Sustainable Environmental Development Initiative
…for a sustainable environment
Highly Hazardous Pesticides (HHPs) continue to pose unacceptable risks and disproportionately account for the negative impacts of pesticides on human health and environment, particularly in low and middle-income countries (LMICs) including Nigeria, where they are a barrier to sustainable development.
The Sustainable Environment Development Initiative (SEDI Nigeria) with financial support of the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA) organized a workshop on Pathways to Municipal Waste Management in Edo State at the WHARC Event Centre, Benin, Edo State, Nigeria on Read More
A primordial and very pressing issue in Nigeria is the problem of municipal waste management. As the nation’s population continues to rise, the accelerating rate of indiscriminate waste disposal from mostly domestic sources makes it of greater concern. Poverty, low Read More
We, members of the Otofure Dumpsite Waste Pickers (which also shall from time to time be referred to the association) having firmly and solemnly resolved to form a non-governmental, non-partisan, and not-for-profit Association by the name Otofure Dumpsite Waste Pickers, Read More
The Model Provinces Committee is an arm of the World Alliance for Mercury-Free Dentistry, was established in June 2020. It comprises of NGO leaders who work at the provincial level (depending on the country; called provinces, states, regions, or counties) Read More
Do you shop cosmetics abroad or online? The chemical contents may vary from country to country A global comparative study performed by the Danish Consumer Council THINK Chemicals and 33 partner organizations including Sustainable Environment Development Initiative (SEDI), reveal that Read More
What are pesticides? Pesticides are agrochemicals that are used for crop protection. A pesticide is a substance intended to prevent, destroy, repel or control any animal pest or disease caused by microorganisms, as well as unwanted weeds. Pesticides can also Read More
The forum brought together over 67 participants drawn from Government, Dental practitioners, Dental students, Dental surgery technicians, Academia, Media and Civil society groups among others, and deliberated on issues bothering on the phasing down of the use dental amalgam in Read More