“The action of the government at this time gives the impression that it only flagged off the Ogoni Clean up through HYPREP in order to purchase the goodwill to resume oil extraction in the area. How else does one explain the fact that a site supposedly being cleaned up will resume full oil extraction […]
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At a recent HOMEF dialogue with farmers, most of the participants declared that they have never heard of anything called genetically modified organisms (GMOs). When they got to know what GMOs are, they all declared that genetically modified crops are bad for our agriculture and overall environment. Despite huge financial outlays in modern […]
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The gruesome murder of our brothers, sisters and children in Benue State by herdsmen has taken the level of insecurity in Nigeria to new heights. While some of us were quick to avoid the devastating photos of the carnage as posted in social media platforms, photos of rows of caskets in which the victims were […]
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Cross River State is generally seen as a green state, with some of the last tracts of pristine rain forests – some of which have been preserved through community forest management efforts. Some of us believe that what the State needs is an economy creatively built on her bio-economic endowment. Such an approach would release […]
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The task of ensuring that science responds to popular needs of society should be the major challenge that scientists have to overcome. While that task is met regularly, the issue of presenting science in a way that citizens can easily grasp can be daunting. Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), the ecological think tank, hosted […]
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On the 30th of March 2017, hundreds of climate activists as well as concerned and affected Nigerians joined ongoing actions around the world aimed at pressing home the need to address our dependence on fossil fuels which poisons our planet and threatens to eliminate all of us. This problem is even more pungent in Nigeria […]
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BENIN CITY DECLARATION ON PROMOTING BIOSAFETY IN NIGERIA At the conclusion of the One day Stakeholders meeting on Promoting Biosafety held at BAR HOUSE, Benin City, Edo State, by the Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) in Collaboration with the Nigerian Bar Association Edo State, on the 22nd February, 2017, the Stakeholders brought to […]
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BY: VITALIS UGOH, Calabar A University don, Prof. Lawrence Ikechukwu Ezemonye, deputy vice chancellor (administration) university of Benin, has identifies lack of legal and regulatory framework as a challenge mitigating and dealing with Climate Change issues in Nigeria. He said “although, there is a bill creating the national climate change commission charged with the responsibility […]
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The attention of Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) has been drawn to the response of the National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA), through its Director General (DG) at a recent press conference, to the fears of Nigerians as to the presence of genetically modified (GMO) rice in the markets here. While trying to allay the […]
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Report and Resolutions of Ecological Defenders Consultative Meeting and Training held at Aluebo Town Hall, Ogale, Nchia-Eleme on the 26th of July 2016. On Wednesday the 26th of July 2016, the Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) held a training and consultative meaeting for community environmental monitors, with specific emphasis on the planned clean-up of […]
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