Climate Change and the World of Labour
Time for Green Labour Revolution The launch of the Climate Policy must be followed by massive awareness creation on shop floors and board rooms. The capacity of workers must be enhanced through trainings so that the comi…
Ecocide, Genocide from AgriToxics
Dr Jayasumana noted that in most things, Asian, African and Latin American countries follow the West. He, however, pleaded that in the case of Monsanto’s RoundUp all communities should follow Sri Lanka. Mons…
Praise for Oil Politics
Praise for Oil Politics – Echoes of Ecological Wars: This is what highly respected thinkers and writers have to say about this new book. Get a copy and share your own thoughts! Nnimmo Bassey embodies the thinker, w…
Time for Real Climate Action
Time for real climate action. Polluting countries must do their fair share of emissions reduction and that should be at source, not through carbon markets. I thank President Muhammadu Buhari and the Minister of Environme…
A Vote Against Genetic Extinction Technologies
Governments and NGOs Vote Against Genetic Extinction TechnologiesPotentially Dangerous Genetic Engineering Tool Rejected by International Group of Scientists, Conservationists, and Leading Environmental Advocates OAHU, H…
Nigerian Biotech Experts Met
When Nigerian Biotech Experts Met. If anyone needs sensitisation in Nigeria about GMOs, it is the biotech promoters. They need to be sensitised that Nigerians don’t want GMOs and certainly do not want to be ambushe…
Will Ogoni Breathe Fresh Air Again?
Five Years after UNEP Report – Will Ogoni Breathe Again? As the water gushed the smell of petroleum products filled the air. Indeed, one would be right to wonder if he was pumping up petrol. We asked to know what t…
Eco-Defenders Resolve to Monitor Ogoni Clean-up
Eco-Defenders Resolve to Monitor Ogoni Clean-Up On the implementation of the clean-up, the consultative meeting noted that the Federal Government has demonstrated significant commitment in commencing the clean-up of Ogon…
The Gap Between Solid Minerals and Oil
The National Assembly and the Ministry of Petroleum Resources occupy key vantage points to leverage calm in the oil fields of the Niger Delta. They can make this happen by having communities take their place as true stak…
What the Nigerian National Confab Agreed on Biosafety and GMOs
During the 2014 Nigerian National Conference (Confab), three committees made recommendations with regard to handling of Biosafety in Nigeria and with particular reference to Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs). As at t…
How Safe are Monsanto’s GMOs?
GMOs are basically regulated because their safety is in doubt. The approval granted Monsanto to conduct field trials of genetically modified maize requires that these crops should keep a distance of 20m from non GMO farm…
Road, Yes; Displacement, NO!
The Health of Mother Earth Foundation, HOMEF, organized a two- day Community dialogue and an Environmental Impact Assessment EIA training for communities that will be critically impacted by the proposed Digital Superh…
Nigeria’s Biosafety Agency Dances to Monsanto’s Tune
Nigerian Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) Defies FG, Nigerians, Permits Deployment of GMOs in Nigeria Despite the promise of the Minister of State for Environment, Ibrahim Jibril that “Nigeria would not mortgage…
The Bite of Biafra
The Bite of Biafra* The name, Biafra has been around as the name of a bight far longer than the brief moment during which Eastern Nigeria took it on. The Bight of Biafra is that part of the Gulf of Guinea renamed …
For Our Biosafety & Biosecurity*
The saying goes that a people united can never be defeated. Today we affirm that our unity is built on sound knowledge and on a commitment to ensure that our agricultural and food systems are not by any means compromised…
