The value of wetlands
Wetlands are areas of land that are either covered by water or saturated with water. The water is often groundwater, seeping up from an...
NCF opens applications for S.L Edu Memorial Grant
Calls for applications have been made by the Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF) for the year 2023's edition of the annual Chief S.L Edu Memorial...
Amazing ecotourism destinations to visit in the year 2023
Ecotourism has been defined by the World Tourism Organization as all nature-based forms of tourism in which the main motivation of the tourist is...
Critically endangered rhinoceros gives birth at Kansas City Zoo
Kansas City Zoo welcomed the birth of a critically endangered species of rhino on December 31, 2022.
Zuri, a critically endangered species of the...
Animals on the brink of extinction in 2022
Extinction is the dying out or extermination of a species. This process occurs when plant or animal species are diminished because of environmental factors...
Meet Inemesit Edem Eniang, a rising environmental conservation star
Inemesit Edem Eniang is an environment champion who hails from Mbak Atai, Itam in the Itu local government area of Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria.
He...
ANI’s Gashaka and Okomu Projects- An innovative approach to conservation in West Africa
Africa Nature Investors (ANI) is a Nigerian non-governmental organization founded five years ago by a group of Nigerians with a laudable passion for the protection of Africa's natural resources. These resources as we know are intrinsic to the survival and sustenance of biodiversity as well as the existence and development of humanity.
Nigeria inaugurates committee on plastic management
On Tuesday 6th of December 2022, the minister of environment, Mohammed Abdullahi, inaugurated a committee to promote a sustainable plastics value chain through circular...
Major outcomes of Cop27 climate summit
World leaders assembled in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt on the 7th and 8th of November to deliberate on how to further deliver on the world...
The vital role of CITES in curtailing wildlife trafficking
The role of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) in addressing wildlife trafficking is highly vital....