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Programme Areas

Since 1989, NEST has held an annual workshop each year except in 2000. Up to 1999, the annual workshops were sponsored mainly by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Lagos. The workshops have addressed issues of deep concern to NEST and have been held in various agro-ecological zones of the country.

Seminars

The Nigerian Environment: Non-Governmental Action (Lagos, 1989), Sustainable Development in Nigeria's Dry Belt (Kano, 1990), Sustainable Development in Nigeria's Rain Forest Region (Owerri, 1991), Women, Children and the Environment (Jos, 1992), The Structural Adjustment Programme (SAP) and the Environment (Benin City, 1993).

Exclusive Collaboration

Waste Generation and Disposal in Nigeria (Ibadan, 1994), Promoting Environmental Education (Calabar, 1995), Making the Transition to Sustainable Energy Use in Nigeria (Minna, 1996), Appropriate Technology and the Environment (Ibadan, 1997), The Informal Sector and the Environment (Aba, 1998).

Family Service

NGOs, Popular Participation and Environmental Management (Kaduna, 1999), Rural-Urban Linkages and Sustainable Livelihoods (Umuahia, 2001), Nigeria Adjusting to Climate Change (New Bussa, 2002), Energy Systems and Climate Change (Bauchi, 2003).

Legal Assistance

Biodiversity and Climate Change (Asaba, 2004), The Nigerian Environment: Non-Governmental Action II (Ibadan, 2012), Nigerian Environment Centenary Symposium (Ibadan, 2014).

Annual Events

Other than the annual events, NEST has held numerous workshops, seminars and meetings for training in methodology, media briefings, and publishing. NEST also collaborates on projects such as Lost Crops of Nigeria (with the University of Agriculture, Abeokuta and Goethe Institute, Lagos), and has organized public hearings on critical environmental issues like the dredging of the Lower Niger and the 1999 flood disasters.