Environment & Climate Change
HumAngle’s Climate Desk researches, evaluates information about climate change, its characteristics, causes and impacts, and ways to mitigate it.
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Charcoal Trade Contributing To Forest Depletion In Congo Brazzaville
There has been an exponential rise in unemployment in Congo Brazzaville and unemployed youth, including university graduates, who cannot find…
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Gabon Ecoguards To Strike Over Unpaid Salaries, Health Insurance
Workers of Gabon’s National Parks Agency (ANPN) have given notice they would go on strike beginning Feb. 15 if the…
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Survey Shows Link Between Education, Desire For Climate Action
A United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and University of Oxford survey released in January has shown a direct link between…
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After 12 Years of Legal Battle, Dutch Court Orders Shell To Pay Nigerian Farmers
Dutch Court in Hague has ordered oil giant Shell to pay compensation to four Nigerian farmers affected by oil spills…
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PERENCO Agrees To Repair Environmental Damage In Gabon
The Franco-British petroleum company, PERENCO Oil and Gas Gabon, has agreed to repair the environmental damage caused by oil leakages…
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Gabon CSOs Express Worry Over Inclusion Of Polluter In Committee To Solve Pollution Problem
Civil Society Organisations in Gabon have expressed displeasure over the inclusion of Franco-British oil company PERENCO in a joint government-polluter…
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Officials Look Away As Illegal Loggers, Farmers, ‘Omo Oniles’ Deplete Forests In Ogun
In spite of the fact that forests are major contributors to the existence of man through protection of the environment…
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Ogun Govt Uncovers Illegal Bridge In Forest Reserve
The government of Ogun State in Southwest Nigeria has uncovered a yet-to-be-completed flyover bridge allegedly being built by illegal loggers…
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A Third Of Gabon’s Elephants Killed By Poachers Within The Last 15 Years
Poaching in Gabon has taken a disquieting turn for the worst during the last several years with the elephant population…
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Famine Looms As Elephants Destroy Farms, Chase Villagers In Far North Cameroon
Villages in the Far North Region of Cameroon may soon be plunged into famine after marauding elephants destroyed many farms…
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