There are 215 projects that match your search.
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Nigeria
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2010
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28,000.00
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OP4 - Y3 (Jul 09 - Jun 10)
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Project Number: NGA/SGP/OP4/Y3/RAF/2010/013 |
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The goal of the project is to provide intervention and mitigating action against climate change impact, deforestations, land degradation, and the attendant loss of income, decreased crop yield, scarcity of fuel wood, in addition to other forest ( ... )
ces. On completion, this project would provide more diverse resources available and affordable create wealth and enrich the environment green wise and reduce poverty in the selected communities through the establishment of over 30,000 tree crop seedlings and leguminous cover crops.
The project will involve community seniitization (advocacy, mobilization and training workshop), reforestation of
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Nigeria
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Land Degradation
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2010
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35,000.00
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OP4 - Y3 (Jul 09 - Jun 10)
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Project Number: NGA/SGP/OP4/Y3/CORE/2010/037 |
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The Akumugi area in Ogbia town faces great challenges during rainy season. Whenever there is heavy rainfall, water does not move to the creek quickly, due to poor drainage thereby causing flooding, hindering human movement for any productive ( ... )
ional and commercial activities and causing erosion of the community, especially farmland; loss of soil fertility of the farmlands and scarcity or high cost of food. This has sometimes led to migration and relocation of people to neighboring villages. Due to the community?s geographical location which is predominantly water logged (flood), a lot of environmental, ecological, hygiene and
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Nigeria
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Land Degradation
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2010
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23,500.00
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OP4 - Y3 (Jul 09 - Jun 10)
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Project Number: NGA/SGP/OP4/Y3/CORE/2010/015 |
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To inculcate among the rural populace, sustainable farming practices centered on environmental conservation and preservation through behavioral change. The project is expected to reorient the rural peasant farmers from some unfriendly farming ( ... )
ces that degrade their environment and further impoverish their lives. -Advocacy centers on relationship building, exploring and prioritizing community concerns. -Training/capacity building; development of low literate friendly IEC material on environmental friendly practices. Enhancement of cultural erosion preventive and control strategies such as construction bond across flood run off way/
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Nigeria
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Land Degradation
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2010
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23,600.00
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OP4 - Y3 (Jul 09 - Jun 10)
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Project Number: NGA/SGP/OP4/Y3/CORE/2010/030 |
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The project seeks to reclaim selected eroded, abandoned farmlands in Amauzari Community with the aim of bringing them back into cultivated farm lands. There are Eroded Farmlands in Amauzari Community which have lost large quantities of topsoil and ( ... )
l each year due to gully erosion and surface runoff, causing gull formation or the enlarging of existing gullies, which is usually caused by no or improper outlet design for local surface and subsurface drainage systems leading serious sheet and gully erosion in this farm lands.
Project activities includes; Demonstration of land reclamation techniques, Practical training programmes for
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Nigeria
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Biodiversity
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2010
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32,000.00
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OP4 - Y3 (Jul 09 - Jun 10)
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Project Number: NGA/SGP/OP4/Y3/RAF/2010/023 |
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Project objectives include; environmental sustainability, enhancing natural resource management, and livelihood enhancement. Due to the activities of felling trees for farming and fuel wood, most of the areas are now open, putting the environment in ( ... )
y. If a project is not implemented which will alter the behavior pattern of the communities, especially women, more harm will be done to the environment.
This project seeks to empower women in the use of alternative source of fuel and youths towards agro forestry establishment. CUAED is an environmental / educational organization whose targets are the women and youths at community level. The
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Nigeria
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2010
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24,600.00
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OP4 - Y3 (Jul 09 - Jun 10)
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Project Number: NGA/SGP/OP4/Y3/RAF/2010/011 |
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The project will enhance and promote the traditional system of rain water harvesting by integrating modern techniques of rainwater harvesting and applying it in Esan community. The project will involve community mobilization, consultation and ( ... )
cy visits, focused group discussion, installation of plastic storage tank for rain water collection, training workshops on rain water harvesting and preservation and publication of case study.
Esanland is situated on a plateau and have continued to suffer water scarcity. The traditional indigenous techniques of rain water harvesting have become inadequate due to population growth and erratic
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Nigeria
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2010
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30,450.00
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OP4 - Y3 (Jul 09 - Jun 10)
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Project Number: NGA/SGP/OP4/Y3/RAF/2010/035 |
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The objectives of this project are to cultivate the habit for utilizing nypa palm through the use of techniques required to extract useful resources such as sugar, ethanol, mats, etc. The degradation of the environment through oil exploration and ( ... )
lability of cooking fuel have resulted in exploitation of the mangroves by the community for firewood, even to the point of ?desecrating? the wild life sanctuary in the area. Nypa palm is an invasive plant which has increased in multiplication and the indigenes do not know its use.
Project activities involve; Pay advocacy visit to Upenekang, Hold meeting with UYA, village head of Upenekang and
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Nigeria
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Climate Change Mitigation
Climate Change Mitigation
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2009
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29,010.00
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OP4 - Y2 (Jul 08 - Jun 09)
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Project Number: NGA/SGP/OP4/Y2/RAF/2009/003 |
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The project seeks to build the capacity of the Grassroot Consultative Committee for natural resource management particularly to protect and rehabilitate the highly degraded forest resources in Urhonigbe Forest Reserve Forest Reserve, Edo State ( ... )
a. The project is designed to enhance sound natural resources management and exemplify positive response of local communities to climate
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Nigeria
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2009
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23,150.00
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OP4 - Y2 (Jul 08 - Jun 09)
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Project Number: NGA/SGP/OP4/Y2/RAF/2009/009 |
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The project aims to create awareness on the devastating impacts of climate change upon livelihoods and build community capacity to adapt to the effects of climate change. This would be achieved by exploring and provision of alternative energy ( ... )
s; establishment of indigenous tree nursery and
training and provision of fuel efficient wood stoves to community
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Nigeria
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Climate Change Mitigation
Climate Change Mitigation
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2009
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18,500.00
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OP4 - Y2 (Jul 08 - Jun 09)
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Project Number: NGA/SGP/OP4/Y2/RAF/2009/001 |
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The project seeks to reduce the effect of drought and combat desertification through sustainable and environmentally-friendly agroforestry as adaptation to and mitigation measures against climate change effect while enhancing community livelihood |
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Nigeria
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Climate Change Mitigation
Climate Change Mitigation
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2009
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31,515.00
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OP4 - Y2 (Jul 08 - Jun 09)
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Project Number: NGA/SGP/OP4/Y2/RAF/2009/002 |
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The project seeks to deliver cleaner, modern fuel and create sustainable markets for its consumption and use by women in low income households in rural communities. The Project is designed to expand access to affordable LPG as a substitute for wood ( ... )
which is currently the main fuel for households, schools and small businesses in many parts of Nigeria. It will target rural and peri-urban areas of the country. The overarching goal is to improve the socio-economic and environmental conditions of the poor and vulnerable, particularly women and children, whose health are usually negatively affected by indoor air pollution arising from cooking
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Nigeria
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2009
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25,450.00
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OP4 - Y2 (Jul 08 - Jun 09)
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Project Number: NGA/SGP/OP4/Y2/RAF/2009/007 |
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The goal of the project is to reduce emission of greenhouse gas from burning of saw dust and convert same to various low-cost consumer products. The project will strategically identify, train and engage local cooperative groups to collect sawdust ( ... )
nvert into such products as art and craft items, particle boards, floor tiles, ceiling boards, trays, flower pots and briquettes. The groups will also be trained to market their products locally and internationally, as market exists for sawdust products.
It is also strongly believed that if the initial pilot phase (12 months of GEF-SGP funding) is successful, the outcomes and positive impacts
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Nigeria
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Biodiversity
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2009
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24,300.00
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OP4 - Y2 (Jul 08 - Jun 09)
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Project Number: NGA/SGP/OP4/Y2/RAF/2009/005 |
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The project will educate and train 2 local communities on participatory project management, biodiversity conservation and forest protection. It will also support the 2 communities in initiating two demonstration projects on biodiversity conservation ( ... )
est protection. This will involve cultivation of 1000 endangered medicinal plant seedlings in demonstration nurseries which is anchored on community management and ownership and serves as a model for replication by other local communities
The goal is the protection of a natural habitat within each community through community
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Nigeria
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Land Degradation
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2009
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24,700.00
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OP4 - Y2 (Jul 08 - Jun 09)
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Project Number: NGA/SGP/OP4/Y2/CORE/2009/006 |
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The goal of the project is to reduce desert encroachment and to economically empower rural women for a better living in a healthier environment. This will be achieved through capacity building for construction of local firewood stoves using local ( ... )
logy that consume very small amount of firewood; tree planting exercise in each of the project sites to reduce the effects of desert encroachment and production of IEC materials to create more awareness and encourage active participation of community memebrs.
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Nigeria
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2009
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24,650.00
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OP4 - Y2 (Jul 08 - Jun 09)
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Project Number: NGA/SGP/OP4/Y2/RAF/2009/008 |
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The project is aimed at creating a consciousness about the common day to day activities that adversely affect rural environment especially as it concerns climate change, educate the people on best practices and help mitigate some of the resultant ( ... )
s of climate change, thereby improving the livelihood of the people. Project activities include forest regeneration activities, construction of blocks of toilet, solar dryers and
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