Land Degradation

The Cross River State Government has reiterated its commitment towards addressing ecological challenges in the state. Mr Mfon Bassey, the state’s Commissioner for Environment, stated this on Sunday,...

Afforestation programme is playing significant role towards checkmating desert encroachment in Nigeria. However, combating desertification requires an integrated, multi-dimensional approach which involves the establishment of shelterbelts, windbreaks,...

The State Coordinator, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Abia State, Mrs Bona Fasakin, has appealed to Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu to help tackle the devastating erosion...

An environmentalist, Prof. Francis Okeke, has reiterated the need to urgently attend to erosion sites in Nigeria to reduce environmental damage and high funding cost. Okeke, a...

The Director of Highway Designs, South-South in the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing, Mr Oluropo Oyetade, on Tuesday, December 17, 2019 said the design for...

The Coalition of South East Youth Leaders (COSEYL) has called on the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency on erosion menace in the South...

A former Governor of Imo State, Chief Ikedi Ohakim, says over 100 million or 50 percent of Nigerians are directly or indirectly threatened by desertification, deforestation...

Programme Officer, International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Mr Chris Magero, has said the participation of civil society organisations (CSOs) is necessary to achieve...