Environment

Towards total greening and aesthetic beauty of the university environment, Federal University Ndufu-Alike Ikwo (FUNAI), Ebonyi State has carried out another round of tree planting exercise to promote eco-friendliness, guard against environmental degradation, provide edible fruits for staff and students.

Face with declining infrastructural facilities, engineers have urged to embrace technology based devices in infrastructural management.The government at all levels has also been tasked to focus on building infrastructure that would address the challenge posed by inefficient transport services.

About 140 mayors of the world’s largest cities have expressed their commitment in implementing the Paris Climate Change Agreement at a meeting in Montreal, Canada last week, and pledged city leadership on climate action.

The Founder, the Friends of the Environment (FOTE), Mrs. Joanna Maduka harps on the need to adopt renewable energy to avert the crimes of deforestation, which she said is leading the society to social and ecological problems.

The presentation of prizes for the winners formed the high point of the maiden Knowledge fair and exhibition. About 1,000 entries were received from various schools before the winners emerged.

Following growing concerns about the alarming rate of forest degradation and deforestation, stakeholders have called for appropriate policies, legislation and institutional framework targeted at increasing Nigeria’s forest cover.

Determined to unlock large-scale solar cell projects and adopt Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)...

Determined to tackle the menace of erosion, Kogi authorities have launched the Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Project (NEWMAP) in the State.

The pendulum of global attention over the Earth’s health hung again to the realm of the rural and urban environment today, as the world celebrates the 2017 World Environment Day (WED). 

It is a fact that some corporate bodies have made environmental stewardship part of their social investments. Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL) - operator of the joint venture between the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and CNL (NNPC/CNL JV) - is one of such organizations.

Since the current President, Muhammadu Buhari was elected the governing structures for the UNEP implementation have been put in place and a coordinator was appointed to lead HYPREP, the implementation agency.

A new report released by Basel Convention Coordinating Centre for the African Region (BCCC-Africa), Nigeria has raised concern on the issues of growing consumption and importation of Used Electrical and Electronic Equipment (UEEE) into the country.