Sectors · Forestry & biodiversity

Forestry & biodiversity

REDD+ readiness safeguard frameworks, capacity building in UN-REDD+ pilot mangrove communities in Bakassi, and the founder's research in conservation biogeography.

Old bridge, Cross River National Park, Cross River State, Nigeria (illustration) — Illustration: Old bridge, Cross River National Park, Cross River State, Nigeria. Photo: Ei'eke, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Documented work in this sector

Tinubu Square, Lagos Island, Lagos, Nigeria (illustration)

Study

Nigeria · African Development Bank (AfDB & Dutch RVO)

Nigeria's transition to a green economy.

A detailed evaluation of the current landscape for transitioning Nigeria from an unsustainable linear economic model to a circular model along critical sectors, and of the public-private partnership investments that link circularity to natural capital.

Read the case Illustration: Tinubu Square, Lagos Island, Lagos, Nigeria. Photo Jeremy Weate from Abuja, Nigeria, CC BY 2.0.

Okwangwo Division, Cross River National Park, Cross River State, Nigeria (illustration)

Framework

Nigeria · Federal Ministry of Environment, Nigeria · 2018–2019

Safeguard frameworks for Nigeria's REDD+ readiness.

Four technical reports for the World Bank study on Nigeria's readiness for REDD+, delivered to the Federal Ministry of Environment: a Strategic Environmental and Social Assessment, an Environmental and Social Management Framework, a Resettlement Policy Framework and a Process Framework.

Read the case Illustration: Okwangwo Division, Cross River National Park, Cross River State, Nigeria. Photo Charles Emogor, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Red mangrove area, Port Harcourt, Nigeria (illustration)

Programme

Bakassi Local Government Area, Cross River State · UN-REDD+ pilot communities, Bakassi Local Government Area, Cross River State

Climate change mitigation in three mangrove UN-REDD+ pilot communities in Bakassi.

Awareness creation and capacity building on climate change mitigation and effective forest and environmental management, and tree-planting capacity building for 100 participants from each community.

Read the case Illustration: Red mangrove area, Port Harcourt, Nigeria. Photo Chinemerem Ibekwe, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Kwa Falls rainforest river, Calabar, Nigeria (illustration)

Training

Nigeria · Tropical Biology Association · 2010 to 2012

Coordinating the DRECA research capacity training in Nigeria.

Coordination of the EU-sponsored DRECA training in Nigeria between 2010 and 2012 for the Tropical Biology Association, including the development of the training manuals.

Read the case Illustration: Kwa Falls rainforest river, Calabar, Nigeria. Photo MediaMOF, CC BY-SA 4.0.