The EdenWorld Conservation Initiative successfully held the Community Farmers’ Trees Empowerment, Training, and Mobilization, along with Community Children Mobilization and Forestry Education event on Saturday 29th April 2023, in the Asana Community, Oke-Igbo, Ondo State, Nigeria. The event was a resounding success, with a massive turnout of community members. The Read more…
The neem tree is a fast-growing tree which belongs to the mahogany family (Meliceae). It is commonly known as ‘dongoyaro’ in Nigeria. It is a valuable medicinal plant and has low toxicity for mammals. Neem trees are practically entirely beneficial(almost all parts are useful), and their antioxidant, antifugal and antibacterial Read more…
Environmental pollution is one of the major problems facing humanity and the leading environmental cause of morbidity and mortality. Pollutants are chemicals or substances present in the environment through natural /anthropogenic sources ( human activities) which are hazardous to health and harm the environment or species that live within the Read more…
Millions of people around the world rely on the sale of wild species for their livelihoods. Over two-thirds of the world’s industrial roundwood comes from wild tree species, and even non-extractive uses of wild plants, algae, and fungus are major businesses. Tourists who come to see wild animals are a Read more…
Some rural communities guard sacred groves which are remnants of ancient forests, as homes and dwelling places for their gods/deities. Such communities rely on local resources for their daily needs and cherish nature for the ecological services it offers. Sacred groves are forest areas that are set aside by the Read more…
An adage says “when the last tree is cut, the last man dies”, this is to tell you the correlation between humans and trees. According to the Bible too, we can see that after the creation of man, God placed man in the Garden of Eden where all sorts of Read more…
In a welcome development, the global climate narrative is witnessing more acceptability from diverse stakeholders across the economic spectrum. Even digital economy players, including Big Tech, have announced climate-linked goals and targets in an attempt to contribute to a sustainable future for the planet. Amazon has announced 2040 as the Read more…
Climate change is one of the most severe threats facing civilisation worldwide. Corporations as a whole are greatly responsible for the greater percentage of climate change globally. There is no getting around it: climate change is a global problem. If the world cannot rapidly curb emissions, we will quickly run Read more…
Youth have a vast unrealized potential to play a bigger part in reducing deforestation and achieving sustainable natural resource management across the world. EdenWorld Conservation Initiative hosted Gene Kodama (SAF Immediate Past President), Terry Baker (SAF CEO), and Sam Cook (VP for the Society of American Foresters) on the topic Read more…
Value chains are important causal links between human activity and environmental change within current production and consumption patterns. Value chains combine fundamental driving forces for ecological transition; however, as the continued destruction of vital ecosystem services indicates, in many cases, their development does not take adverse effects on environmental systems Read more…