The giraffe is the tallest extant terrestrial animal, and its iconic long neck (6 feet) provides advantages for foraging for food and detecting predators on the veldt over long.
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An international research team with a Russian scholar onboard studied how to improve the system of early detection and response to the penetration of alien plant or animal species into new regions. Such species are commonly referred to as invasive and cause profound harm to the ecosystems they are introduced to. Today, scientists focus on developing measures and approaches to detect intruders at the earliest stages of their penetration into new territories.
„In September 2019, Ljubljana (Slovenia) hosted DETECTION AND CONTROL OF FOREST INVASIVE ALIEN SPECIES IN A DYNAMIC WORLD international conference within LIFE ARTEMIS European project under the supervision of (Dr Maarten de Groot. Among other topics, they discussed early detection and prevention of the spread of invading species and the improvement of existing approaches. To reveal the challenges and development the potential of the early detection and rapid response system, we studied the cases of four alien species spr
By Fadekemi Ajakaiye
Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) will be partnering with Ecole Urbaine de Lyon in hosting her first School of Ecology (SoE) for 2021.
According to a statement by HOMEF, this partnership was officially announced at a virtual press conference held on Friday, 15 January 2021 to present the third edition of Ecole de l’Anthropocene (School of Anthropocene) 2021 organised by Ecole urbaine de Lyon (Lyon urban school) in France. The School of Anthropocene will run for one week, from 25th to 31st (Monday to Sunday) January 2021.
The SoE which will form one of the sections of A l’Ecole de l’Anthropocene, will be examining the roots of resource exploitation with particular focus on food, extractivism and ecology. This section will hold 26th to 28th that is, Tuesday to Thursday. Featuring in the SoE are Mariam Mayet of African Centre for Biosafety, South Africa and Mamadou Goita of IRPAD, Mali who will be speaking on “Who feeds the planet”; Firoze Manji
HOMEF partners French institute to tackle environmental challenges
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By Gabriel Ewepu, Abuja
The Health of Mother Earth Foundation, HOMEF, is partnering French Institute, Ecole Urbaine de Lyonon School of Anthropocene to tackle environmental challenges.
The partnership between the two organisations was disclosed at a virtual press conference held on Friday, 15 January 2021, to present the third edition of Ecole de l’Anthropocene (School of Anthropocene) 2021 organised by Ecoleurbaine de Lyon (Lyon Urban School) in France.
The Director, HOMEF, Arc Nnimmo Bassey, also made it known that his organization is going to partner with Ecole Urbaine in hosting her first School of Ecology (SoE) for 2021.
Bayelsa Assembly denies impeachment plot against Gov Diri Bayelsa Assembly denies impeachment plot against Gov Diri
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The Bayelsa State House of Assembly, on Tuesday, denied rumours that it has concluded plans to impeach Governor Douye Diri over alleged sharing of N38 billion the state government recently received for executing some Federal projects.
The State Assembly also warned mischief-makers to desist from spreading the said rumour, saying that the assembly would not contemplate an impeachment move because the state is yet to recover from the impeachment of former Governor, late Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, in 2006.
The House Committee Chairman on Information of the Bayelsa House of Assembly, Hon Tare Porri, who represents Ekeremor Constituency 1, stated this on Tuesday while reacting to media reports that the 6th Assembly which is made up of 19 PDP and five APC member has concluded plans to impeach the governor.