{"id":5917,"date":"2017-08-28T03:40:12","date_gmt":"2017-08-28T03:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/don-seeks-action-plan-on-environmental-issues\/"},"modified":"2017-08-28T12:13:14","modified_gmt":"2017-08-28T12:13:14","slug":"don-seeks-action-plan-on-environmental-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/don-seeks-action-plan-on-environmental-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"Don seeks action plan on environmental issues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div id=\"attachment_210493\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"37\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/guardian.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Environmental.jpg?resize=1280%2C720&#038;ssl=1\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/guardian.ng\/wp-content\/plugins\/ventra-lazy-load\/images\/1x1.trans.gif?ssl=1\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Environmental.jpg 1280w,https:\/\/guardian.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Environmental-640x360.jpg 640w,https:\/\/guardian.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Environmental-1062x598.jpg 1062w,https:\/\/guardian.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Environmental-320x180.jpg 320w,https:\/\/guardian.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Environmental-281x158.jpg 281w,https:\/\/guardian.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Environmental-562x316.jpg 562w,https:\/\/guardian.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Environmental-531x299.jpg 531w,https:\/\/guardian.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Environmental-487x274.jpg 487w,https:\/\/guardian.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Environmental-974x548.jpg 974w,https:\/\/guardian.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Environmental-600x338.jpg 600w\" class=\"wp-image-210493 size-full lazyload\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><noscript><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-210493 size-full lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/guardian.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Environmental.jpg?resize=1280%2C720&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Environmental.jpg 1280w,https:\/\/guardian.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Environmental-640x360.jpg 640w,https:\/\/guardian.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Environmental-1062x598.jpg 1062w,https:\/\/guardian.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Environmental-320x180.jpg 320w,https:\/\/guardian.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Environmental-281x158.jpg 281w,https:\/\/guardian.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Environmental-562x316.jpg 562w,https:\/\/guardian.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Environmental-531x299.jpg 531w,https:\/\/guardian.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Environmental-487x274.jpg 487w,https:\/\/guardian.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Environmental-974x548.jpg 974w,https:\/\/guardian.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Environmental-600x338.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emmanuel Oladipo, who teaches at the Department of Geography, University of Lagos made this assertion at roundtable meeting on \u2018Sustaining nature, addressing climate change and protecting the environment\u2019 in Abuja recently.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>A university lecturer, Professor Emmanuel Oladipo has emphasised the need for a framework to address broad issues relating to the environment, especially global climate change.<\/p>\n<p>Oladipo, who teaches at the Department of Geography, University of Lagos made this assertion at roundtable meeting on \u2018Sustaining nature, addressing climate change and protecting the environment\u2019 in Abuja recently.<\/p>\n<p>The event organized by the Human Rights Advancement, Development and Advocacy Centre (HURIDAC) with technical support from Conservation<br \/>International (CI) was staged in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Environment.<\/p>\n<p>He said issues relating to the environment must be looked at from social, economic and political angles to avoid problems, adding that climate change is a major threat to the Sustainable Development Goals of improving quality of human life and conserving the earth\u2019s vitality and diversity.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, HURIDAC Executive Director, Ayodele Ameen argued that environmental issues are human rights related, necessitating efforts to bring solution to endemic societal problems.<\/p>\n<p>Citing recent devastating landslide and <a href=\"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/flood-damage-repair-sd\/\">flooding<\/a> that hit Sierra Leone claiming almost 500 lives; he called for efforts to address issues that pertain to the environment.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u2018\u2019the mudslide in Sierra-Leone is environmental issue and has become a human rights issue. If you try not to treat nature well, nature will fight back with grave consequences. Environmental issues are important and we need to put them at the core of what we do. Nature doesn\u2019t need us, we need nature,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Senior Vice-President, Conservation International, Michael O\u2019Brien Onyeka asserted that sustaining nature is critical, \u201cWe at Conservation International believes that it is in the core enlightened interest of stakeholders in Nigeria to pursue a sustainable development pathway.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a hre=\"http:\/\/guardian.ng\/property\/don-seeks-action-plan-on-environmental-issues\/\"> Guardian <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emmanuel Oladipo, who teaches at the Department of Geography, University of Lagos made this assertion at &hellip; <a title=\"Don seeks action plan on environmental issues\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/don-seeks-action-plan-on-environmental-issues\/\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Don seeks action plan on environmental issues<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5918,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[1399,684,522,41],"class_list":["post-5917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opportunities-in-new-markets","tag-development","tag-lagos","tag-nigeria","tag-property"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Environmental.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5917"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5917\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}