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Nigeria not Immune to Climate Change Effects

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. Anyaoku said this at 2009 Annual Dinner Dance of the Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF) held on Saturday, November 14, 2009 at the Muson Centre in Lagos.

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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. In his lecture titled "The Vanishing Planet" Dr. Newton Jibunoh said Nigeria has been fighting environmental degradation in its own unique way with some of the measures succeeding while others are failing; but regrettably,

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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. Nigerian Plant Biodiversity Bazaar will involve a two-day exhibition and public shows on plants kinds and varieties in Nigeria.

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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. Other areas of collaboration include collate data on indigenous plants and animals, especially those of economic and conservation importance,

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