 5, 2015

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‘Over half of world’s primate species threatened with extinction’

Only 25 individuals of the Hainan gibbon (Nomascus hainanus) are thought to be left in the wild, confined to a small patch of rainforest...

admin - November 24, 2015

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IUCN: Climate change threatens polar bear survival

A global re-assessment of polar bears highlights loss of sea ice habitat due to climate warming as the single most important threat to the...