Monday 5 August 2019

Nigeria became fourth African nation to join global coalition to protect pollinators

Nigeria became fourth African nation to join global coalition to protect pollinators

Nigeria became the fourth African country to join the Global Coalition of the Willing on Pollinators on July 25, 2019, a news report in the Nigerian media noted.

While Morroco became a member of this group in May this year, Ethiopia was the first African nation to be part of this global coalition in 2017. 

Burundi was the second African country to join this global group.

Other non-African nations such as Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Dominican Republic, Ireland and Mexico had joined the global group last year, Down To Earth reported earlier.

The coalition now has 28 signatories including 17 European countries, five from Latin America and the Caribbean and four from Africa.

The organisation was formed three years ago, to follow up on the findings of IPBES Assessment on Pollinators, Pollination and Food Production, which found that many of the world’s pollinator species are on the decline

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