With over 64per cent of Wetlands loss due to human activities, environmentalists have asked government to strengthen enforcement of policy actions designed to protect wetlands and other bio-diversities. They also stressed the need to include wetland conservation on climate change policy of the country. According to him, the challenge in Nigeria is not the absence of policies but the failure of enforcing agencies to implement them. If we continue to destroy wetlands, we might destroy the cure for cancer, that we have not found”. Well managed wetlands ensure that communities are resilient and can bounce back from disasters”, he stated.

Source: The Guardian February 18, 2019 01:41 UTC