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School of Ecology 2021: Schedule & Curriculum
For this year, HOMEF kicked started her School of Ecology strongly with a collaboration with University of Lyon to host School of the Anthropocene, which held in January. That session was a great move towards our plan to build stronger alliances for the change we...
Shell clean up your mess, restore our environment before divesting!
Why is Shell divesting? The Shell divestment plans have made topical headlines in recent times with the arguments for and against the plan depending on the divide the protagonist belongs. However, except we understand the real motives or reasons behind the divestment...
The Petroleum Industry Act Neglects Community Concerns and Strengthens Oil Companies
Since the first draft of the new petroleum industry law was produced by Nigeria’s National Assembly almost 2 decades ago, civil society organizations have been in the forefront of demanding that the provisions of the Act adequately provides for the concerns of all...
NNPC’s Push for Resumption of Oil Extraction in Ogoniland is Insensitive and Irresponsible.
On the 20th of August 2021, following an Appeal Court ruling denying Shell ownership and access to OML 11 mostly located around the area of the Ogoni ethnic nationality, and handing same over to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, a statement from the...
Politics of the Sea: Counting the ecological cost and damages to our water bodies.
As efforts are being made towards restoring the ecosystem, different concepts and ideologies are springing up. While some are geared towards improving the quality of life and proffering real sustain-able solutions, others lean towards the continuous profiting of big...
Agroecology as a Viable Solution to Climate Change
The world is grappling with the challenge of how to address climate change. The latest report of the Intergovernmental panel on Climate Change (IPCC) underpins the urgency of taking global action to halt climate change and deal with its growing effects. The report...
Petition: Nigerians Reject the UPOV-91 Based Plant Variety Protection Law
23 August 2021 The Secretary General The International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) Genève 20, Switzerland Dear Mr. Daren Tang Petition: Nigerians Reject the UPOV-91 Based Plant Variety Protection Law The undersigned coalition of farmers,...
Hotspots of Conflicts
There is literally no African nation without one viable resource or the other and this has made Africa a centre of attraction for exploiters and speculators. Consequently, the quest for these natural resources has made Africa a highly exploited continent in the world...
Still Roots Stories: Shifting The Power Lines, Empowering the People
Stop the harm on Mother Earth. The need to protect the environment, ensure livelihoods and ensure energy access cannot be over emphasized because of our high gains from the environment and all it carries. Health of Mother Earth foundation HOMEF, in a two-day...
Costal community monitoring, HOMEF engages fishers
Clean up the water ways for easy navigation and fishing. The attention paid to coastal communities also vary depending on whether such areas are urban or rural. The flooding and projected impacts of the refinery on Lagos, a mega city, attracts global attention,...
A Chat with Medical Practitioners on GMOs and Biosafety in Nigeria
As concerns about the introduction and use of genetically modified organisms/food products are increasing, more steps are being taken in terms of policy reviews and propaganda to encourage their use. The plethora of concerns, grouped as health, environmental, economic...
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