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News Central TV is a Nigerian independent 24-hour news and media television channel based in Lagos, Nigeria. The parent company, News Central Media, was founded in 2017 by Anthony Dara. It began broadcasting in August 2018. Its primary focus is producing news and current affairs programs on Nigerian and global issues.
] Nigeria experienced climate change disaster which happened in the Northeastern region which is now Borno and Yobe states the territory along the southern part of Lake Chad dried up. Due to logging and over dependence on firewood for cooking, a greater part of Nigeria's Guinean forest-savanna mosaic region has been stripped of its vegetation ...
Reforestation in Nigeria employs both natural and artificial methods. Reforestation involves the deliberate planting of trees and restoring forested areas that have been depleted or destroyed. It involves a planned restocking of the forest to ensure sustainable supply of timber and other forest products .
Deforestation in Anambra State, Nigeria The extensive and rapid clearing of forests (deforestation) within the borders of Nigeria has significant impacts on both local and global scales. Deforestation estimates in Nigeria stand at 163 Kha/year, with 12% of tree cover lost between 2001 and 2022.
Desertification is one of the issues of environmental concern in Nigeria, particularly the northern part of the country. According to UNEP [4] in 1993, Northern Nigeria has one of the highest rates of deforestation in the world at about 3.5%, caused by land degradation, increase in agricultural intensity, over-grazing of livestock, and demand for fuel by cutting down trees.
Nigeria's Climate Change Act, 2021 is an Act of the National Assembly of Nigeria. [1] The act requires the government to establish a National Climate Change Action Plan and a five-year carbon budget, with specific annual targets. [1] [2] The act establishes the National Council on Climate Change. This Council is tasked with executing the ...
Land degradation reduces agricultural productivity, leads to biodiversity loss, and can reduce food security as well as water security. [ 3 ] [ 1 ] It was estimated in 2007 that up to 40% of the world's agricultural land is seriously degraded, [ 4 ] with the United Nations estimating that the global economy could lose $23 trillion by 2050 ...
The board approved the project on May 8, 2012. It commenced operation on September 16, 2013, with the appointment of Amos Abu, Ruth Jane Kennedy-Walker, and Grant Milne as team leaders, the Federal Ministry of Environment as the implementing agency, and a total project cost of US$650 million and committed amount of World Bank of US$500 million.