Author: sharma

Effective strategies now show how transforming food systems can be central in combating land degradation. Here’s how: 1. Integrated Landscape Management (ILM): Agrosystems That Restore In Ethiopia and Mali, scientists found that techniques like contour ridge tillage, hillside terraces, agroforestry, and green manuring significantly reduced soil loss (by up to 37%) and runoff (over 27%),…

SEO Riders: – Nigeria’s NCDMB highlights local content wins – Oil and gas skills, infrastructure, and manufacturing – Nigeria-Namibia partnership on industry localization At the 2025 Namibia Oil and Gas Conference in Windhoek, Nigeria’s local content milestones took center stage—illuminating a path for African collaboration and shared industrial prosperity. The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring…

SEO Riders: – Oyo waste disposal emergency appeal – State of emergency waste management Oyo – Community demands urgent environmental response Stakeholders in Oyo State are pressing the government to formally declare a state of emergency to address widespread poor waste disposal—which includes illegal dumping in public places and bursting drains—signaling the urgent need for…

SEO Riders: – African Energy Chamber opposes plastics treaty – Africa’s petrochemical growth at risk with treaty – AEC warns treaty could derail energy industrialization in Africa At the ongoing INC-5.2 negotiations in Geneva—where over 170 nations are discussing a legally binding Global Plastics Treaty—the African Energy Chamber (AEC) has issued a forceful warning. According…

As negotiations for the world’s first legally binding plastics treaty draw to a close in Geneva, the talks are dramatically veering toward collapse. The central point of contention is whether to impose caps on plastic production—a measure deemed critical by over 100 countries, including small island states and many African and European nations. These countries…