Section: Articles
Legal reforms underlined as Nigeria readies for REDD+
Published on by Michael Simire (writer)
Deputy Country Director, UNDP, Janthomas Hiemstra (left); Assistant to the Federal Minister of Environment, and Coordinator of REDD+ Programme, Salisu Dahiru (middle); and a community leader, at the event. Photo by Michael Simire
Following the approval last October of Nigeria’s REDD+ Readiness Programme and the subsequent release of the sum of $4 million (about N650 million) by the UN-REDD Policy Board to aid the programme’s implementation, experts have initiated a dialogue to foster multi-stakeholder understanding of the topic.
Poison Fire: Gas and Oil Abuse in Nigeria
Published on by Lars Johansson (writer)
Participatory Documentary. Credit: Lars Johansson, Maweni Farm (Tanzania) and Earth Rights Action (Nigeria) 2008.
In Lars Johansson's participatory documentary Poison Fire, citizens of the Niger Delta document the destruction of their environment.
Drawing up sustainability roadmap ahead of Rio
Published on by Michael Simire (writer)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Several months to the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) scheduled to hold in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in June, Nigeria has commenced a series of preparatory consultative sessions aimed at harnessing inputs from relevant sectors in the Country Report/National Position for the global summit.
Sustaining The Environment For The Benefit Of All
Published on by Ibraheem Hamza Muhammad (writer)
Natural fruits of Nigeria: great resources to protect from pollution and to farm for supporting locally processed food
Eco Journalism is the environmental education by the media to the people on what the environment is? How to sustain it devoid of pollution, desertification, erosion to preserve the ozone layer.
Eco-Journalism: Getting the world’s attention
Published on by Bola Akingbehin (writer)
Training Session at ECO-HUb 2012
Eco- Journalism could be defined as, good journalism comprises of fact, in-depth research into past event and the future in order to know why certain things are happening in the environment. It tells the story behind an event.