World Gorilla Day 2025
Every September 24, the world pauses to celebrate World Gorilla Day, a day dedicated to honoring these remarkable great apes and renewing our commitment...
Ogun Assembly members call for more forest guards in conservation areas
Lawmakers from Ogun House of Assembly have highlighted the need for improvement in managing the state's forest reserves to boost its economy....
Ogoni cleanup: Group frowns at quality of HYPREP’s work
A civil society organisation, the Social Development Integrated Centre (Social Action) has expressed its reservation about contractors and the quality work by...
Namibia convicts 41 for wildlife crimes in three months
Between April and June 2019, 41 suspects have been convicted for wildlife crimes in Namibia, the country's prosecutor general, Advocate Martha Imalwa...
Walk for Nature 15th Edition: Lagos state collaborates with NCF.
The 15th edition of the yearly walk for nature is set to hold on the third Saturday of the month of October and this...
President Buhari’s UN summit message, a hope for biodiversity conservation in Nigeria?
President Muhammadu Buhari's message at the virtual 2020 Biodiversity Summit, held on the margins of the 75th UN General Assembly, in New...
Conservationists urge ”tighter wildlife laws” after Trump move
Countries should be strengthening their laws protecting endangered species, not weakening them, international conservationists said Tuesday, after US President Donald Trump''s...
Tree planting day: Rotary Club plants trees in schools
The Rotary Club of Idimu High-Rise (provisional) District 9110 Nigeria planted trees in two elementary schools in Lagos to support basic education...
REDD+ programme gets Ogun, Edo, Plateau as new additions
A recent scoping mission to seven states has led to the addition of Ogun, Edo and Plateau states to the the REDD+...
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.