Nigerian Conservation Foundation’s Green Recovery Nigeria initiative targets extensive reforestation
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The Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF) announced that through its Green Recovery Nigeria Program, it will aim to reforest about 25% of Nigeria’s total landmass.
The GRN Program has been running from 2017 and is expected to end in 2047. The program’s primary focus is to prevent deforestation and forest degradation.
Nigerian Conservation Foundation is a charitable organization governed by a National Executive Council, with the Head of the Federal Government of Nigeria as its Patron.
In 2023, through the Green Recovery Nigeria Program, NCF supported over 1000 Nigerians who live within the communities where 276,860 tree seedlings were planted.
Other support activities included:
Via livelihood support, the program aims to reduce the community’s dependence on forests, combat deforestation from fuelwood extraction, encourage wildlife conservation, and prevent criminal hideouts in forest reserves.
The beneficiary communities included Iko Esai, Becheve, Ajingi, Guzape, and Awka Etti.
Head of Communications, Nigerian Conservation Foundation, NCF, Mr Oladapo Soneye, was quoted by Environment Africa Magazine saying: “The tree planting exercise happened across the six geo-political zones of the nation. Economic trees planted include avocados, mangoes, cashews, and oranges, and timber trees like Melina and teak. The trees were planted in forest reserves, National Parks, community forests, secondary schools, and tertiary institutions, among others.”
The program received support from
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