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Germany ratifies Nagoya Protocol, bolsters EU implementation

Germany is the latest country to ratify the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising...

admin - April 23, 2016

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Forum to evaluate UN Decade on Biodiversity’s half-way point

One of the main bodies under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CDB) is set to meet next week to discuss issues that will accelerate...

admin - April 21, 2016

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Nigeria seeks UN Environment Assembly vice-presidency

Nigeria's aspiration for the vice presidency of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) received a major boost on Monday as the sixth session of...

admin - April 19, 2016

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Norway’s SWF drops 52 firms with ties to coal

Norway’s $860 billion Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF) has unveiled the first list of miners and power producers to be excluded from its portfolio following...

admin - April 18, 2016

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Madagascar biodiversity offset a landgrab in disguise, says report

On the occasion of the Rio Tinto AGM on Thursday, 14 April 2016 in London, Re:Common and the World Rainforest Movement released a report...

admin - April 14, 2016

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New PIB: Host communities on the lurch?

While no one can say that the Nigerian petroleum resources sector is known for transparency, most would readily agree that it wields a lot...

admin - April 5, 2016

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Government reviews MDGs execution, to prioritise SDGs

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals (SSAP-SDGs), Princess Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, has stated that the Federal Government is reviewing Nigeria’s...

admin - April 4, 2016

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‘World wastes $1 trillion on needless new coal plants’

Nearly $1 trillion (£700 billion) is being invested in new coal-fired power plants worldwide despite the fact that the demand for electricity generated from...

admin - March 30, 2016

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