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Just published! Oil Politics- Echoes of Ecological Wars

These essays provide insights into the background to the horrific ecological manifestations that dot the Nigerian environment and the ecological cancers spreading in the world. They underscore the fact there are no one-issue struggles. Working in a context where analyses of ecological matters is not the norm, decades of consistent environmental activism has placed the writer in good stead to unlock the webs that promote these scandalous realities.

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GMO Rice in Nigeria? Who is Testing?

HOMEF and other concerned groups are concerned that our regulatory agencies, such as NBMA and he NationalAgency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) may use the cover of "non official release of GMOs" to avoid monitoring the markets and thus allowing illegal flooding of our markets with risky and unhealthy GMOs

"If NBMA has the laboratories and capacities it prides itself to have it should immediately audit all suspected food products in the Nigerian market, including those distributed to IDPs. Once suspicion is raised, it is results from laboratories that we want to hear about. The risk of contamination is always there and cannot be wished away," Bassey added.

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Bassey to explore COP22 issues at webinar

On a webinar coming up at 11:00 - 12:00 Hours (WAT/BST) on 20 September 2016, Bassey will be interrogating the missing issues in the Paris Agreement, as well as expected outcomes at COP22 in Morocco, including:

The agreement generally – between commitment and voluntary pledges (NDCs)

Unrealistic targets (1.5 – 2 degrees)

The great omission: Fossil fuels, etc

False solutions post COP21 – Net Zero, techno-fixes – including possibilities of CCS and geo-engineering

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A Vote Against Genetic Extinction Technologies

Scientists and environmental experts and organizations from around the globe have advocated for a halt to proposals for the use of gene drive technologies in conservation. Announced today, a long list of environmental leaders, including Dr. Jane Goodall, DBE, genetics professor and broadcaster Dr. David Suzuki, Dr. Fritjof Capra, entomologist Dr. Angelika Hilbeck, Indian environmental activist Dr. Vandana Shiva, environmental justice advocate Nnimmo Bassey and organic pioneer and biologist Nell Newman, have lent their support to an open letter, “A Call for Conservation with a Conscience: No Place for Gene Drives in Conservation.” The letter states, in part: “Gene drives, which have not been tested for unintended consequences, nor fully evaluated for ethical and social impacts, should not be promoted as conservation tools.”

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Between Food Safety and the Promotion of GMOs (When Nigerian Biosafety Experts Met)

It cannot be the duty of government to sensitise Nigerians about the desirability of GMOs. Government has a duty to assure Nigerians that we have a sound and truly robust Biosafety Act that they can depend on for environmental and food safety. The biotech promoters should campaign for funding from government to carry out their experiments in their laboratories and continue to build knowledge and expertise. We are fed by smallholder farmers and experts assure that it will remain so into the future. GMOs are not silver bullets that solve all problems. Our farmers need extension services, rural infrastructure and access to markets. We must learn from the failure of GMO cotton in India, Pakistan, Burkina Faso (watch the video) and elsewhere. Having experts make excuse for a failing and risky technology cannot be said to be the best way to do science.

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Ecological Defenders Resolve to Monitor Ogoni Clean Up

The Ecological Defenders noted that the soil, air and water pollution which the people of the Ogoni area have been exposed to have adversely affected crop yield for farmers, fish yield for fisher folks and generally reduced the people’s ability to generate income and provide for their wellbeing. This fact has in turn exposed the community to unprecedented levels of poverty, destitution and deprivation.

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Oil and the Politics of Environmental and livelihood Recovery

The National Assembly and the Ministry of Petroleum Resources occupy key vantage points to leverage calm in the oil fields of the Niger Delta. They can make this happen by having communities take their place as true stakeholders in the management of oil revenues. This point cannot be overemphasized. It cannot wait until PIB IV before Nigerians know what is coming.

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