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<description><![CDATA[Nigerian Conservation Foundation News]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[2010-02-11]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[NCF, NACGRAB  Partner on Genetic Database Dev.]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF) and National Centre for Genetic Resources and Biotechnology (NACGRAB) are planning to collaborate in the area of conservation of the genetic resources (both plants and animals) of Nigeria with a view to ensure the sustainable use of these rich biodiversity through research and development.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.ncfnigeria.org/inthenews/news_feeds.php?article=74]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[2010-02-11]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[International Year of Biodiversity:NCF Celebrates]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Following  a declaration by the United Nations of 2010 as the International Year of Biodiversity,  leading environmental group, Nigerian Conservation Foundation  (NCF) will join the rest of the global community to celebrate the diversity of life on earth and campaign for the protection of the same for the variety of services it provides both for now and the future. 

To this end, NCF has designed a programme to showcase the variety and wealth of Nigeria's plants biodiversity as a unique feature. The programme - the Nigerian Plant Biodiversity Bazaar will involve a two-day exhibition and public shows on plants kinds and varieties in Nigeria.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.ncfnigeria.org/inthenews/news_feeds.php?article=73]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[2010-02-01]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Jibunoh,Asiodu decry Ecological Fund Mismanagement]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Foremost environmentalists in Nigeria have expressed dismay over mismanagement of fund meant for ecology and other environmental problems in spite of danger posed by climate change effects in the country.

They spoke in Lagos at the 8th S.L Edu Memorial Lecture organized by Nigerian Conservation Foundation in memory of environmental icon and founder of the organization, Late Chief Shafi Lawal Edu.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.ncfnigeria.org/inthenews/news_feeds.php?article=70]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[2010-01-10]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Nigeria not Immune to Climate Change Effects]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Former Commonwealth Secretary General, Chief Emeka Anyaoku has said that Nigeria was not immune to the disastrous effects of climate change despite the fact that it is not being prone to natural disasters such as earth-quakes, typhoons or massive floods.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.ncfnigeria.org/inthenews/news_feeds.php?article=68]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-22]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Climate Change: People urged to change lifestyles]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola and Chief Philip Asiodu have emphasized the need to take decisive actions to mitigate the impact of climate change in Nigeria with calls to people to change  attitudes that are inimical to earth’s surface.
The duo made the statement at 2009 Walk for Nature themed “Celebrating a Greener Lagos” organized by the Nigerian Conservation Foundation and Lagos State Government on Saturday November 7, 2009 at the State House, Marina.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.ncfnigeria.org/inthenews/news_feeds.php?article=67]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[2009-11-08]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Akintola Williams calls for forestry scholarships]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Appeal has been made to corporate organizations and multi-national corporations to give substantial awards to students and individuals who are interested in forest and tree planting. Mr. Akintola Williams made the call at the first planting exercise of newly established Aboreteum named after him and held recently at NCF headquarters, Lagos.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.ncfnigeria.org/inthenews/news_feeds.php?article=66]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[2009-09-30]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Funding the Environment: NCF commends Access Bank]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Access Bank Plc in recognition of the need for a platform to drive a joint effort by corporate organizations in creating a sustainable global environment is providing support for the forthcoming NCF symposium on funding mechanisms for the environment in Nigeria.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.ncfnigeria.org/inthenews/news_feeds.php?article=65]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[2009-08-19]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[NCF To Propose Funding Mechanism for Environment]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[As part of efforts to address global environmental and ecological problems in an era of inadequate funding, the Nigeria Conservation Foundation (NCF) is organizing a Symposium on Environmental Financing in Nigeria.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.ncfnigeria.org/inthenews/news_feeds.php?article=64]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[2009-07-27]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[CLIMATE CHANGE: "Lifestyle must change"]]></title>
<description><![CDATA["Lifestyles must change".Says NCF Executive Director Professor Emmanuel Obot at the activities to mark this year's World Environment Day held on  Friday, June 5, at Nigerian Conservation Foundation corporate headquarters at Lekki in Lagos.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.ncfnigeria.org/inthenews/news_feeds.php?article=61]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[2009-06-18]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Lekki  Centre  Clocks 19]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Lekki Conservation Centre located on kilometre 19, Lekki Epe Expressway Lagos was 19 years old on Tuesday May 19.

The LCC has been described as fueling a paradigm change among policy makers in Nigeria. This was contained in the word of the NCF Executive Director Prof. Emmanuel Obot. According to him,]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.ncfnigeria.org/inthenews/news_feeds.php?article=57]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[2009-05-25]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[NCF urges action on Migratory Birds]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF) has
joined other international Non Governmental Organisations to urge action on the plight of migratory birds to mark this year’s World Migratory Bird Day through a Global Flyways Campaign.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.ncfnigeria.org/inthenews/news_feeds.php?article=55]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[2009-05-21]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Lekki Bird Club (LBC) inauguration report]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together. Such was the outlook of the Lekki Bird Club (LBC) inauguration on Saturday, 28th March 2009. The august event was well attended by nature lovers from all works of life.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.ncfnigeria.org/inthenews/news_feeds.php?article=54]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[2009-04-09]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Lekki Bird Club Inauguration]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The inauguration of the Lekki Bird Club will come up at Rotunda Hall, Lekki Conservation Centre, Lekki Lagos, on Saturday, 28th of March 2009 by 1:00 pm]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.ncfnigeria.org/inthenews/news_feeds.php?article=53]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[2009-03-23]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[12 Years after,NCF removes Shipwreck,fight erosion]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF) has embarked on an ambitious coastal restoration project, involving the removal of the wreckage of a tanker vessel from the ocean around the Agaja Beach area of Olomo-Meta in the Ojo Local Government Area of Lagos State.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.ncfnigeria.org/inthenews/news_feeds.php?article=52]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[2009-02-19]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[World Wetlands Day 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF) joins the world in celebrating this year’s World Wetlands Day (WWD) concurrently in two unique places. The Hadeja Nguru Wetlands (the First Ramsar Site in Nigeria) and the Niger Delta (Benin Edo State). WWD will be celebrated with a series of lectures and then with a field trip to this Wetlands of international importance.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.ncfnigeria.org/inthenews/news_feeds.php?article=51]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[2009-01-30]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Experts propose ecological economics]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[low economic growth in 2009 may be worsened by increased manifestations of ecological imbalance if immediate and appropriate actions are not implemented. This was the views of experts at the 2009 edition of the S.L. Edu Memorial Lecture held at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA) in Lagos.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.ncfnigeria.org/inthenews/news_feeds.php?article=50]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[2009-01-17]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[YANKARI under attack - Elephant  population ...]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Over the past six months, the attention of the Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF) has been drawn to the deteriorating situation with the protection of wildlife populations in Yankari Game Reserve, Bauchi State]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.ncfnigeria.org/inthenews/news_feeds.php?article=49]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[2008-01-28]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Climate Change Threatens  National Security]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan has stated that climate change and global warming threatens national security.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.ncfnigeria.org/inthenews/news_feeds.php?article=48]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[1999-11-30]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[NCF To Lead Corporate  Campaign For Earth Fund]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Having led a successful campaign towards the establishment of an Earth Fund at the recently concluded World Conservation Congress in Barcelona Spain, Nigerian Conservation Foundation is set to lead a campaign by corporate institutions in Nigeria towards contributing to the Fund]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.ncfnigeria.org/inthenews/news_feeds.php?article=47]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[1999-11-30]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Nigerian community empowered by wetland project]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A collaborative project by BirdLife and the Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF; BirdLife in Nigeria) has empowered a community to improve a local wetland. Habitat management has greatly improved the wetland, and local people are already catching more and bigger fish.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.ncfnigeria.org/inthenews/news_feeds.php?article=46]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[0208-12-03]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[NCF launches Nature Trail]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The newly reconstructed fifteen year old Nature Trail of the Lekki Conservation Centre built and donated to the Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF) by Chevron Nigeria Limited was launched on October 3.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.ncfnigeria.org/inthenews/news_feeds.php?article=45]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[1999-11-30]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Goodluck, Duke for NCF Fundraising Dinner]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan will be the Special Guest of Honour at the forth coming NCF Annual Dinner Dance and Award Night. The event is scheduled to take place at the Shell Hall Muson Centre, Lagos on Friday, November 28, 2008 at 7pm, to raise funds to support NCF intervention strategies.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.ncfnigeria.org/inthenews/news_feeds.php?article=44]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[1999-11-30]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Environmental  Implications are monetary - NCF]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The often overlooked monetary capacity of natural ecosystems has been described as abnormal economics by the Nigerian Conservation Foundation.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.ncfnigeria.org/inthenews/news_feeds.php?article=43]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[1999-11-30]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[NCF now secretariat of  W.Africa Botanical Network]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Nigerian Conservation Foundation has been appointed to house the secretariat of the West African Botanical Network. This was decided at the recently organized 2008 meeting of the body in Abuja, Nigeria.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.ncfnigeria.org/inthenews/news_feeds.php?article=42]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[1999-11-30]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Gashaka databanks nine PhDs]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Gashaka databanks nine PhDs]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.ncfnigeria.org/inthenews/news_feeds.php?article=41]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[2008-06-27]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[NCF calls for Forest Agenda for 2020 AD]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[NCF calls for Forest Agenda for 2020 AD]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.ncfnigeria.org/inthenews/news_feeds.php?article=40]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[2008-06-27]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Birds indicate the health status of .....]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Bird indicate the health status of Nigerians - NCF]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.ncfnigeria.org/inthenews/news_feeds.php?article=39]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[2008-06-27]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[South Africa honours NCF Life Fellow.....]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[South Africa honours NCF Life Fellow- Chief Emeka Anyaoku]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.ncfnigeria.org/inthenews/news_feeds.php?article=37]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[2008-05-08]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Tribute to Jagu Jagu]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Tribute to Jagu Jagu]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.ncfnigeria.org/inthenews/news_feeds.php?article=35]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[2008-03-20]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[NCF President charges Nigerians on ......]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[NCF President charges Nigerians on beautiful planet]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.ncfnigeria.org/inthenews/news_feeds.php?article=31]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[2008-01-16]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[NCF honours Agagu for conservation effort]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[NCF honours Agagu for conservation effort]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.ncfnigeria.org/inthenews/news_feeds.php?article=30]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[2008-01-16]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Ambassador Hamzat Ahmadu named new.......]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Ambassador Hamzat Ahmadu named new NCF Council Chairman]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.ncfnigeria.org/inthenews/news_feeds.php?article=28]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[2008-01-16]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA["Help conserve the African elephant,"NCF]]></title>
<description><![CDATA["Help conserve the African elephant,"NCF urges First Bank]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.ncfnigeria.org/inthenews/news_feeds.php?article=27]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[2007-06-04]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Alakija reiterates NCF commitment to.....]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Alakija reiterates NCF commitment to non elitist Values]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.ncfnigeria.org/inthenews/news_feeds.php?article=26]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[2007-06-04]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Economic growth unttainable without ...]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Economic growth unttainable without ...]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.ncfnigeria.org/inthenews/news_feeds.php?article=25]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[2007-04-03]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Policy on wetlands will reduce poverty]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Policy on wetlands will reduce urban poverty ...]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.ncfnigeria.org/inthenews/news_feeds.php?article=24]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[2007-03-01]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[President Asiodu tasks fellows]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[President Asiodu tasks fellows, corporate members]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.ncfnigeria.org/inthenews/news_feeds.php?article=22]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[2006-09-21]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Niger delta named most polluted ecosystem]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Niger delta named most polluted ecosystem in the world]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.ncfnigeria.org/inthenews/news_feeds.php?article=21]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[2006-09-21]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[2000 children decry neglect of dry lands]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[2000 children decry neglect of dry lands]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.ncfnigeria.org/inthenews/news_feeds.php?article=12]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[2006-01-23]]></pubDate>
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