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After The Armed Militants: Strengthening Civic Action In Nigeria’s Niger Delta
This policy paper examines the long trajectory of the Niger Delta peoples’ struggle for social and environmental justice since crude oil was discovered in the region in 1956, and argues that nonviolent civic action is the most effective way for them to achieve their...
Birthing a National Consensus for Socioecological Justice – The Nigeria Socio-Ecological Alternatives Convergence
Nigeria is confronted with a number of critical ecological challenges that affect its population's well-being. These challenges are caused by a number of factors, including a long history of reckless mineral extraction, unregulated and unplanned urbanisation and...
Eco-Instigator #44
Mid-year greetings to you all. This first half of 2024 has been characterised by many empowering activities. There are indications that the remaining half will be nothing less; if anything, there are signs of even more momentous activities and events in the...
Building Peoples Power for Regional Action – Niger Delta Alternatives Convergence
The Niger Delta Alternatives Convergence (NDAC) was established in 2022 by leaders, activists, communities and scholars after a period of careful examination of the socio ecological realities of the region. The process took stock of the impacts of over 6 decades of...
School of Ecology Interrogates New and Emerging Technologies in Africa
Currently, the world is struggling to address two major crises - food insecurity and climate change. To this end, various technological solutions have been proposed/implemented. Some of these technologies are being deployed in Africa without adequate regulatory...
What’s on Our Plates 2023
This edition of “What’s on Our Plates?” highlights the increasing number and distribution of processed food products containing GMOs on our market shelves. The report highlights public perceptions towards GMOs and attitudes toward labeling in...
Solving the Food and Climate Crises
PRACTICAL AGROECOLOGY TRAINING FOR CSOS/TRAINERS Held at the BHF Agroforestry Farm, Kwali, Abuja on 17-18 May 2024 Background The world is currently grappling with two major crises - hunger and climate change - caused significantly by an agricultural model that...
Commencement of the Omega Resilience Awards Africa (ORA-A) Fellowship 2024
After a rigorous selection process seven (7) fellows from seven (7) African countries have been selected for the Second ORA A cohort. Omega Resilience Awards and Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), is very pleased to announce the commencement of...
House of Reps Pulls a Stop on GMOs
Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) and the GMO-Free Nigeria Alliance have commended the House of Representatives on the resolution to comprehensively investigate the introduction of genetically modified organisms (GMOs)into Nigeria and for a halt...
Ogoni Oil in the Eye of the Storm
In 1993, Shell was forced out of Ogoniland where it had extracted crude oil non-stop for decades with unbelievable ecological consequences. The Ogoni people, mobilized under the Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People (MOSOP), had issued a set of demands...
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