Forest – Omae’s Blog

Distressed Damsels

The idiomatic expression “Damsel in Distress” is commonly understood to refer to a lady in need of rescue, with the rescuer often hailed as a hero. This is a common theme in many cartoons, animes, and movies that I have watched. Interestingly, there are real damsels in nature that share the same name and areContinue reading “Distressed Damsels”

Threatened by Extinction: Western Lowland Gorilla

A subspecies with the most numbers yet its large numbers could not protect them from being critically endangered. The Western Lowland Gorilla is found in Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Equatorial Guinea as well as in large areas in Gabon and the Republic of Congo. Living in dense andContinue reading “Threatened by Extinction: Western Lowland Gorilla”

#ConserveNigeria with Lucky Atabo Okpanachi

🐦 An internship at the A. P. Leventis Ornithological Research Institute broadened Lucky’s understanding of biodiversity and its challenges. 🌳 A student of Biology at the Federal University Lokoja, Lucky desired to broaden his understanding of biodiversity and fully comprehend the threats and challenges faced by the environment in Nigeria and Africa. In 2019, followingContinue reading “#ConserveNigeria with Lucky Atabo Okpanachi”

#ConserveNigeria with Dr. Islamiat Abidemi Raji

🌱 Islamiat grew up in a city with little or no awareness of nature and its beauty. Her curiosity about forestry changed the trajectory of her career choice. 🌱 Young Islamiat grew up in a city with little or no awareness of nature and its beauty. When she was of age, she studied Forestry andContinue reading “#ConserveNigeria with Dr. Islamiat Abidemi Raji”

#ConserveNigeria with Patience Adaje

💚“We always find a reason to visit the forest and apart from the fruits gathering which was mainly for food we would catch and play with other insects” ~ Young Patience with Friends💚 Patience did not grow up in a regular town, she grew up in a community surrounded by forest patches that were managedContinue reading “#ConserveNigeria with Patience Adaje”

#ConserveNigeria with Dr Murna Tela Garba

💚 Young Murna and her sister sang to the White birds to give them white marks on their fingers, little do they know about its real name and that it does not give white fingers. 😁😁💚 While growing up and with her sister, Murna called every bird species by the most prominent colours they had.Continue reading “#ConserveNigeria with Dr Murna Tela Garba”

#Conserve Nigeria – Iveren Abiem

💚I have always been fascinated about nature – the mountains, the oceans, the stars, the whale, the giraffe, the ant – the vastness of it all. – Iveren Abiem 💚 Iveren Abiem grew up surrounded by plants! This is because her parent loved and still loves plants. So everyday, she experienced and continues to witnessContinue reading “#Conserve Nigeria – Iveren Abiem”

Celebrate our ICONS

Trees Trees Trees Trees are described to act like lungs of the earth because they take in Carbon dioxide popularly known as CO2 to make their food and in the process give out Oxygen. Unlike the lungs in humans and other animals that take in oxygen and give out CO2, trees do the opposite. UnlikeContinue reading “Celebrate our ICONS”