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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Gabon Union Wants Resumed Talks With EU On Forestry Management
The Forestry and Wood Industry Union of Gabon known as UFIGA has called for the resumption of talks with the…
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Nigeria Relaunches Oil Exploration in Lake Chad Basin
The Nigerian Government has announced plans to relaunch oil exploration in the Lake Chad Basin. The State Minister of Petroleum…
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Cameroon Forestry Companies Pay $77 Million Taxes In 2 Years
Forestry companies operating in Cameroon paid a total of 38.5 billion FCFA (about 77 million dollars) by way of taxes…
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Researchers Set Up Database For Analysing Tropical Forests
The International Centre for Cooperation in Agronomic Research and Development, popularly known by its French acronym, CIRAD, and the Institute…
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Cameroon To Increase Duty On Timber Products To Discourage Importation
Cameroon’s Ministry of Finance has announced that in order to discourage the importation of wooden furniture and encourage local production,…
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Export Of Used Vehicles To Developing World Contributing To Air Pollution, Hindering Climate Action – UNEP Report
According to a new report by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), millions of used cars, vans and minibuses exported from…
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4 Die, Baby Disappears In DR Congo Floods
Four persons are reported dead, one baby missing, forty-six houses destroyed and several market stalls swept away in killer floods…
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118 Elephant Tusks Seized By Cameroon Customs In Ambam
Elements of the Cameroon General Directorate of Customs have seized a large quantity of elephant tusks in Ambam, situated in…
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Anambra Flood Victims Struggling For Survival
Almost all communities in Anambra East and Anambra West local government areas of Anambra State, Southeast Nigeria, have been submerged…
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Gabon: Retired Gendarme, Student, One Other Arrested For Illegal Ivory Trade
A retired gendarme, a student and one other person were arrested for illegally attempting to sell elephant tusks on Thursday…
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