Forests Connect People With Nature

Forests Connect People With Nature

FOREST TOWN HALL RESOLUTIONS Health of Mother Earth Foundation held a Forest Town Hall Meeting on Monday – June 5, 2017 in commemoration of World Environment Day, at Apo Apartments in Abuja. The meeting was attended by 150 people including representatives from forest...
Forest Monitors, Forest Protectors

Forest Monitors, Forest Protectors

Monitoring Our Community Forest Communities are best placed to monitor their forests because they live in the forests, depend on forest resources and readily notice threat and changes that occur in such forests. When the communities, such as yours, are especially...
Record-Breaking Superhighway’s 20km Right of Way Revoked

Record-Breaking Superhighway’s 20km Right of Way Revoked

The forest comnunities and other threatened communities of Cross River State, Nigeria, have won a significant victory. The order of the Cross River State government revoking ownership of land extending to 10km on either side of the proposed 260 km Superhighway has...
As Amina Mohammed becomes Deputy UN Secretary General

As Amina Mohammed becomes Deputy UN Secretary General

HOMEF sees the appointment of Amina Mohammed, the Minister of Environment of Nigeria as the Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations, as a validation of her clear focus and universal commitment to the common good – and especially to the environment. Within the...
A Vote Against Genetic Extinction Technologies

A Vote Against Genetic Extinction Technologies

September 1, 2016 Governments and NGOs Vote Against Genetic Extinction Technologies Potentially Dangerous Genetic Engineering Tool Rejected by International Group of Scientists, Conservationists, and Leading Environmental Advocates   OAHU, HAWAI’I — As...
Ekuri Communities reject Forests Land Grab; Insist on EIA

Ekuri Communities reject Forests Land Grab; Insist on EIA

The Health of Mother Earth Foundation, HOMEF, organized  a  two- day  Community dialogue and an Environmental Impact Assessment EIA training for communities that will be critically impacted by the proposed Digital Superhighway Project proposed by the Cross Rivers...