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States, NGOs distribute seedlings for afforestation in North-West

States in the North-West geo-political zone in Nigeria have intensified efforts at checking desert encroachment through their afforestation programmes. A survey conducted in Kaduna, Sokoto,...

Michael Simire - July 4, 2021

Land Degradation

NESREA advocates tree planting to control erosion, initiates measures for effective waste management

The National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA) has called on Nigerians to plant trees, and shrubs to mitigate flooding and erosion in...

Michael Simire - June 27, 2021

Land Degradation

Group seeks increased awareness on dangers of desertification

Jewel Environmental Initiative (JEI), a Gombe-based non-governmental organisation (NGO), has called for increased awareness on the dangers of deforestation to save the environment. Mr Ismail...

Michael Simire - June 18, 2021

Land Degradation

Akwa Ibom spends N10bn on erosion control – Commissioner

The Akwa Ibom State Government has spent N10 billion on erosion control projects in the state in the last nine months, the Commissioner for...

Michael Simire - June 18, 2021

Land Degradation

World Desertification Day: Restore land to help deal with global crises, leaders urge

World leaders are rallying support for a coordinated and coherent approach to reverse the loss of healthy land in light of the role it...

Michael Simire - June 18, 2021

Land Degradation

World Desertification Day: Delta partners FADE in fight against aridification

Delta State Government says it is partnering the Fight Against Desert Encroachment (FADE) Africa, a non-governmental organisation (NGO), in her fight against desertification in...

Michael Simire - June 17, 2021

Land Degradation

3.2bn people under threat of desertification, drought, says UN chief

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has warned that a combination of land degradation from climate change and the expansion of agriculture, cities and infrastructures, are...

Michael Simire - June 17, 2021

Land Degradation

High-Level Dialogue on Desertification: Reversing land degradation crucial to fighting climate change

Climate change, overuse and conversion for agriculture, cities and infrastructure mean that one fifth of the planet’s land area is degraded. This damage, which...

Michael Simire - June 15, 2021

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