For several rainy seasons in Kano State, flood and its attendant devastating effects have been the order of the day, with as much as five deaths already recorded this rainy season. While the government has not been effective enough in addressing the root causes, residents have also been identified as playing crucial roles in the […]
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Minna — The plight of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) across the country has continued to assume worrisome dimensions with the rainy season wreaking havoc on their dwelling places. Our correspondents in Benue and Niger states in this report shed light on how these displaced people are affected by the rainy season. For Mary Shiadon, a […]
Maputo, Mozambique — Zimbabwe is committed to the protection of its vast forestry resources, with Government implementing interventions geared to restore degraded forest areas and safeguard the integrity and biodiversity of woodlands, President Mnangagwa has said. Addressing a high-level regional meeting on the protection of indigenous woodlands at Joaquim Chissano International Conference Centre in Maputo, […]
29 July 2022, Maputo, Mozambique – The fourth edition of the intensive and engaging Africa Climate Talks (ACT!-4) closed yesterday in Maputo, Mozambique. The three-day session was co-hosted by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), African Union Commission (AUC), Africa Development Bank (AfDB), Eduardo Mondlane University (UEM), and the Pan African Climate Justice Alliance […]
Anlo — The Regulations Manager of the Wildlife Division under the Forestry Commission, Mr Vincent Dickson Agyeman,says the blockage of canals that allows the flow of sea water into lagoons was having a negative impact on the livelihood of residents living around wetland areas. The blockage of the canals, which according to Mr Agyeman,was caused […]
The government has moved a step closer to ending the water crisis in Isingiro district after signing a contract for the multi-billion Kagera Water infrastructure construction project. Isingiro, one of the districts located in the country’s cattle corridor, is a water-stressed area in which farmers struggle to get water for their animals and domestic use […]
The Regulations Manager of the Wildlife Division, under the Forestry Commission, Mr Vincent Dickson Agyeman, is advocating the development of a comprehensive policy framework to help protect mangroves at RamsarSites across the country. According to Mr Agyeman, mangroves had many uses, serving as habitat for some wildlife species and a buffer to prevent flooding, hence, […]
With fossil fuel prices reaching record highs, companies around the world are focusing on energy efficiency to save money and reduce the emissions driving the climate crisis. Research shows that a safe future below 1.5°C requires the world to cut 30 gigatonnes greenhouse gas emissions (CO2) annually by 2030. Carbon emissions need to be cut […]
Banyo — Traditional rulers in Cameroon are urging villagers to stop farming near Nigeria’s Gashaka-Gumti National Park after a flurry of human-wildlife conflict. Wildlife officials say animals from the park, Nigeria’s largest, have been crossing the Cameroon border to eat crops. Village chiefs say some farmers responded by killing the protected animals and were arrested […]
Ten African countries have proposed that hippopotamus be given the highest protection under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora’s (CITES) official list of endangered animals. Hippos are already listed as an appendix II species, which means they are not necessarily threatened with extinction but could become so if […]
So far 226 people in Nabilatu have died of hunger- government official John Longolio, the Town Clerk of the Nabilatuk Town Council in the Karamoja region has reported that the number of people that have died of hunger in the district has reached 226, yet the hope for food has been deemed. Longolio in a […]
The World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Tuesday that more than 37 million people in the Greater Horn of Africa are facing acute hunger, as the region experiences one of the worst famines of the last 70 years. The agency pointed out that approximately seven million children under the age of five are acutely malnourished […]
The director-general, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Mr Mustapha Ahmed, yesterday said the agency had identified 233 local government areas in 32 states and FCT that would experience flooding in 2022. He spoke at a national consultative workshop on 2022 Flood Preparedness, Mitigation and Response organised by the agency yesterday in Abuja. He said the […]
Cape Town — Western Cape Dam Levels Low – Residents Urged to Save Water Residents in the Western Cape are being called on to save water after figures released by the national Department of Water and Sanitation show the total dam storage level in the province is at 63.57% of capacity. Cape Town has experienced […]
The World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Tuesday that the Greater Horn of Africa is experiencing one of the worst hunger crises of the last 70 years. More than 37 million people are facing acute hunger, with approximately seven million children under the age of five acutely malnourished in the region. While finding food and […]
Faced with little or no attention from the authorities after decades of devastating oil pollution, residents are replanting mangroves destroyed over the years. During her childhood days in Rivers State, Martha Agbani had the pleasure of living in a coastal community in the Ogoni area, where the vegetation seemed pristine. But with the passage of […]
Monrovia — The Environmental Protection Agency of Liberia (EPA) through its National Ozone Unit over the weekend conducted a one-day training for 15 customs and law enforcement officers at Bo Waterside Border in Grand Cape Mount County. The training which is the second and final of two customs and other law enforcement officers’ training workshops […]
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Liberia: UK Boosts Conservation Efforts
Monrovia — Liberia’s most endangered and threatened species are set to be better protected thanks to new funding to tackle the illegal wildlife trade announced by the British Embassy in Monrovia. UK funding of US$1 million, under the UK’s Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund, will support three new projects in Liberia to reduce the demand […]