Published January 28, 2024 Ms. Obaje J. single mother of five kids on a monthly salary of approximately $28.57 or 40,000 Nigerian Naira (NGN) at the galloping exchange rate of $1 to NGN1,400 struggles in the Ilaje community in Bariga Lagos to allocate her meagre wages
According to a 2021 FAO report titled 'Review of Forest and Landscape Restoration in Africa', "up to 65% of productive land in Africa is degraded, while desertification affects 45% of the continents land area." Although "the overall trend is reducing, net loss of forests
As per a 2019 World Bank report, West Africa loses more than $3.8 billion and 13,000 lives annually to coastal degradation. We need to begin to discuss collaborative approaches to tackle this problem. We are rallying stakeholders across Ghana, Togo, Benin, Senegal, Nigeria and Mauritania
Did you know that Africa has a coastline of 18,950 miles or 30,500 kilometers from 38 coastal countries and a number of island states like Cape Verde, Sao Tome and Principe, Mauritius, Seychelles and the Comoros. The African country with the longest coastline is Madagascar at
The Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF) reported that Nigeria has lost over 96% of its natural forest cover and deforestation is at an alarming rate of 11.1% per annum, one of the highest in the world! This is staggering in view of the impending climate