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COP17: UN land summit ends in Mongolia with $1.3bn deal for restoration, drought resilience

Nigeria, Aug. 28 -- The 17th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD COP17) ended Friday with governments, development banks, funds a... Read More


INTERVIEW: COP17: Cross River lawmaker calls for stronger laws to protect Nigeria's land, wildlife

Nigeria, Aug. 28 -- In this interview with PREMIUM TIMES on the sidelines of the ongoing 17th session of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD COP17) in Mongolia, Martins Arch... Read More


COP17: Cross River woos investors, partners to tackle land degradation

Nigeria, Aug. 28 -- Cross River State government delegates at the ongoing 17th session of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) Conference of the Parties (COP17) in Mongolia ... Read More


COP17: How Africa can unlock billions for land restoration - Official

Nigeria, Aug. 27 -- As negotiations continue at the 17th session of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD COP17) in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, the challenge of financing land rest... Read More


COP17: Rangeland restoration offers investors up to six-fold returns - Experts

Nigeria, Aug. 27 -- Investors could generate between $4 and $6 for every $1 invested in rangeland restoration, experts behind a new report have said, urging the private sector to see degraded rangelan... Read More


ANALYSIS: COP17: Top issues dividing, shaping ongoing negotiations in Mongolia

Nigeria, Aug. 26 -- It is the 10th day of the ongoing two-week negotiations at the 17th session of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD COP17), with the conference entering i... Read More


INTERVIEW: Nigeria must invest more in environment to tackle land degradation, farmer-herder conflicts - Expert

Nigeria, Aug. 26 -- Joseph Onoja, Director-General of the Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF), speaks on Nigeria's worsening land degradation, the financing gap in environmental protection and the ... Read More


COP17: Africa must connect science to action to tackle land degradation - Expert

Nigeria, Aug. 25 -- In this interview with PREMIUM TIMES on the sidelines of COP17 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Oluseyi Ifatimehin, a Professor of Geography (Environmental Resource Planning) at Kogi Stat... Read More


Africa largest beneficiary of GEF funding - Official

Nigeria, Aug. 25 -- The Global Environment Facility (GEF), a family of funds supporting environmental action globally, says African countries are the largest beneficiaries of its funding for sustainab... Read More


COP17 advances $1.3bn for land restoration, puts rangelands at centre

Nigeria, Aug. 24 -- Governments, development banks, investment funds and businesses attending the 17th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD COP17... Read More