Wildlife Conservation Society
Members of benefitting communities line up for the hand-over ceremony of rehabiliatated boreholes in Akamkpa Local government Area of Cross River State. Four boreholes in three communities were renovated by the WCS and funded by the USAID through the Watershed Protection for Safe and Sustainable Water Supply, WATERFALL program. (Credit: WCS)
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3,600 People Get Rehabilitated Water Sources From WCS In Cross River

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  • September 22, 2023

By Jonathan Ugbal The Wildlife Conservation Society, WCS has handed over four boreholes it rehabilitated to three communities in Cross River State says Joseph Matthew, the WCS Communications Manager in a statement released on Thursday.  The intervention was done under the Watershed Protection for Safe and Sustainable Water Supply, WATERFALL program funded by the United

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Counting The Costs Of Cross River State ‘Super Highway’ Road Project On The Tropical Rainforests And Eco-Biodiversity

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  • January 27, 2022

By Taiwo Lawrence Adeyemi Cross River State has over 2,000,000 hectares of rainforest originally found in the State and perhaps the primary rainforest remaining was only 729,000 hectares. The rainforest has important biophysical properties which affect local, regional and global environment quality. Cross River State has a deforestation rate of two percent per annum, a

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