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Deforestation

Nigeria and Uganda | Into the woods

By Uchenna Igwe in Nigeria, James Onono Ojok in Uganda, and ZAM WESTERN “green” funds used for “merrymaking with ministers” while...

How ignorance, poverty drive illegal logging, deforestation in Ekiti

By Peace OLADIPO SWEAT dripped from their bodies as their chainsaws' noise constantly revved-up and brattled and the saws slid...
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How charcoal, indiscriminate logging contribute to deforestation in Kwara

By Abdulrasheed Hammad In Kwara State, the loggers and charcoal producers are making fortunes from deforestation but no one is...

FACT CHECK: Photos of burnt animals in popular tweet aren’t from fires in Amazon

IN August 2019 many news outlets reported that the world’s largest rainforest, the Amazon, was burning at an alarming...
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Chinese company finally shut down illegal charcoal production in Enugu after ICIR’s investigation

A CHINESE company, Kwo Chief Investment Limited, has finally shut down its illegal charcoal production at Obimo in Nsukka...

Chinese company continues illegal charcoal production after NESREA purportedly sealed off facility in Enugu

AN illegal charcoal factory by a Chinese company in Enugu State has continued operation after more than two weeks...
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