Recycling is the process of converting waste materials into new materials and objects. The recovery of energy from waste materials is often included in this concept. The recyclability of a material depends on its ability to reacquire the properties it had in its original state. It is an alternative to “conventional” waste disposal that can
Global Initiative for Food Security and Ecosystem Preservation under the auspices of the African Activists for Climate Justice (AACJ), audits the climate justice efforts in Nasarawa State. The AACJ is being implemented in partnership with Oxfam in Nasarawa and Adamawa State. The climate justice audit was commissioned to ascertain the level of climate change awareness
World Environment Day is a platform to raise awareness on the problems facing our environment such as air pollution, plastic pollution, illegal wildlife trade, sustainable consumption, sea-level increase, and food security, among others. Furthermore, WED helps drive change in consumption patterns and in national and international environmental policy.The World Environment Day 2022 global campaign #OnlyOneEarth calls for
Africa day is observed annually to commemorate the founding of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) which was created on the 25th of May 1963. It provides an opportunity to celebrate African diversity and success, and to highlight the cultural and economic potential that exists on the African continent. The Africa day celebrations acknowledge the
Trees for Homes Initiative involves the planting of fruit and indigenous trees in the home depending on the available space. The presence of food and indigenous trees in one’s home has lots of benefit to both the homeowner and the environment at large. Here are a few of the benefits one can expect from having
Alarmed by a potential rise in food insecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic, which could push millions of people into acute hunger, we must therefore collectively act now not just with our brains but with our hands to mitigate the impact of food shortages and hunger. It is against this backdrop that GIFSEP is introducing Home
Mike David Terungwa, Head of GIFSEP, is pleased to announce that in March 2020 his team will start the first project in Nigeria to empower communities to work with The Manatee as they face an uncertain future stronger, together. We shall work with communities along the Benue River and tributaries in Benue State, adopting The
Statistics have shown that the most vulnerable group in the global climate crisis are women and children.
Climate change has become a worrisome catastrophe accounting for extreme weather conditions globally as such threatening the existence of biodiversity and invoking natural disaster. Recently there was a reported incident of forest fire which occurred at the amazon forest, this is one out of several other disasters that have been caused as a result of
As part of our Solar for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) initiative, Global Initiative for Food Security and Ecosystem Preservation (GIFSEP) with support from the Policy Centre for the New South, Morroco, lights up additional 100 IDPs households in Maiduguri-Borno State. The Solar for IDPs camp is an initiative of GIFSEP which commenced in the year