Most NEST activities are associated with publications as the main object or by-product of, or, as a tool for, the activity. Many of these publications are printed while a substantial number remain as grey literature. Major publications include...

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• Nigeria's Threatened Environment. A National Profile (1991)

  • This publication is perhaps best known, is the first, authentic and comprehensive overview of the elements of the Nigerian environment and their status.

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• The Nigerian Environment. Non-governmental Action (1991)

  • Thee proceedings of a NEST Workshop, University of Lagos, in October 1989

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• The Challenge of Sustainable Development in Nigeria (1992)

  • This book resulted from NEST collaboration with IIED and other organizations to publish NGO country reports as part of preparations for the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED). The NEST report focused on population, economics, education, gender, institutional framework and land tenure in relation to environment and sustainable development in Nigeria. The report also contributed to the IIED publication Governance for Sustainable Development. A Southern Perspective by Tariq Banuri and Johan Holmberg

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• Profile on Nigeria: Land Degradation (1992)

  • This is the report on a project commissioned by the Commonwealth Foundation for Technical Cooperation, in 1989, to study land degradation in Nigeria.

• Sustainable Development in Nigeria's Dry Belt. Problems and Prospects (1992)

  • The proceedings of NEST Workshop held in Kano, 1990

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• Soil Erosion Prevention and Control Manual (SEPCOM)

  • A tool for community enlightenment on primary environmental care, with regard to soil erosion; funded by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Lagos

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• Environmental Awareness Training Manual (1995)

  • This manual describes the elements of the environment in simple language. It was sponsored by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation for use as an outreach tool by NEST for raising grassroots awareness on the environment.

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• Facts and Issues on the Desertification Convention: A Reference Note for Government and Citizen Awareness (1995)

  • This booklet is part of NEST's efforts to increase awareness about major international conventions on environment in her capacity (in this case) as the national and West African sub-regional focal point of the international NGO action network on the Desertification Convention (RIOD). NEST's participation on this convention and its ancillary activities have been sponsored by IDRC of Canada.

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• Mobilizing Communities Towards Combating Desertification in Nigeria (in English and Hausa) (1997)

  • An awareness raising publication on actions on the Desertification Convention.

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• Perspectives in Environmental Management. Proceedings of NEST Workshops 1991-1995 (1997)

  • These workshops as well as the publication of their proceedings were made possible through grants by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FEF), Lagos.

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• Directory of Major Environmental Researchers in Nigeria (1998)

  • The publication provides  necessary contact  information of environmental researchers in Nigeria for use by scientists, policy-makers, NGOs, donor agencies and local communities.

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