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Freeports Inquiry Evidence for the International Trade Committee by Wildlife and Countryside Link May 2020
Written submission from Wildlife and Countryside Link (FRP0006) Freeports inquiry Evidence for the International Trade Committee by Wildlife and Countryside Link May 2020 Wildlife and Countryside Link (Link) is the largest environment and wildlife coalition in England, bringing together 58 organisations to use their strong joint voice for the protection of nature. Our members campaign to conserve, enhance and access our landscapes, animals, plants, habitats, rivers and seas. Together we have the support of over eight million people in the UK and directly protect over 750,000 hectares of land and 800 miles of coastline. This response is supported by the following Link members: 1. A Rocha UK 14. International Fund for Animal Welfare 2. Angling Trust 15. League Against Cruel Sports 3. Born Free Foundation 16. Marine Conservation Society 4. British Canoeing 17. Open Spaces Society 5. Buglife 18. People’s Trust for Endangered Species 6. Butterfly Conservation 19. Plantlife 7. ClientEarth 20. RSPB 8. CPRE The Countryside Charity 21. RSPCA 9. Environmental Investigation Agency 22. Salmon and Trout Conservation 10. Four Paws UK 23. Whale and Dolphin Conservation 11. Friends of the Earth 24. The Wildlife Trusts 12. Humane Society International UK 25. Woodland Trust 13. Institute of Fisheries Management 26. WWF-UK This evidence relates mainly to the following two questions posed by the Committee: What negative impacts could freeports have – and how might these be mitigated? What can the UK learn, and what competition will it face, from established freeports around the world? EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Freeports present a number of significant environmental challenges which are not considered in the government’s proposals. -
The Challenges of Developing Buguma Town As a Secondary City in Rivers State Nigeria
KIU Journal of Social Sciences KIU Journal of Social Sciences Copyright©2019 Kampala International University ISSN: 2413-9580; 5(2): 19–30 The Challenges of Developing Buguma Town as a Secondary City in Rivers State Nigeria VICTOR OWITUBO CHARLES, NALUBA GOODY NWIEKPIGI Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Rumuolumeni, Port Harcourt Abstract. This study investigated the challenges Keywords: Challenges, Secondary, City, of developing Buguma as a secondary city in Developing. Rivers State. This study made use of public opinion survey research design with a sample 1. Introduction size of 200 respondents. Data was sourced from the research instrument known as developing 1.1 Background and Overview Buguma Secondary City Questionnaire (DBSCQ) designed along the Likert-type 4-point The philosophy underlying regional planning scale rating. Data was analyzed with both programmes is that the problems of urban and descriptive and inferential statistics. Simple rural areas are intricately connected and should percentage was used to analyze the descriptive be so solved within a regional framework and inferential statistics. Simple percentage was (Slatter 2012, World Bank, 2011). Similarly, used to analyze the socio-demographic global economic activities and population background of the respondents while mean and dynamics are increasingly concentrated in big standard deviation were used to analyze the cities and as a result, urban research has tended research questions. One way analysis of variance to focus on large metropolitan areas at the (ANOVA) was used to analyze the hypotheses. expense of secondary cities which have been a The results of the study revealed that majority of rediscovery of the city in academic discourse the respondents were male 108 (54%); were (Marais, Rooyen, Lenka and Cloete. -
Restoring the North – Challenges and Opportunities
Restoring the North – Challenges and opportunities Restoring the North – Challenges and opportunities International Restoration Conference, Iceland, October 20-22, 2011 Book of abstracts Restoring the North – Challenges and opportunities International Restoration Conference, Iceland, October 20-22, 2011 Book of abstracts Soil Conservation Service of Iceland and Agricultural University of Iceland Restoring the North – Challenges and opportunities Selfoss, Iceland, October 20-22, 2011 Thursday, October 20. 08:20 Registration 08:50 Conference opening, Guðmundur Halldórsson 09:00 Address from the Minister for the Environment Session I: Restoration in the North – Challenges and opportunities 09:20 Special challenges and opportunities for restoration in the North .................................. 5 Bruce Forbes 10:00 Peatland and forest restoration in Finnish conservation areas ....................................... 6 Päivi Virnes 10:20 Coffee/tea 10:40 Hekluskógar – large scale restoration of birch woodlands with minimum inputs ........... 7 Hreinn Óskarsson, Guðmundur Halldórsson & Ása L. Aradóttir 11:00 Vegetation recovery after transplantation in an alpine environment, Bitdal, Norway .... 8 Scientific committee: Line Rosef & Per Anker Pedersen Ása L. Aradóttir, Agricultural University of Iceland 11:20 Dam removal: enhancing or degrading ecological integrity? ......................................... 9 Dagmar Hagen, Norwegian Institute for Nature Research Birgitta Malm Renöfält Guðmundur Halldórsson, Soil Conservation Service of Iceland -
Farmers Utilization of Insecticide Treated Bed Nets for Malaria
technol ro og g y A Nlerum, Agrotechnology 2016, 5:2 Agrotechnology DOI: 10.4172/2168-9881.1000150 ISSN: 2168-9881 Research Article Open Access Farmers Utilization of Insecticide Treated Bed Nets for Malaria Prevention in Ahoada East Local Government Area, Rivers State, Nigeria Franklin E Nlerum* Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics/Extension, Rivers State University of Science and Technology, Nkpolu-Oroworukwo, Nigeria Abstract The study examined the utilization of insecticide treated bed nets for malaria prevention by rural farmers in Ahoada East Local Government Area of Rivers State, Nigeria. The sample size of the study was 100 respondents who were randomly selected from farmers in the area who benefited from the free distribution of the nets by Rivers State Government. The questionnaire was used in eliciting data from the respondents. Data were analyzed with percentage, mean score and multiple regression. Socio-economic result shows that the respondents on the average were 40 years old, earned monthly net income of N24,184.00 ($121.38) and spent 11 years in schooling. More results indicated that while the ownership of the net was as high as 71.73%, the actual utilization was as low as 28.27%. Result of multiple regression analysis indicated a multiple determination (R2) value of 0.6333. Determinants of the utilization of the net were age, sex, occupation and educational level of the respondents. The two major constraints in the utilization of the net in the area were inadequate information and poor design and inconvenience of hanging. In order to improve the rate of utilization of the net in the area, the study recommends enhanced information which will lead to a better education of the beneficiaries. -
Rivers State Government of Nigeria Greater Port Harcourt City
Rivers State Government of Nigeria Greater Port Harcourt City Development Authority Invitation to Tender the Construction of the New City Phase 1A: Interim Waste Water Treatment Works (Contract / Tender No: GPHCDA/PP/IWWTW/PHASE 1A/2013) The Greater Port Harcourt City Development Authority (GPHCDA) has secured the necessary funds for the implementation of the Phase 1A: Interim Waste Water Treatment Works as a part of the first phase of the New City development and intends to apply a portion of these funds towards payments under contract for the implementation of the following works: The Interim Waste Water Treatment Works (IWWTW), which is the subject of this tender, is intended to provide a sewage treatment facility to serve Phase 1A of the New City development until such time as a permanent waste water treatment works is constructed at Ogbogoro. The works shall be of a package treatment plant type which can at a later stage be removed and reassembled at a new location. The initial sewage flow to be treated is estimated at 500kl per day, with the potential to increase the treatment capacity in further modular elements of 500kl per day increments. The maximum instantaneous flow to the works for purposes of the design of the treatment process must be not less than 3.75 times the average daily flow of 500kl per day. The works to be delivered shall include the following key elements: - A biological treatment process to treat the expected inflow to the works to the specified international standard for treated effluent. - All necessary instrumentation, mechanical and electrical works for the sustainable operation of the treatment process. -
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This item was submitted to Loughborough University as a PhD thesis by the author and is made available in the Institutional Repository (https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/) under the following Creative Commons Licence conditions. For the full text of this licence, please go to: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ Increasing the resilience of urban water utilities to extreme weather events By Joachim Ibeziako Ezeji A Doctoral Thesis Submitted in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Award of Doctor of Philosophy of Loughborough University January 2013 © Joachim Ibeziako Ezeji, 2013 TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS ....................................................................................................................... II LIST OF FIGURES ........................................................................................................................... IX LIST OF TABLES............................................................................................................................ XI LIST OF ANNEXES ................................................................................................................... XIV ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ................................................................................................................. XXI ABSTRACT .......................................................................................................................................... XXII CHAPTER ONE ...................................................................................................................................... -
Does the Greater Port Harcourt Master Plan 2008 Meet Aspirations for Liveable City?
Ede et al., Greater Port Harcourt Master Plan 2008, 47th ISOCARP Congress 2011 Does the Greater Port Harcourt Master Plan 2008 meet Aspirations for Liveable City? By Precious N. Ede, Opuenebo B. Owei and Chimbiko Iche Akarolo In 2007 the government of Rivers State, Nigeria contracted a South African firm to produce a master plan for a new city called Greater Port Harcourt to be situated in the outskirts of the old city. The Greater Port Harcourt Master Plan 2008 is here examined in the context of current thinking as to whether it has credentials that meet aspirations for modern liveable cities. The new city plan assumes that Port Harcourt will continue to grow at its current rate so there is need to respond pro-actively to the reality of meeting cogent challenges. The infrastructure to be provided must be sustainable, that is, there should be continuity of effective service delivery by operators, by way of renewal, upgrading and expansion to cope with the city growth. Provision of services will be private sector driven, while government is politically ready to amend laws, regulations and policies to create an enabling environment for private sector to thrive in driving the development initiatives. The plan provides a long-term vision for the city based on sustainability: social, economic and political equity. Sustainability is hinged on continual improvement based on accountability, transparency and good governance. The master plan aims at a development that positively encourages the creation of a mixed community of 350,000 housing units, initially. The energy infrastructure utilizes the natural resources in the region such as natural gas for powering turbines and providing domestic fuel, with a little solar power. -
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Speciestm
Species 2014 Annual ReportSpecies the Species of 2014 Survival Commission and the Global Species Programme Species ISSUE 56 2014 Annual Report of the Species Survival Commission and the Global Species Programme • 2014 Spotlight on High-level Interventions IUCN SSC • IUCN Red List at 50 • Specialist Group Reports Ethiopian Wolf (Canis simensis), Endangered. © Martin Harvey Muhammad Yazid Muhammad © Amazing Species: Bleeding Toad The Bleeding Toad, Leptophryne cruentata, is listed as Critically Endangered on The IUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesTM. It is endemic to West Java, Indonesia, specifically around Mount Gede, Mount Pangaro and south of Sukabumi. The Bleeding Toad’s scientific name, cruentata, is from the Latin word meaning “bleeding” because of the frog’s overall reddish-purple appearance and blood-red and yellow marbling on its back. Geographical range The population declined drastically after the eruption of Mount Galunggung in 1987. It is Knowledge believed that other declining factors may be habitat alteration, loss, and fragmentation. Experts Although the lethal chytrid fungus, responsible for devastating declines (and possible Get Involved extinctions) in amphibian populations globally, has not been recorded in this area, the sudden decline in a creekside population is reminiscent of declines in similar amphibian species due to the presence of this pathogen. Only one individual Bleeding Toad was sighted from 1990 to 2003. Part of the range of Bleeding Toad is located in Gunung Gede Pangrango National Park. Future conservation actions should include population surveys and possible captive breeding plans. The production of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ is made possible through the IUCN Red List Partnership. -
Contamination Levels of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Soil at Uncontrolled Solid Waste Dumpsites in Port Harcourt City, Nigeria
IOSR Journal of Environmental Science, Toxicology and Food Technology (IOSR-JESTFT) e-ISSN: 2319-2402,p- ISSN: 2319-2399.Volume 14, Issue 6 Ser. IV (June 2020), PP 47-58 www.iosrjournals.org Contamination Levels of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Soil at Uncontrolled Solid Waste Dumpsites in Port Harcourt City, Nigeria. Loremikan, A.G. Ngah, S.A. Ubong, I.U. Institute of Geo-Sciences and Space Technology Rivers state university, Nkporlu- Oroworukwo, Portharcourt Abstract Backgound: Households solid waste are dumped at any nearest dumpsites to the deposite. As a result of high temperature, These wastes are heated to generate Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons.This study is to show distintly and comparinly the Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons contermination level on soil at the solid waste dumpsites around the uncontrolled soild waste dumpsites clusters around market areas, semi- indusrial areas and residendial areas. Materials and Methods:Each soil sample with corresponding control sample making a total of 30 soil samples were collected at depth 0 - 15 cm using an auger fromspecified different locations and analyzed at the Rivers State University, Institute of Pollution Studies Research Laboratory using Gas Chromatography.Data were analysed using descriptive statistics viz mean ± standard deviation as well as inferential statistics such as 2 sample T-test at 5% level of significance. Hierarchical Cluster Analysis (HCA) and Principal Components Analysis ( PCA)where applied on the measured data to determine the sources of contamination as well as the level of pollution by comparing with the control sites. Results:Each of the dumpsites has total ∑PAHs values greater than 1(>1) and are classified as “Heavily contaminated”. -
Forecasting the Future Pattern of Land Use and Land Cover Change in the Wetland Ecosystem of the Port-Harcourt Metropolis
International Journal of Emerging Engineering Research and Technology Volume 6, Issue 2, 2018, PP 16-22 ISSN 2349-4395 (Print) & ISSN 2349-4409 (Online) Forecasting the Future Pattern of Land Use and Land Cover Change in the Wetland Ecosystem of the Port-Harcourt Metropolis Wali E.1, Phil-Eze P.O.1 and Nwankwoala, H.O.2 1Department of Geography, University of Nigeria, Nsukka 2Department of Geology, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria Corresponding Author: Nwankwoala, H.O., Department of Geology, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria ABSTRACT Changes in wetland area have notable effects on ecosystem processes and services. Forecasts on Land use and Land cover change have become a focal point in managing natural resources and monitoring environmental changes in wetland ecosystem. The Port Harcourt metropolis has witnessed extremely large growth in population in recent times and a proper evaluation would reveal a change in land use and land cover of the study area. Therefore, the model and direction of this change is not properly revealed in the works of art. However, this study was organized to forecast the future pattern of land use/land cover change in the wetland ecosystem of Port-Harcourt metropolis. In furtherance of this study, satellite imageries between 1984-2013 using Remote Sensing techniques as an analytical tools and Geo-referencing properties of 1984, 1999, 2003 and 2013 made up of universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) projection, and datum WGS 84, zone 32 were acquired. The satellite images covering the area were acquired and analyzed using ArcGIS10.0, ERDAS IMAGE 2014 and IDRISI Selva. The Markov transition probability matrix where employed in the study to forecast the future pattern of land use and land cover change in the wetland ecosystem of Port-Harcourt for the given period of 30 years (2023, 2033 and 2043).The study concludes that there will be further loss of wetlands and their resources in the metropolis, if factors contributing to it are not properly checked. -
Port Harcourt Fact Finding Mission
EVICTIONS AND DEMOLITIONS IN PORT HARCOURT REPORT OF FACT-FINDING MISSION TO PORT HARCOURT CITY, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA 12-16 MARCH 2009 UN-HABITAT with Ministry of Works, Housing and Urban Development of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Social and Economic Rights Action Center (SERAC), Women Environment Programme (WEP) The responsibility for the content of this report, including its recommendations, rests entirely with UN-HABITAT. The time devoted to the Mission and the contributions of those individuals and organisations listed in the annexes are acknowledged and appreciated. This report has been produced without formal editing by the United Nations. The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this report do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the United Nations Secretariat concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. Reference to names of firms and commercial products and processes does not imply their endorsement by the United Nations, and a failure to mention a particular firm, commercial product or process is not a sign of disapproval. Excerpts from the text may be reproduced without authorization, on condition that the source is indicated. Cover photo: Legal structure along the upper part of Abonnema Wharf, demolished during the period 10 to 13 February 2009. Photo credit: Social and Economic Rights Action Center (SERAC) UN-HABITAT Abuja and Nairobi, August 2009 ii -
Alafaka Tobin M.B, B.S
A COMPARISON OF UPTAKE OF INTERMITTENT PREVENTIVE TREATMENT OF MALARIA IN PREGNANCY IN URBAN AND RURAL PUBLIC PRIMARY HEALTH CARE CENTRES IN RIVERS STATE BY ALAFAKA TOBIN M.B, B.S A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE NATIONAL POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF NIGERIA IN PART FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF FELLOWSHIP OF THE MEDICAL COLLEGE IN PUBLIC HEALTH MAY, 2016 1 DECLARATION I hereby declare that this study, or part of it, has not been and will not be submitted for any other diploma, fellowship or any other examination. ……………..………. ALAFAKA TOBIN M.B, B.S 2 CERTIFICATION This is to certify that this dissertation titled “A Comparison Of Uptake Of Intermittent Preventive Treatment Of Malaria In Pregnancy In Urban And Rural Public Primary Health Care Centres In Rivers State” was carried out by Alafaka Tobin, a Senior Registrar in the Department of Community Medicine, University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital under our supervision. ………………………….. ………………..…… Dr. C. I. Tobin-West Dr. C. A. Onoka MD, MPH, FMCPH MBBS, DLSHTM, MPH, MSc, FWACP Senior Lecturer, Consultant Community Medicine Lecturer, Consultant Community Medicine Department of Community Medicine University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital Nsukka, Enugu Port Harcourt, Rivers State …………………… Dr. K. E. Douglas Head of Department Community Medicine University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital Port Harcourt Rivers State 3 DEDICATION This book is dedicated to my husband Mr. Derefaka Tobin whose words of encouragement motivated me to commence and complete this dissertation. 4 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I am very grateful to my supervisors, Dr. C.I. Tobin-West and Dr.