Harnessing plastic and keeping our environment free from plastic waste and pollution. We present to you excerpts from the just concluded Nigerian Environmental Society, World Environmental Day program, Lagos Island chapter and events marking this year’s World environmental day on the 5th of June 2018 at Best Western Hotel and Suites in Victoria Island, Lagos, …
There is an increase in poor air quality in Rivers State. Several sitings of black soot and particulates are on the rise again. Ensuring proper air quality for residents and ecological life is paramount to help mitigate adverse health risk. Air pollution is a serious issue and adequate air monitoring and impact assessments needs to …
Our Phase I assessments consists of a comprehensive background and records search, to identify past property uses and possible hazardous waste operations. An on-site investigation of the property is then performed focused on identifying current or past practices that may present an environmental liability, such as chemical use, fuel tanks, waste management, illegal dumping, etc. …
Once again! The World Environment Day (WED) held on the 5th of June 2017, has come and gone but the essence of this year’s theme “Connecting People to Nature” is a theme that implores us to get outdoors and into nature, to appreciate its beauty and its importance, and to take forward the call to …
Environmental auditing is essentially an environmental management tool for measuring the effects of certain activities on the environment against set criteria or standards. These are used to help improve existing human activities, with the aim of reducing the adverse effects of these activities on the environment. An environmental auditor will study an organisation’s environmental effects …
Access to drinking water is essential for survival. In the 21st century, more challenges arises due to poor supply of public water supply for use for municipal use. Almost everyone who owns a land in the Nigeria is entitled to extract water from a borehole or well for their own use, some will need a …
Key to understanding floods especially in areas around rivers and the sea in the various states in Nigeria is that climate changes are drastically changing and this has been reflected in the series of environmental challenges us currently experiencing. A floodplain is the area that would naturally be affected by flooding if a river rises …
The most fundamental issues in the sector have to do with the oil spillage and challenges faced by affected communities such as in Rivers, Delta, Bayelsa, etc. The issue of flooding in parts of the country has also raised concerns on what measures of pollution control, waste management and environmental health are in place.
