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.
Formal title: Integrated Community Based Approach to Climate Change Mitigation in Three Mangrove UN REDD+ Pilot Communities in Bakassi Local Government Area of Cross River State, Nigeria
Illustration: Red mangrove area, Port Harcourt, Nigeria. Photo: Chinemerem Ibekwe, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Mangroves, communities and carbon
Bakassi Local Government Area lies on the mangrove coast of Cross River State. Three of its mangrove communities were UN-REDD+ pilot communities, and AGDF's integrated, community-based approach to climate change mitigation worked with them directly.
- Awareness creation and capacity building on global warming, climate change mitigation strategies, and effective forest and environmental management systems.
- Capacity building on tree planting for 100 participants from each community.
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