Environment watchers and civil society groups have decried the deteriorating state of the nation’s environment, lack of adequate awareness and disturbing realities of an unhealthy planet. They stressed the need for better enforcement strategies, necessity of increasing leadership and citizens’ advocacy towards positive change to environmental issues. They expressed the views on the sidelines of this year’s World Environment Day (WED) with the theme: Ecosystem Restoration, which focuses on resetting relation with nature. Director, Federal Ministry of Environment and University of Lagos Linkage Centre for Environmental Human Resources Development, Prof. Babajide Alo, said Nigeria’s environment was still confronted by deforestation, poor management of biodiversity and climate change impacts. He charged government at all levels, the private sector and other stakeholders to use the WED message to consider restoring degraded environment and impoverished populace.

Source: The Guardian June 04, 2021 04:18 UTC