Browsing: Environmnet

THE rate of surface temperature increase has generally been more rapid on the African continent than the global average, with…

AFRICA’S mountain forests may store up to two-thirds more carbon than previously thought, according to research published Wednesday that highlights…

MINING giant De Beers and the National Geographic Society have announced a partnership to protect the waters and endangered animals…

THE rate of urbanisation has grown tremendously globally with nearly 66 percent of the world’s population predicted to be urban…

SOME Nigerian companies are using coconut and palm shells to make charcoal briquettes in an effort to slow ongoing deforestation.…

POLLUTION is one of the three interrelated planetary crises we face, along with biodiversity loss and climate instability, due to unsustainable production…

THE well-known Nigerian ‘plastic bottle’ house in Yewa has been successful in turning trash into an affordable and beautiful housing…

GABON has become the first African nation to receive a financial reward for protecting its forests as part of international…

FOR more than five years, Gloria Majiga-Kamoto, a 30-year-old Malawian environmental activist, has waged a David v Goliath battle against…

A MASSIVE drive to plant five million trees in Ghana began on Friday as part of a nationwide campaign to…