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Nigeria loses an estimated $450m annually to illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, a growing threat to marine resources, food security and the
The President-designate of the 31st United Nations Climate Change Conference, Murat Kurum, has urged wealthy countries to spend far more on tackling
Kenya’s horticulture industry is entering a period of rapid technological and ecological change as growers confront rising production pressures, climate-related challenges, soil
The world is on course to breach the critical 1.5°C global warming threshold in the coming years, with the United Nations Environment
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