NGO Urges Collaboration Towards Environmental Safety, Protection
The Community Environment and Development Network (CEDEN) an NGO, has called for the collaboration of stakeholders towards the safety and conservation of the natural environment.
The Coordinator, Mr Menidin Egbo, made the call at a programme to mark the 2024 World Environment Day in Bori, Khana Local Government Area, Rivers.
The theme for the event is: “Accelerating Land Restoration, Drought Resilience and Desertification Progress”.
Egbo said that steps should be taken towards strengthening ecological governance through environmental education in rural communities.
The CEDEN coordinator, said that environment sector stakeholders should play active roles in raising awareness about conservation of nature.
“Wherever we are as humans, we should endeavour to protect the environment and natural habitats around us.
“We have to work collectively to tackle environmental degradation through rigorous community-based campaign and sensitisation.
“We surely need more voices to speak in favour of environment-friendly activities, it is in our own interest,” he said.
Egbo urged Rivers people, especially those in the Ogoni axis to protect their environment in order to earn the benefits in biodiversity promotion through sound ecological management.
“Let’s not forget, we have no other place than the planet earth, that is our home, we must protect it,” he said.
Earlier, Olu Wai-Ogosu, the President, Movement For or Survival of Ogoni People, decried the spate of environmental degradation in the area.
“The unhealthy environmental practices in the Ogoni land have affected farmlands and other sources of livelihood negatively,” he said.
Wai-Ogosu urged the people to speak out against any form of threat against their environment, adding, “it is also important to support acts that will promote a healthy environment”.
NAN/ Oyenike Oyeniyi
