The Minister of State for Environment, Sharon Ikeazor, has informed the United Nations Environment Assembly that Nigeria adopted innovative strategies for sustainable forest management, plastic, and solid waste management as well as drought and desertification policy to actualize land degradation neutrality. DAILY POST reports.

Ikeazor revealed this while delivering Nigerian’s National Statement at the Fifth United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA 5,2) in Nairobi, Kenya. Information Guide Nigeria

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A statement by the Director Press at the Federal Ministry of Environment, Saghir el Mohammed said Ikeazor had bilateral engagements with the Director-General of the World Wild Fund (WWF) for nature, Mr Marco Lambertini on the sidelines of the UNEA engagement.

He said the minister’s discussion with the World Wild Fund centred on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework and the need for collaboration on the management of the ten new national parks approved by President Buhari, especially, the 2 designated Marine Protected Areas in Bayelsa State.

”The Honourable Minister also had an engagement with the Swedish Minister of Environment on the preparation and areas of collaboration for the upcoming Stockholm+50 to commemorate 50 years since the first UN Conference on Human Environment was held in 1972 in Stockholm, Sweden”. jamb results

”The theme of the conference is Stockholm+50: a healthy planet for the prosperity of all-our responsibility, our opportunity. Nigeria has signed and ratified all the Chemicals and waste related Treaties, and is currently strengthening her legal and institutional infrastructures for the sound management of chemicals and waste”.

”The Minister also had an engagement with the Egyptian Minister on Environment and COP 27 President and discussed activities on the upcoming COP27 at Egypt in November 2022. The two Ministers also discussed the strengthening of Bilateral ties with both countries on environmental issues”.