ACReSAL is a World Bank-financed project aimed at addressing the pressing issues of land degradation and climate change in 19 northern states.
“This approach will also help to build a community of young environmental stewards.’’
He said everyone must get involved to sustainably protect and conserve the nation’s environment.
HOMEF, an ecology advocacy group, has urged the federal government to urgently declare a state of emergency on the environment.
The Federal Ministry of Environment has highlighted key plans towards mobilising collective action to achieve President Bola Tinibu’s ‘Renewed Hope Agenda’.
The Jigawa government has banned tree felling for firewood and charcoal to protect forest resources and the environment.
Edwin Osawe-Iguisi, the director of the Centre for Disaster Risk Management & Development Studies at the Ahmadu Bello University, has warned that desertification is rising in Nigeria.
