Tag:Land degradation

TV Reports

Video: Nigeria reclaims desert in 11 states

The Nigerian government has approved N10 billion to reclaim the desert along 11 front line states in the northern part of the country. Disregard...

admin - July 19, 2016

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Review Great Green Wall operations to correct lapses – Dahiru

Nigeria loses over 21,000sq km of its arable land annually to desertification which encroaches into the northern region of the country from the Sahara Desert. The...

admin - May 1, 2016

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Mohammed: How Nigeria will restore Niger Delta livelihood, lifestyle

Nigeria will begin the long-awaited clean-up of the polluted Niger Delta region by month’s end, Environment Minister, Amina Mohammed, has said. She made the disclosure...

admin - March 3, 2016

Sustainable Devpt

Fresh initiatives to restore degraded African land emerge

Two ambitious initiatives to restore 100 million hectares of degraded and deforested land in Africa by 2030 were on Sunday (December 6, 2015) launched...

admin - December 7, 2015

Sustainable Devpt

Desertification: Sokoto outlaws tree-felling

In a bid to curb desert encroachment and land degradation, the Sokoto State Government has banned the practice of felling trees which some use...

admin - September 7, 2015

Conservation

Nnimmo Bassey: Let’s talk about our land

Although we do know that the environment affects everything we do in life, including how we live and die, we often think that it...

Michael Simire - February 17, 2015

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Bassey: My memories, hopes for Ogoniland

In the spirit of the third year anniversary of the release of the report on Ogoniland by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Nnimmo...

Michael Simire - August 7, 2014

Sustainable Devpt

Activists lament state of Ogoniland, three years after UNEP report

Monday August 4th, 2014 marks the 3rd year anniversary of the damning report of the assessment of Ogoni environment conducted by the United Nations Environment...

Michael Simire - August 3, 2014

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