Press Statements

PRESS RELEASE ON WORLD OCEANS DAY 2023

As the world celebrates World Oceans Day 2023 {June 8} with the theme “Planet Ocean: Tides are Changing”, the Centre for Environment, Human Rights, and Development (CEHRD) joins the world in condemning the damage done to the ocean through human activities and soliciting that human should imbibe ocean-friendly habits. We are seriously concerned over the …

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PRESS RELEASE ON WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY 2023

As the world celebrates the 2023 World Environment Day with the theme “Beat Plastic Pollution”, the Centre for Environment, Human Rights and Development (CEHRD) joins the world in advocating for better management strategy to combat global plastic waste production and its problematic management that has posed environmental issue which is directly proportional to economic development. …

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CEHRD’s PRESS STATEMENT ON INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY 2023

8 March, 2023 As the world celebrate International Women’s Day today, the Centre for Environment, Human Rights and Development (CEHRD) join the call for more to be done to achieve an equal future. The theme for this year: “Innovation and technological change, and education in the digital age for achieving gender equality and the empowerment …

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2021 Mangrove Day: CEHRD calls for urgent legislation and policy to protect mangroves in Nigeria

As the World Mangrove Day is marked today (26th July 2021), the Centre for Environment, Human Rights and Development (CEHRD) insists ‘mangroves are the last lines of defense of coastal communities in the Niger Delta against erosion, flooding and food insecurity, and need urgent legislative and policy attention. The mangrove ecosystem constitutes a critical support …

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WORLD OCEANS DAY JUNE 8, 2021

PRESS RELEASE As the world commemorates the 2021 World Ocean Day (WOD) tagged ‘The Ocean: Life and Livelihoods’, the Centre for Environment, Human Rights and Development (CEHRD) demands that the Nigerian government and citizens should reflect on the livelihood supporting functions of the ocean and other ecosystem goods and services that the ocean provides. Yet, …

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Statement on International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

The Centre for Environment, Human Rights and Development (CEHRD) joins the Human Rights community and partners all over the world to celebrates this year’s International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. Violence against women and girls is a human rights violation that remains all too pervasive in every part of the world. Too often, …

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CEHRD Calls for End in Police Brutality and Corruption in Nigeria

The Centre for Environment, Human Rights and Development (CEHRD) has been observing a dangerous trend and pattern in Police brutality and corruption in Nigeria. The ongoing protests by the youths all over the country is the cumulative consequence and evidence of reactions to police brutality nationwide. The protest was borne out of the fact that …

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Press Release to Commemorate the International Day for the Conservation of Mangrove Ecosystem

The International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem, adopted by the General Conference of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 2015 and celebrated annually on 26 July, aims to raise awareness of the importance of mangrove ecosystems as “a unique, special and vulnerable ecosystem” and to promote solutions for their …

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Press Release to commemorate 2020 World Ocean Day tagged ‘innovation for sustainable ocean’ on June 8, 2020.

The Centre for Environment, Human Rights and Development joins the world to commemorate this year’s world ocean day. The day is set aside by the United Nations to sensitize and educate the global community on the health and challenges of the ocean and its extraordinary rich biodiversity. This year’s theme is tagged “innovation for sustainable …

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