Inside Akwa Ibom communities where sand excavation degrades environment
Illegal sand mining activities in Akwa Ibom State threatens its environmental sustainability. 5 min read
In 2015, when a group of armed cultists stormed the family farmland of Asi Emmanson to excavate sand, she could not bear the pain of seeing her only means of livelihood and family heritage in ruins.
Seventy-nine years at the time, she developed high blood pressure and died of a heart attack.
She was a promising smallholder farmer who grew palm plants on the farmland she inherited from her late husband, Emmanson Uwaidem.
“Nobody ever tampered with this palm plot right from my youth to when I became mature,” Mrs Uwaidem’s eldest son, Ismaila Uwaidem, who is also the deputy village head of Ikot Ekpuk, a village in the South-west of Uyo, Akwa Ibom State capital, said.
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Pope Francis’ message for the World Day of Peace, which is celebrated, January 1, 2021, on the theme: “A Culture of Care as a Path to Peace.” The text was presented on December 17, 2020, virtually, from the Holy See Press Office.
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Vatican, December 17, 2020
1. At the dawn of a new year, I extend cordial greetings to Heads of State and Government, leaders of International Organizations, spiritual leaders and followers of the different religions, and to men and women of good will. To all I offer my best wishes that the coming year will enable humanity to advance on the path of fraternity, justice and peace between individuals, communities, peoples and nations.
World has entered era of consequences: French envoy on climate change
Lenain was speaking at an event organised by the French Embassy to mark the fifth anniversary of the Paris Agreement the global framework for action in the fight against climate change. December 19, 2020 10:11:11 am
Lenain was speaking at an event organised by the French Embassy to mark the fifth anniversary of the Paris Agreement the global framework for action in the fight against climate change. (Photograph: Facebook/French Embassy in India)
French Ambassador to India Emmanuel Lenain on Friday said that the world has entered an “era of consequences” and that it has become necessary for everyone to take action on global warming.
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Asta-Ja Framework:
Asta-Ja is a theoretically grounded grassroots-based planning and management framework for conservation, development, and utilization of natural and human resources.
Asta-Ja means eight of the Nepali letter “Ja” [Jal (water), Jamin (land), Jungle (forest), Jadibuti (medicinal and aromatic plants), Janashakti (manpower), Janawar, (animals), Jarajuri (crop plants), and Jalabayu (climate)]. Asta-Ja promotes accelerated economic growth and socio-economic transformation of the nation.
It is a scientific, holistic, systematic, self-reliant, and multidisciplinary framework for the conservation, development, and utilization of Asta-Ja resources.
The eight elements of the Asta-Ja system are very intricately linked and strongly connected. Hence, it is important to have sustainable conservation and development of each of the eight elements of Asta-Ja for better functioning of the entire system.