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  August 20, 2018	Comments Off on Nigeria to join global Green List Programme on environment 891 Views
  The Federal Government says it is on the processes of joining the global Green List Programme for Conservation and Protected Areas (GLPCA), an International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), to achieve biodiversity.
  Alhaji Ibrahim Goni, the Conservator General, National Parks Service (NPK) disclosed this at a stakeholders' workshop on Monday, August 20, 2018 in Abuja.
  He said, "The Secretariat of the Green List Nigeria will be domicile at the National Park Service, Headquarters, Nigeria.
  Also, Ms Beatrice Chataigner, Africa Coordinator, the Green List, said that the workshop organised by IUCN was to prepare Nigeria to engage in the Green List process.
  The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the IUCN Green List of Protected Areas (Green List) is an initiative that measures the success of protected areas in reaching good standards of management.
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  NAN also reports that the workshop was attended by representatives of Federal Ministry of Environment, FAO, USA Embassy, NTDC among others.