Climate Change: Niger State mulls carbon credit market establishment

  • 📰 PremiumTimesng
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 24 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 13%
  • Publisher: 78%

Nigeria Nigeria Headlines News

Nigeria Nigeria Latest News,Nigeria Nigeria Headlines

Bago said there is free money in the global credit market but that the state must aggregate all its forests to tap into that income stream.

The governor said there is free money in the global credit market but that the state must aggregate all its forests to tap into that income stream, adding that the state has no reason to be poor.

Countries now plant trees and embark on other carbon reduction measures to sell their carbon offsets at the carbon markets. “Niger State has the largest congregation of shea trees in the world It is an endowment by God. These things nobody knows about are there but our women are on the farms, cutting them down to make firewood. We, however, need them to understand that we must protect our forest from deforestation and also promote afforestation,” he said.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 3. in NG

Nigeria Nigeria Latest News, Nigeria Nigeria Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

Climate change: Niger state warns residents against tree fellingNigeria's independent online newspaper
Source: thecableng - 🏆 2. / 80 Read more »

INTERVIEW: Why nations must stop playing politics with climate change'Climate change is a life or death matter and should not be seen as an opportunity for politicking or for economic speculation,' Nnimmo Bassey, Director of the Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), says.
Source: PremiumTimesng - 🏆 3. / 78 Read more »