Tag: #EnvironmentalProtection
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UNESCO URGES NIGERIAN STATES TO PROMOTE GREEN LIVELIHOODS FOR BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION
Dr. Jean-Paul Abiaga, UNESCO Representative to Nigeria, has called on state governments managing Nigeria’s biosphere reserves to boost biodiversity conservation by encouraging green and sustainable livelihoods. Speaking at a biodiversity business training in communities around the Omo Biosphere Reserve in Ogun State, Abiaga emphasized conservation as central to UNESCO’s mandate to protect biodiversity while supporting…
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KATAMPE HILL AND WATERFALLS URGED TO BE DESIGNATED NATIONAL PARK TO PROTECT ENVIRONMENT AND WATER SOURCES
Environmentalists led by former Head of Civil Service Prof. Oladapo Abiodun Afolabi have called on the Federal Government to designate Katampe Hill and its waterfalls in Abuja as a National Park, stressing their importance as sacred birthplaces of rivers that sustain ecosystems and communities. The call came during the launch of the “Where Rivers Are…
