Centre for Arid Zone and Wetlands Ecology -CAWE, Federal University Dutse

Successful Desertification and Drought Day 2026! 🌱
From insightful radio discussions and webinar on the 17th to community tree planting and public lecture on the 18th — the Centre for Arid Zone and Wetlands Ecology, Federal University Dutse (CAWE-FUD) brought awareness, restoration, and action to the fore.

🌍 WORLD DAY TO COMBAT DESERTIFICATION AND DROUGHT 2026
"Rangelands: Recognize. Respect. Restore."
Wednesday, 17th June 2026
Today, the Centre for Arid Zone and Wetlands Ecology (CAWE), Federal University Dutse (FUD), joins the global community in marking the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought.
Across Northern Nigeria and the Sahel, rangelands sustain livestock, wildlife and farming communities. Yet desertification strips them of vegetative cover while drought dries out soils and fails groundwater systems — together creating a vicious cycle of degradation. The World Meteorological Organization has confirmed that El Niño conditions are currently active and strengthening, with an 80% probability of persisting through June to August 2026, intensifying drought and accelerating rangeland loss across our region.
The consequences reach far beyond the rangelands themselves. At CAWE, we sit at the crossroads where rangelands meet wetlands — and we witness how the destruction of one devastates the other. Eroded soils choke the Hadejia-Nguru Wetlands, groundwater recharge fails and biodiversity collapses. As rangelands shrink, pastoralist herders are forced southward in search of grazing land, colliding with farming communities over what remains. The farmers-herders conflict that has claimed thousands of lives across Nigeria is, at its root, a rangeland crisis. Restored rangelands mean restored peace.
This is why this year's theme — Recognize. Respect. Restore. — matters so deeply for Nigeria: recognising the value of our rangelands, respecting the knowledge of pastoralist communities and restoring degraded land through sustainable, science-based action.
The land beneath our feet is not just soil.
It is our food. Our water. Our future. Our peace.
Today we choose to protect it.
Global observance hosted by Kenya in partnership with UNCCD
Information adapted from UNCCD, WMO and United Nations Desertification and Drought Day 2026 official communications.
Photo: Isah Dahiru, "Gidan Dalla — environmental degradation caused by drought." Wikimedia Commons, 9 February 2019. CC BY-SA 4.0.



🌍 RANAR DUNIYA TA YAKI DA HAMADA DA FARI 2026

"Filayen Kiwo: Mu Gane Su. Mu Girmama Su. Mu Farfaɗo da Su."

Laraba, 17 ga Yuni, 2026

A yau, Cibiyar Nazarin Muhallin Yankunan Hamada da Dausayin Ruwa (CAWE), Jami’ar Tarayya ta Dutse (FUD), tana tare da al’ummar duniya wajen tunawa da Ranar Duniya ta Yaki da Hamada da Fari.

A duk faɗin Arewacin Najeriya da yankin Sahel, filayen kiwo suna tallafawa kiwon dabbobi, namun daji da kuma al’ummomin manoma. Sai dai hamada tana kawar da ciyayi da tsirrai, yayin da fari ke busar da ƙasa tare da rage samar da ruwan karkashin ƙasa. Waɗannan matsaloli biyu suna haɗuwa suna haifar da mummunar lalacewar muhalli.

Hukumar Kula da Yanayi ta Duniya (WMO) ta tabbatar da cewa yanayin El Niño yana aiki a halin yanzu kuma yana ƙaruwa, tare da yiwuwar kashi 80% na ci gaba daga watan Yuni zuwa Agusta 2026. Wannan zai ƙara tsananta fari tare da hanzarta lalacewar filayen kiwo a yankinmu.

Illolin wannan matsala ba su tsaya ga filayen kiwo kaɗai ba. A CAWE, muna a wurin da filayen kiwo ke haɗuwa da dausayin ruwa, kuma muna ganin yadda lalacewar ɗaya ke haifar da lalacewar ɗayan. Ƙasa da ambaliya ke kwashewa tana cike dausayin Hadejia-Nguru da laka, sake cikar ruwan karkashin ƙasa yana raguwa, yayin da nau’o’in halittu da dama ke fuskantar barazanar bacewa.

Yayin da filayen kiwo ke raguwa, makiyaya suna tilasta matsawa zuwa kudu domin neman wuraren kiwo. Wannan yana haifar da rikice-rikice tsakaninsu da manoma kan ƙarancin albarkatun ƙasa da s**a rage. Rikicin manoma da makiyaya da ya yi sanadin rasa dubban rayuka a Najeriya yana da alaƙa kai tsaye da lalacewar filayen kiwo. Idan aka farfaɗo da filayen kiwo, za a taimaka wajen dawo da zaman lafiya.

Wannan ne ya sa taken bana — "Mu Gane Su. Mu Girmama Su. Mu Farfaɗo da Su." — yake da muhimmanci sosai ga Najeriya. Ya na nufin gane muhimmancin filayen kiwo, girmama ilimin al’ummomin makiyaya, da kuma farfaɗo da ƙasashen da s**a lalace ta hanyoyin kimiyya masu ɗorewa.

Ƙasar da muke taka ba ƙasa ce kawai ba.

Ita ce tushen abincinmu.
Ita ce tushen ruwanmu.
Ita ce makomarmu.
Ita ce zaman lafiyarmu.

A yau mun zaɓi kare ta. 🌍

🌐 Ana gudanar da bikin bana a duniya ne ƙarƙashin jagorancin ƙasar Kenya tare da haɗin gwiwar UNCCD.

📚 An tattara bayanai daga UNCCD, WMO da kuma sanarwar hukuma ta Majalisar Ɗinkin Duniya game da Ranar Yaki da Hamada da Fari ta 2026.

📸 Hoto: Isah Dahiru, "Gidan Dalla — lalacewar muhalli sakamakon fari." Wikimedia Commons, 9 Fabrairu 2019. CC BY-SA 4.0.

Join us for the webinar on Desertification & Drought Day on Wednesday, 17th June 2026 at 2:00 PM. Use this Google Meet link to participate:

meet.google.com

Webinar link:
https://meet.google.com/gze-sypb-cqt

🌍 WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY 2026
"Inspired by Nature. For Climate. For Our Future"
Friday, 5th June 2026
Today, the Centre for Arid Zone and Wetlands Ecology (CAWE), Federal University Dutse (FUD), joins the world in marking the most important environmental day of the year.
This year's theme is a message we live every day at CAWE — nature is not optional. It is the solution.
Our wetlands absorb carbon, filter water and regulate temperatures. Our arid zone vegetation holds fragile soils together and slows desertification. Our biodiversity maintains the ecological balance that sustains millions of lives across Northern Nigeria.
Yet our region sits at the frontline of climate change — rising temperatures, shrinking wetlands, erratic rainfall and advancing desertification threaten everything we work to protect.
World Environment Day 2026 is a call to act — locally, practically and urgently.
Plant a tree. Protect a wetland. Reduce your waste. Support conservation. Share this message.
Nature has been sending us signals for decades.
Today we choose to listen. Today we choose to act.
Hosted by the Republic of Azerbaijan | Organised by UNEP
Information adapted from UNEP and World Environment Day 2026 official communications.
Photo: Sani Ahmad Usman, "Another site of River Hadejia, Jigawa State, Nigeria." Wikimedia Commons, 13 May 2014. CC-BY-SA licence.


🌍 RANAR MUHALLI TA DUNIYA 2026
"An Yi Wahayi Daga Yanayi. Domin Sauyin Yanayi. Domin Makomarmu"
Jumma’a, 5 ga Yuni, 2026
A yau, Cibiyar Nazarin Muhallin Yankunan Busassu da Dausayi (CAWE), Jami’ar Tarayya ta Dutse (FUD), tana haɗa kai da al’ummar duniya wajen bikin Ranar Muhalli ta Duniya, rana mafi muhimmanci ta muhalli a duniya.
Taken bana yana ɗauke da saƙon da muke rayuwa da shi a CAWE a kowace rana — yanayi ba wani zaɓi ba ne. Shi ne mafita.
Dausayinmu suna shanye iskar carbon, suna tace ruwa, kuma suna daidaita yanayin zafi. Tsirran yankunan busassu suna taimakawa wajen riƙe ƙasa mai rauni tare da rage yaɗuwar hamada. Halittu masu ɗimbin yawa suna kiyaye daidaiton muhalli wanda ke tallafa wa rayuwar miliyoyin mutane a Arewacin Najeriya.
Sai dai kuma yankinmu na daga cikin wuraren da sauyin yanayi ya fi shafa. Ƙaruwar zafi, raguwar dausayi, rashin tabbas na ruwan sama, da ci gaban hamada suna barazana ga duk abin da muke ƙoƙarin karewa.
Ranar Muhalli ta Duniya 2026 kira ce ga kowa da kowa da ya ɗauki mataki — a matakin gida, cikin aiki, kuma cikin gaggawa.
Shuka itace. Kare dausayi. Rage sharar gida. Tallafa wa ayyukan kare muhalli. Yada wannan saƙo.
Yanayi yana aika mana da gargaɗi tun shekaru da dama da s**a gabata.
A yau mun zaɓi mu saurara. A yau mun zaɓi mu ɗauki mataki.
Jamhuriyar Azerbaijan ce ke karɓar baƙuncin bikin bana | UNEP ce ke shirya shi.
📚 An daidaita bayanai daga saƙonnin hukuma na UNEP da Ranar Muhalli ta Duniya 2026.
Hoto: Sani Ahmad Usman, “Wani sashe na Kogin Hadejia, Jihar Jigawa, Najeriya.” Wikimedia Commons, 13 ga Mayu, 2014. Lasisin CC-BY-SA.

Join Us for the International Day for Biodiversity Webinar!
Hosted by the Centre for Arid Zone and Wetlands Ecology (CAWE), Federal University Dutse
Date: Friday, 22nd May 2026
Time: 4:00 PM (WAT)
Presenter: Dr. Abubakar Surajo Ringim
Topic: The Story of Nigeria’s Megafauna
Discover the fascinating world of Nigeria’s large mammals and their role in sustaining our ecosystems. This session will explore conservation challenges, ecological insights, and the future of biodiversity in our region.
🔗 Join us online and be part of the conversation that shapes the future of wildlife conservation!

Meeting Link:

meet.google.com

JOIN US FOR THE INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY WEBINAR!
Hosted by the Centre for Arid Zone and Wetlands Ecology (CAWE), Federal University Dutse (FUD)
Date: Friday, 22nd May 2026
Time: 4:00 PM (WAT)
Presenter: Dr. Abubakar Surajo Ringim
Topic: The Story of Nigeria's Megafauna
Discover the fascinating world of Nigeria's large mammals and their critical role in sustaining our ecosystems. This session will explore conservation challenges, ecological insights and the future of biodiversity in our region.
Join us online and be part of the conversation that shapes the future of wildlife conservation in Nigeria!
Where Dry Meets Wet — Life Thrives