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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...
A Bill for an ACT to amend the National Biosafety Management Agency (Amendment) ACT, 2019
In 2015, HOMEF conducted a review of the National Biosafety Management Agency Act, 2015 through consultations with various stakeholders and experts who critically examined the issues of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in Nigeria and the Act itself. This...
Conversations on Biosafety and Biosecurity in Africa
Food safety, biosafety and themes around biodiversity are key issues that Africans have been deeply concerned about. Added to these is the issue of biosecurity as manipulated organisms can easily be weaponized. To address these concerns, we were pleased to have a...
Dead Fish is not Manna
Fish has both economic and nutritional importance to man and society. It is a veritable source of livelihood for many in rural communities especially. It can be said that the fisheries sector is one avenue that if well furnished, can be used to alleviate poverty in...
Eco-Instigator #29
The cover story for our last edition was the Coronavirus as it has affected the environment, food systems and human rights. The activities reported in this edition were conducted under the restrictive atmosphere of COVID-19 regime. We have all been forced to work...
Supporting Fishers in the Lockdown
The activities of artisanal fishers in coastal communities across Africa constitute major sources of livelihood for many - the privileged and under privileged inclusive. When the COVID-19 pandemic struck with stringent lockdown measures following, the local fishers,...
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