Environment

With 50 per cent of fatalities on construction sites attributed to weak scaffolding, wrong formwork placement and poor training, experts in the construction industry said inclusiveness and increase in local content would significantly reduce the trend. They stressed that local content would also groom entrepreneurs, creates employment opportunities in construction and other sectors of the…

To protect the soil, Lagos state government has warned its citizens on the dangers of indiscriminate disposal of spent oil, uncontrolled use of agrochemicals and improper disposal of urban and industrial wastes.

A United Nations report on climate financing has indicated that since the signing of the PARIS Agreement in 2015, funding support increased by 17per cent in recent years.

Nyangasang community in Calabar municipality local council of Cross River state has concluded plans to embark on gully erosion control and building of ultra-modern market to ease the suffering of the people.

Dr. Kike Oloruntoba, who is of the Raw Materials Research and Development Council, stressed that they are group of industrial chemicals used since 1960 but now incorporated into a wide range of polymers.

The Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF) has tasked stakeholders in the sector to work together to recover the nation’s forest potential.

To address the issues of funding reforestation and sustainable forest management, the Federal Government has established...

Professor of hydrology and water resources at the Abia State University Uturu, George Chima has advocated the establishment of River Basin Action Team (RBAT) in each River Basin Development Authority (RBDA). The RBAT will monitor and clean the drainage basin landscape. In his submission at the university’s 37th inaugural lecture on “water, water everywhere but…

Two new studies on the Nigerian domestic financial sector reform for on-grid renewable energy investment and the development of an Measurement, Reportable and Verifiable (MRV) framework for the power sector have been endorsed by stakeholders in the environment sector. The stakeholders met at a two-day validation workshop in Port Harcourt, Rivers State organized by United…

Iqued that Nigeria may soon come tops in the global ranking on open defecation with 120 million people lacking decent toilets, the Federal Government has launched a strategic document for the Open Defecation Free (ODF) Campaign plan.   The ODF campaign plan launched during the 25th edition of the National Council on Water Resources in Abuja is…

A global new study, “Toxic Soup: Dioxins in Plastic Toys”, shows alarming levels of very toxic brominated dioxins in eight toys and one hair clip made of recycled plastic stemming from electronic waste. Dioxin content in toys from Czechia, Germany, France, Portugal, Argentina, India and Nigeria was comparable to the levels found in previous studies…

President Muhammadu Buhari has signed a new National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency, NESREA amended bill into law to tackle environmental crimes in the country.