GEF, UNDP, IMO launch global project to protect marine biodiversity
Post Views: 2,541 A new international effort to combat the negative environmental impacts of the transfer of aquatic species through
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Kenya gets new £235m loans from AfDB to complete Thwake dam
Post Views: 1,104 The African Development Bank’s Board of Directors has approved two loans worth €235.763 million for the completion
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IPBES to launch Global Assessment of Biodiversity, Ecosystem Services report in 2019
Post Views: 1,453 A definitive new global synthesis of the state of nature, ecosystems and nature’s contributions to people –
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At African Ministerial Summit, IPBES experts detail continent’s critical biodiversity challenges
Post Views: 1,087 The threat today to African plants, fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and large mammals is unprecedented, caused by
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China postpones trade on rhino horns, tiger parts
Post Views: 937 China has postponed the lifting of a ban on the trade of rhino horn and tiger parts
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Ambode calls for change of lifestyle in favour of nature conservation
Post Views: 902 The Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode has urged the people to change their lifestyle in
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GEF increases funding to combat illegal wildlife trade as London conference starts Thursday
Post Views: 919 The Global Environment Facility (GEF) will increase its funding to combat the illegal trafficking of wildlife by
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Forests: A natural solution to climate change, crucial for a sustainable future, say UN agency chiefs
Post Views: 892 Throughout history, times of crisis have yielded extraordinary innovation and social cooperation. Not only has this been
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Why wetlands are disappearing three times faster than forests
Post Views: 1,645 Wetlands, amongst the world’s most economically valuable ecosystems and essential regulators of the global climate, are disappearing
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Rainfall, thunderstorm to prevail on Tuesday – NIMET
Post Views: 899 The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted prospects of rainfall and thunderstorm activities over most parts of
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