by HOMEf | Jul 17, 2020 | Hunger Politics, Ikike
There are several pointers to the fact that COVID-19 and similar disease outbreaks are as a result of our encroachment on natural habitats and destruction of genetic diversity occasioned by the industrial system of agriculture and other economic activities. The...
by HOMEf | Jul 6, 2020 | Hunger Politics
Over 75 Civil Society Organizations from Nigeria, Africa and other countries in the world have condemned moves to open the way for the release of genetically modified mosquitoes in Nigeria. On Friday 6 June 2020, at a virtual meeting of the West African...
by HOMEf | Jul 1, 2020 | Eco-Instigator, Fossil Politics, General, Hunger Politics, Ikike
By the time our 27th edition went to bed in February 2020, no one could have envisioned that the world would shortly thereafter go into a a dreadful lockdown. It has been a season of fears, panic and doubts. Fear of getting caught in the web of the coronavirus. Panic...
by HOMEf | Jun 15, 2020 | Fossil Politics, Hunger Politics, Ikike, Report
The virtual convergence/webinar on Freshwater and Marine ecosystems held on 8-9 June 2020 rose with a unanimous call for the creation of Freshwater and Marine Protected Areas in the Gulf of Guinea and the Congo Basin. The convergence or School of Ecology reviewed the...
by HOMEf | Jun 7, 2020 | Fossil Politics, Hunger Politics, Policy Paper
Marine protected areas (MPAs) are important and powerful tools for biodiversity conservation and management of aquatic ecosystems and balanced cycles. Unfortunately, Nigeria has no formally established marine or fresh water protected areas and is not engaging in...
by HOMEf | Jun 5, 2020 | Fossil Politics, Hunger Politics
The marine ecosystem hosts about 80% of the world’s biodiversity and also supports other lifeforms on land. We need clean and healthy creeks, rivers, lakes and oceans to support our own health and survival and we cannot afford to let corporations gamble with and...
