A 17-year-old Francis James, from Plateau State, has won the second edition of the Mangrove Marathon Race 2023 held on Saturday in Lekki, Lagos. James won one million naira in the 10km eco-friendly race to beat other contestants including a former presidential candidate in the 2023 General Elections and Publisher of Sahara Reporters, Mr Omowole Sowore. James who expressed delight …
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The lighting ceremony was a huge success graced with dignitaries
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Mangrove Ecosystem is an indispensable natural resource that provides for our sustenance and well-being. Their unprecedented degradation in recent years impacts negatively not just our coastal communities but the whole region. The Mangrove Restoration Torch Relay is therefore an important ceremony to galvanize action and rally stakeholders for Mangrove Restoration. The Torch Relay, which precedes Mangrove Marathon WARRI 2022, begins …
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MISSION To foster a new age of Ecological Literacy VISION To hold an annual 10km Awareness Run/Walk in commemoration of the International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem in July 30th INTRODUCTION In 1972 the very first United Nations Conference on the Human Environment was held in Stockholm, Sweden. The theme for that conference which also became the …
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