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Nigerian conservationist wins £40,000 award

Nigerian conservationist wins £40,000 award The Punch Published 14 May 2021 A Nigerian conservationist, Iroro Tanshi, has received a Whitley Award worth £40,000 to save the short-tailed roundleaf bat after discovering the country’s first and only known population. The Whitley Awards are presented annually to individuals from the Global South by UK-based charity, the Whitley Fund for Nature. According to a statement on Thursday, Tanshi is one of six conservationists to be recognised in 2021 for their commitment to conserving some of the planet’s most endangered species and spectacular natural habitats. The statement said the short-tailed roundleaf bat had not been seen in the wild for 45 years.

Nigerian conservationist wins £40,000 award - Punch Newspapers

Punch Newspapers Sections Published 14 May 2021 A Nigerian conservationist, Iroro Tanshi, has received a Whitley Award worth £40,000 to save the short-tailed roundleaf bat after discovering the country’s first and only known population. The Whitley Awards are presented annually to individuals from the Global South by UK-based charity, the Whitley Fund for Nature. According to a statement on Thursday, Tanshi is one of six conservationists to be recognised in 2021 for their commitment to conserving some of the planet’s most endangered species and spectacular natural habitats. The statement said the short-tailed roundleaf bat had not been seen in the wild for 45 years.

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Forest Reserves And Criminality

Regulators have to do more to secure the forests Forest reserves serve important ecological and socio-economic functions and are clearly not for hunting, grazing or settlements. In Nigeria, there are 1,129 forest reserves, 29 game reserves, four game sanctuaries and seven national parks. But these reserves are so mismanaged that while being screened at the National Assembly for an ambassadorial position recently, former Chief of Defence Staff, Abayomi Olonisakin said Nigerian’s next major crisis would come from the forests. According to Olonisakin, a research he conducted three years ago revealed that many of our forest reserves are fast becoming hideouts for criminal gangs.

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