Group seeks urgent action on crude oil induced fire outbreak in Rivers community
Chima Williams. Barrister Chima Williams. The call came after residents of the community sent a save-a-soul to EDEN in the early …
Findings from GMOs Research and Outcome of Investigative Public Hearing Organized by the House of Reps on 19th November 2024
Food is a weapon. Whoever controls your food controls you and invariably controls society. When your SEEDS are controlled, your life is colonized! When the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety was finally adopted in 2000 as a Protocol to the Convention on Biological Diversity, international consensus grew to include the risks to human health, and socio-economic […]
Resilience and the Power of Economic Solidarity
As we gather to explore, learn, and find new ways to face the environmental challenges that have impacted our communities, this workshop on resilience and economic solidarity has now more than ever become a powerful platform for reconnecting with our strengths and learning skills that will empower us and our communities. As we know, deforestation […]
Our Right to Foods for a Better Life and a Better Future must be protected!
To mark this year’s edition of World Food Day with the theme ‘Right to Foods for a Better Life and a Better Future’ public health experts and food sovereignty activists including our deputy executive director Mariann Bassey-Orovwuje issued a strong warning to the Nigerian government and demanded an immediate halt to the introduction of Genetically […]
Coalition urges FG to halt Introduction of GM potatoes, ban GMOs
Environmental Rights Action joined a coalition of over 100 civil society groups, farmers, scientists, legal professionals, and academics representing 100 million Nigerian consumers to call on the Nigerian government to abandon plans of introducing genetically modified (GM) potatoes and implement a total ban on genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in the country. The coalition strongly believes […]
Stop Kapam Pollution, Adequately Compensate Victims, ERA, HOMEF, CAPPA Tell Kaduna Refinery
Civil society organizations (CSOs) have demanded an immediate cleanup and detoxification of the Kapam community in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna state, affected by the alleged release of toxic chemicals by the Kaduna Refining and Petrochemicals Company (KRPC) situated in the community and which is undergoing turnaround maintenance. Environmental Rights Action (ERA), Health of […]
ERA Lauds Renowned Environmentalist on his well-deserved Wallenberg Medal Award
Environmental Rights Action (ERA) congratulates Nnimmo Bassey a foremost environmentalist, architect, founding father of our dear organization, poet, and director of Africa’s ecological think tank, Health of Mother Earth Foundation,(HOMEF) for receiving the prestigious Wallenberg Medal Award from the University of Michigan, United States of America; The Wallenberg Medal for the year 2024. This medal […]
Fish Scarcity Looms In Niger Delta, Environmental Experts Warn – Leadership News
The executive director of Environmental Defenders Network (EDEN), Barrister Chima Williams stressed that the insecurity in the Niger Delta is …
Fish, food scarcity loom in Niger Delta, warn environmentalists – EnviroNews Nigeria
In his welcome remarks, Chairman of the occasion and Executive Director of Environmental Defenders Network (EDEN), Barrister Chima Williams, said …
Environmentalists, Former Miners Demand Environmental Audit of Environment around Coal Mines
In his remarks, Barrister Chima Williams, Executive director of EDEN, said that the call for environmental audit and decommissioning of the coal …