213 posts
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
by HOMEf | Jun 5, 2020 | Fossil Politics, General, Hunger Politics, Ikike, Press Release
Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) has called for urgent and collective effort to protect and preserve biodiversity. The ecological think tank explains the importance of biodiversity, the threats to...
by HOMEf | Jun 1, 2020 | Fossil Politics, General, Hunger Politics, Report, School of Ecology
The push for a Blue Economy is just not what it claims to be. It is rather a push for deriving of economic gains from our freshwater and marine ecosystems....
by HOMEf | May 20, 2020 | Fossil Politics, Hunger Politics, Press Release
Press Release 15 May 2020 Environmentalists Reject NOSDRA’s Report on Dead Fish Along Niger Delta Coastlines We recall the reports of dead fish washing up on an extensive stretch of...
by HOMEf | May 6, 2020 | Fossil Politics, Hunger Politics, Report
Between February and April 2020 while the nation is on lock-down due to the coronavirus pandemic, fishers and community people across the Atlantic Coastline of the Niger Delta have witnessed the unusual death...
by HOMEf | Apr 28, 2020 | Eco-Instigator, Fossil Politics, General, Hunger Politics, Ikike
Climate change, driven by human actions, is changing the face of our planet whether we acknowledge this fact or not. It is shocking that although the major underlying factors are...
by HOMEf | Apr 2, 2020 | Hunger Politics
On the 17th of March 2020, hundreds of Nigerians including farmers, CSOs, community persons, lawyers, medical practitioners, students, scientists, youth and women groups led by Health of Mother Earth Foundation and...