Mar 2, 2021
British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Catriona Laing and Minister of State for Environment, Sharon Ikeazor. FILE PHOTO
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Over 100 participants from Nigeria including from Federal and state governments, civil society groups, non-governmental organisations and international development partners, took part in a virtual ‘Nigeria for Nature’ dialogue hosted by the British High Commission in Nigeria, in collaboration with Wilton Park.
The commission in a release stated that the two-day event themed: ‘Re-imagining nature-based solutions in Nigeria’ was hosted as part of efforts to sensitise the general public on the benefits of healthy ecosystems, which underpins global food and nutrition security, and can directly improve livelihoods for millions in Nigeria, including citizens that are highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change.
UK joins 50 nations in pledge to protect 30 per cent of land and oceans by 2030
Global wildlife populations have fallen nearly 70 per cent in 50 years | Credit: Danielle Barnes
New High Ambition Coalition for Nature and People established in support of 30 by 30 goal, which comes ahead of crucial COP15 biodiversity summit this year
The UK has joined more than 50 other nations in vowing to protect 30 per cent of the Earth s land and ocean by the end of the decade in a bid to halt devastating rates of biodiversity loss. The governments.
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