New consortium to reduce environmental footprint of rice production
Rice is a leading cause, as well as a victim, of climate change, and its production impacts many natural systems. Rice is responsible for about the same greenhouse gas emissions as Germany, particularly from methane, which is emitted from rotting vegetation in inundated paddy fields.
Women cry out over diseases in Ogoni land
“My community has 56 oil wells and so the pollution level is high. However, HYPREP’s effort to clean up the land is not going well because it did not provide the emergency measures needed, especially for the safety of women," she said.
Group questions Nigerian Government over Ogoni cleanup process
Civil society groups are questioning the process being adopted by the federal authorities to remedy the sites of...