While looking forward to the proposed oil spill clean-up in Ogoni, it is pertinent that youths of impacted communities are involved in the process and of course monitor its progress. For monitoring to be effective, monitors need to be armed with relevant skills and knowledge for effective monitoring. To this end, Health of Mother Earth […]
Our School of Ecology provides spaces for ideas generation/contestation and interrogation of eco-colonialism in the framework of exploitation of nature. Through these spaces we strive for gender, environmental, socio-economic and climate justice. In line with her 2019 theme De-colonizing Minds, HOMEF takes her School of Ecology (Climate Justice) to Uyo, Akwa Ibom State on July 7 […]
HOMEF hosts Oilwatch Africa Conference/AGM 2019 and the maiden FishNet Alliance General Assembly 5-9 August 2019 in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria. Contact us at [email protected] for more details.
In partnership with the United Nations Development Programme, and the Department of Climate Change in Nigeria, HOMEF is facilitating the National Youth Climate Innovation Hub which is scheduled to hold on 11-12 November 2019 and aims to harvest bright ideas from young people for climate change adaptation and mitigation.
HOMEF will be hosting a media event in Port Harcourt on 13th November 2019 that aims to harness, appreciate and strengthen reportage on climate and environmental issues.
On 20th November 2019 in Enugu, Enugu State, HOMEF will hold a Dialogue with farmers drawn from several farming communities in the South East of Nigeria to discuss and learn on the current challenges in food production, the implications of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in Agriculture and on the way forward for food sovereignty and […]
Media practitioners in Lagos, on the 26th of November 2019, will be looking critically at issues bordering on the use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in Nigeria, on public awareness regarding the issue and on the role of the media in promoting factful and complete information to preserve our biodiversity and ensure that Nigerians make […]
HOMEF is organising a FishNet Dialogue in Senegal on 28th November 2019 to discuss and exchange on the impacts of oil exploration on fishers and their livelihood. FishNet is a network of fishers across Africa who are engaged in, promotes sustainable fishing in line with ecosystem limits and stand in solidarity against extractive activities in […]
Stakeholders will rally to demand a ban on GM foods in Nigeria, better support for our farmers and for a review of the National Biosafety Management Agency Act to ensure it is fit to protect the interest of Nigerians against the commercial interests of the biotech architecture.
A major biosafety conference will hold in March 2020 in the city of Abuja with various stakeholders including farmers, researchers, civil society organisations, faith based organisations, legal practitioners, law makers, academics and the media. Focus will be on Nigeria’s Food and Farming System; the regulation of agricultural biotechnology and other emerging technologies and their implications. […]