by Nnimmo | Jan 19, 2018 | Analysis, Biosafety, Climate Change, Climate/Ecological Crimes, Culture, Dirty Energy, Environment, Food, Poetry, Policy, Rights of Nature/Mother Earth, Stories
Eco-Instigator #18 goes online! In this last edition of our Eco-Instigators for 2017 we bring you articles and reports on the following topics: Nigeria deserves an unbiased Biosafety regulator. Climate Change impacts on our land and food. Eat and Quench –...
by Nnimmo | Dec 31, 2017 | Analysis, Biosafety, Corporate Capture, Environment, Food, Policy
2018. Biosafety. Biosecurity. Food Safety. Do Nigerians know what the safety level of foods on their dining tables would be in 2018? That is a trillion Naira question. The short answer is no. We give two quick reasons for this. A reading of the body language of the...
by Nnimmo | Sep 29, 2017 | Biosafety, Climate Change, Culture, Environment, Food, Rights of Nature/Mother Earth
Soil quality has direct impact on the quality of harvests. Poor soils produce poor yields and climate change affects the quality and availability of soil for food production. We experience this directly when there are floods or droughts. The increasing desertification...
by Nnimmo | Aug 24, 2017 | Analysis, Biosafety, Climate/Ecological Crimes, Culture, Environment, Food, Poetry, Stories
We held dialogues on Re-Source Democracy in communities and Sustainability Academies on the same issue in two universities- the University of Port Harcourt and the University of Uyo. We also co-hosted the 2017 edition of the Right Livelihood Lecture at the RLC campus...
by Nnimmo | Aug 24, 2017 | Biosafety, Corporate Capture, Culture, Environment, Food, Policy, Rights of Nature/Mother Earth
The plans to take total control of Nigeria’s food system is moving rapidly on the genetically engineered organisms (GMO) highway. The list of GMOs being pushed in Nigeria includes beans, maize and cotton. Recently the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture...
by Nnimmo | Jul 16, 2017 | Analysis, Biosafety, Corporate Capture, Culture, Environment, Food, Policy, Stories
This post is the EnviroNews report on the outcome of a recent scientific conference hosted by Catholic medical practitioners recently in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. You can also read the entire communique here: 2017 ACMP Communique in PH We reproduce the EnviroNews...
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