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HOMEF Trains Fishers in Bayelsa
Bayelsa is among states with well-defined coastlines and sandy beaches. It is home of foraging and nesting for several species of fish, mammals and other animals. The marine freshwater ecosystems are threatened basically as a result of extractive activities. Health of...
Farmers Dialogue on Healthy and Resilient Food System in Nigeria
A resilient food and farming system is highly dependent on the protection and preservation of biological diversity. While industrial agriculture and market based technologies destroy biodiversity, real farmers (small holder farmers) are faced with the challenge of...
Outcomes from the Polluters’ Judgment Roundtable
The Polluters’ Judgment Roundtable was held at Oronto Douglas Conference Hall, HOMEF’s International Headquarters in Benin City on 23 February 2021 Over the last six decades the Niger Delta region of Nigeria has been immersed in extensive environmental pollution from...
Abolishing Persistent Ecologic and Economic Crimes in the Niger Delta
Welcome words by Nnimmo Bassey, Director, HOMEF, at the Polluters’ Judgements Roundtable held at Oronto Douglas Conference Hall, HOMEF Head Quarters, Benin City, Nigeria. When Chief Fidelis Oguru, Mr Alali Efanga, Chief Barizaa Dooh and Elder Friday Alfred Akpan filed...
Triumph for Farmers and Fisherfolks: The Hague Court of Appeal finds Shell Liable for Oil Spills in Nigeria
by Eddy Wifa and Titilayo Adebola - On 29 January 2021, thirteen years after four Nigerian farmers and fisherfolks, Chief Fidelis Oguru, Mr Alali Efanga, Chief Barizaa Dooh and Elder Friday Alfred Akpan, instituted lawsuits in the Netherlands with...
Floods, Climate Change & Covid-19 Report
According to the Nigeria’s National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), flooding led to 68 deaths in the country in 2020 and “affected” 129,000 persons. Elsewhere in Africa, the UN Office for the coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) informed that more than...
Eco-Instigator #30
Welcome to the last edition of our Eco-Instigator for 2020. It has been a remarkable year in many ways. We have moved from the cover story in the first edition, in March, which linked the issue of hunger in Africa to climate change – to that of the second edition, in...
Upcoming School of Ecology: HOMEF Partners with Ecole Urbaine de Lyon
Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) will be partnering with Ecole Urbaine de Lyon in hosting her first School of Ecology (SoE) for 2021. This partnership was officially announced at a virtual press conference held on Friday, 15 January 2021 to present the third...
Opening for Finance Manager/Officer
HOMEF is seeking a highly-analytical and qualified Financial Manager/Officer to join our team. In this position, you will be responsible for the financial health of our organization by managing our financial procedures. You will be expected to be a good...
Living a Life of Dialogue with Nature
The major sources of the conflict we are having in the world today are traceable to our exploitative relationship with Nature. The predatory and destructive activities of humans (including the mindless extraction of resources) have continued unchecked because we have...
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