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Report on the State of Biosafety in Nigeria
In today’s agricultural sector, there is an increased push for the adoption of genetic engineering technology in crop breeding and animal production. This has heightened biosafety concerns in most developing countries including Nigeria as to the safety of the public...
The Big Con: How Big Polluters are advancing a “net zero” climate agenda to delay, deceive, and deny – Corporate Accountability
As the impacts of the climate crisis become ever more apparent, people around the world, led by Indigenous Peoples, women, youth, and frontline communities, are demanding action. In response, Big Polluters and the governments that do their bidding have begun to tout...
Criminalising Ecocide- The Conversations
https://youtu.be/5jw8qNIcic4 A movement is growing around the world to make ecocide a crime at the International Criminal Court (ICC). With the mounting global movement, a lot of information about ecocide is now in the public domain. However, Health of Mother Earth...
Real Actions for Life and Livelihoods
The World Ocean day, marked on June 8 every year, should be an avenue to rally support and build solidarity to protect world oceans, their biodiversity and ultimately save lives on earth. The theme of the 2021 commemoration is “The Ocean: Life and Livelihoods.” The...
Quit Activities that Destroy Ecosystems
……HOMEF Advises on World Environment Day 2021 As Nigeria joins the global community in marking the 2021 World Environment Day on Saturday, June 5, Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) called for the protection and restoration of our ecological systems. To be able...
Stories from Degraded Environments in Kono and Bundu
It has been said that no one can tell a people’s story better than the people themselves. For six decades and counting, oil extraction activities have constantly degraded ecosystems – lands, rivers, mangroves, etc. in the Niger Delta with at least one oil spill...
Coalition praises Dutch court ruling against Shell
… Encourages more groups to sue oil companies The Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), the Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) and the Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) have hailed yesterday’s...
Why Nigeria/Africa Needs a Cohesive Food Policy
Nigeria and Africa at large are combating food system related issues such as malnutrition, environmental degradation, the rise in non-communicable diseases (NCDs), cultural erosion and injustice. These issues can mostly be linked to defective or inadequate food...
Shell Moving Offshore To Evade Clean Up Responsibility – Groups Alert FG
Civil society groups in Nigeria have urged the Nigerian government to compel Shell to clean up the massive pollution its extractive activities have created in the Niger Delta and cautioned that the company’s plans to divest its operations by moving offshore is only...
Big Win in Uganda – Tanzania Pipeline as Financiers Withdraw
On the 10th of April 2021, the governments of Uganda and Tanzania, alongside the French multinational Total and the state-owned China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), signed the final agreements that will kickstart the construction of a controversial $3.5...
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