There are 178 projects that match your search.
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Nigeria
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Biodiversity
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2015
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50,000.00
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Phase 5
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Project Number: NGA/SGP/OP5/Y3/STAR/BD/15/21 |
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Building Mangrove Forest Community’s/CSOs Response to Climate Change and Mangrove Conservation in Cross River state is a dedicated project that will be implemented in Akpabuyo Local Government Areas of Cross River State.
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bute to the reduction of carbon emission and encourage the use of alternative energy sources and promote environmental conservation at the grassroots level, through energy/environment/climate change education to schools and communities, training young persons on simple techniques of alternative energy source, carry out demonstration in the construction of simple improved cook stove with local
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Nigeria
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Biodiversity
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2015
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50,000.00
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Phase 5
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Project Number: NGA/SGP/OP5/Y3/STAR/BD/15/29 |
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"Imeh and Umuakuru Communities are part of Igbo Agwuru Asa clan, Etche Local Government Area in the Rivers State. The communities are accessible by land with relative forest and farmland among other resources. Imeh Community has an estimated ( ... )
tion of 31,000 persons made up of 13,950 male and 17,050 female, while Umuakuru Community has a present estimated population of about 5,700 persons made up of 2,565 male and 3,135 female as obtained from community sources respectively. Livelihoods activities in the two communities are farming, trading and agro processing. However, the main occupation is collection and production of honey and
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Nigeria
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Climate Change Mitigation
Land Degradation
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2015
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33,565.00
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Phase 5
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Project Number: NGA/SGP/OP5/Y3/STAR/CC/15/25 |
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Yelmatu and Dadin Kowa Communities, YelmatuDeba LGA, Gombe State, Nigeria are primarily agrarian communities (engaged in arable cropping, fishing, trading in charcoal, and hunting among others) for subsistence. The population size of the two ( ... )
ities is approximately 5,000. The major environmental challenge faced by the communities is deforestation and its attendant consequences, one of which is desertification and climate change. The indiscriminate tree felling for firewood, charcoal production, and lumbering are phenomena and have given rise to deforestation. The communities have had scanty vegetation of tree species of economic and
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Nigeria
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Land Degradation
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2015
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45,000.00
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Phase 5
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Project Number: NGA/SGP/OP5/Y3/STAR/CC/15/22 |
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Hulohwo/Kpakpata River Basin is located across the Gurara River in Abaji Area Council of FCT. It is made up of a population of about 5,000 people while Alagba is about 1000 people. Farming is the main occupation with methods of bush burning, tree ( ... )
g and slash and burn. The topography naturally slopes into River Hulohwo, an erosion challenge, deposition of sediments into the streams leading to eutrophication .To address these environmental challenges HTF has earmarked the following activities in this project; Oil Palm plantation (on 14 degraded hectares already donated by the community) to both mitigate land degradation and Climate change
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Nigeria
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Biodiversity
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2015
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34,000.00
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Phase 5
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Project Number: NGA/SGP/OP5/Y3/STAR/BD/15/16 |
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This project aims at in-situ conservation of threatened Red Capped Mangabey occurring within Mbiakong River Basin. The Red Capped Mangabey was previously thought to have gone locally extinct between central Ghana and the Nigeria-Cameroon border ( ... )
has been rediscovered in few forests in the southern part of Nigeria (Oates 2004).Few years ago, researchers from the University of Uyo during their studies discovered the presence of this species (although very few in number) within the Mbiakong wetlands. The River Basin is about 30 hectares in size and harbours some other primate species such as Angwantibo (Arctocebus calabarensis), Bush
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Nigeria
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2015
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50,000.00
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Phase 5
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Project Number: NGA/SGP/OP5/Y3/STAR/CC/15/13 |
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The communities have a population size of about 45,000 persons with farming as a major source of occupation. This project is aimed at boosting the economic ability and salvages the impact caused by the indiscriminate cutting-down of trees in other ( ... )
igate environmental challenges in the communities. This will involve creating awareness and enhance knowledge on climate change issues and its linkages to poverty and environment for informed decisions and policies improvement through training 50 community members (30 women, 20 Males) on coping strategies and sustainable adaptation practices to enhance food security and substantially protect the
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Nigeria
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Land Degradation
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2015
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50,000.00
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Phase 5
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Project Number: NGA/SGP/OP5/Y3/STAR/LD/15/24 |
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InuguOmono has many Farmers’ groups and five Hunters’ groups. It is located in the upper Bassa Local Government Area of Kogi State. To get there is through the Igala – Land- axis of the State, or by boat crossing the River Benue through ( ... )
wa State and about 20km from the Benue River bank. It is 99% a Bassa- Kwomu speaking community with an estimated population of 15, 000, with several clans.The many activities of the local communities like bush burning, tree felling and fuel wood collection for sale and domestic cooking have resulted in fertile agricultural land being destroyed. The lack of mixed farming and wider variety of mixed
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Nigeria
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Land Degradation
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2015
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41,070.00
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Phase 5
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Project Number: NGA/SGP/OP5/Y3/STAR/LD/15/26 |
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The community is made up of about 10-15 thousand people who are mostly farmers and herders. The goal of the project is ‘To Reduce Land degradation caused by human activities through indiscriminate waste disposal. It is expected that the project ( ... )
elp to accomplish reduction of land degradation as well as climate change mitigation basically by reducing domestic waste burning and indiscriminate waste disposal which to a large extent causes blockage to the limited drainages, which eventually causes ill health to the populace, also increasing the dangers of erosion and flooding which is a major challenge in Akko LGA. TEMIN will organize
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Nigeria
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2015
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49,801.00
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Phase 5
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Project Number: NGA/SGP/OP5/Y3/STAR/CC/15/27 |
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Chukuku community is a rural community in Kuje Area Council of Abuja which has been in existence for many years. Chukuku as a community is a traditional Gbagyi settlement with all semblance of a traditional community, predominantly inhabited by ( ... )
nous people is located between Gwagwalada and Kiyi village. According to the 2006 census, it has about 220,000 inhabitants. The community dwellers were predominantly hunters by profession. However, due to the massive urbanization with the movement of the FCT to Abuja, which gave rise to the destruction of the natural habitat and the disappearance and extinction of most of the wild life within and
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Nigeria
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2015
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50,000.00
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Phase 5
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Project Number: NGA/SGP/OP5/Y3/STAR/CC/15/14 |
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Most of the schools in the suburbs of South East local government are built on large open fields and have been hit by wind storms with some of their roofs removed. Some of the school environments have been eroded by the rains with erosion eating ( ... )
nto the land. Most of the schools do not have halls; hence assemblies are conducted outside the classrooms further exposing them to the elements. Due to lack of trees in the environment, the classrooms are usually very hot with no fans leading to very difficult environment for learning. Connecting Hearts Initiative has planted a few trees in about 40 schools. This is has however solved only a
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Nigeria
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Biodiversity
Climate Change Mitigation
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2015
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38,590.00
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Phase 5
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Project Number: NGA/SGP/OP5/Y3/STAR/LD/15/20 |
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Laberpito community is a poor farming community with a population of about six hundred (600) people. The settlement that use to be a bushy forest, hence the name Laberpito in the local language now has environmental challenges due to human ( ... )
ties. These include soil erosion, lack of clean drinking water, poverty and malnutrition. This project if implemented will help in regaining the soil fertility, erosion control, lifting the standard of living, socially and economically. The project will begin with drilling of bore hole, construction of overhead tank, with solar energy pump fitted. Next will be the establishing of orchard site (in
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Nigeria
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Land Degradation
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2015
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23,000.00
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Phase 5
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Project Number: NGA/SGP/OP5/Y3/STAR/CC/15/18 |
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"Malam-sidi is the headquarters of Kwami Local Government of Gombe state. It is situated in Gombe north senatorial district, it has population of Nineteen thousand nine hundred and sixty-three (19,963) comprising men, women, youth and children must ( ... )
m are peasant farmers. Faced with the problem of desert encroachment, Health challenges, environmental degradation, poor nutrition and abject poverty. The community met with FOYAE to discuss the challenge and possible solutions. The discussion resulted to this proposed project. The goal is; to strengthen local capacity for an enhanced livelihood, protected and conducive environment, good health,
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Nigeria
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Land Degradation
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2015
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50,000.00
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Phase 5
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Project Number: NGA/SGP/OP5/Y3/STAR/LD/15/17 |
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In the wake of the impact of land degradation by human activities such as deforestation, bush burning, use of inorganic fertilizer, the soil fertility has been depleted as such Kwaku and Gashe communities in Abuja have lost their means of ( ... )
hood and host of natural resources thereby further impoverishing community dwellers dependent on the natural resources for survival. These community dwellers whose major occupation is farming; numbering about 2800 people in Kwaku and 1200 people in Gashe livelihood has been threatened in no small measure thus bringing about exhaustive use and depletion of the environment within the communities.
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Nigeria
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Land Degradation
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2014
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25,000.00
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Phase 5
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Project Number: NGA/SGP/OP5/Y3/STAR/LD/13/01 |
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Borgu New Bussa community is a grass root community with a population of 10,000 people who are mainly farmers and fishermen. The community members, especially the women make huge revenue from cutting down trees to cook and sell. This has led to ( ... )
station, land degradation and a threat to other habitat. The community also suffers from water shortage and only has access to drinking water from River Niger which poses a threat to the health of the community: the people drink water directly from the river without knowing the health implication of contacting diseases from untreated water sources thereby risking cholera and other pathogenical
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Nigeria
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Land Degradation
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2014
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44,100.00
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Phase 5
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Project Number: NGA/SGP/OP5/Y3/STAR/LD/13/04 |
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The project is a poverty alleviation programme, aimed at not only increasing the number of small hold women farmers, but building their capacity, enhance their status and empower them to work together with men to maintain their environment and ( ... )
p their community. It is an agrarian community blessed with rainfall for annual crop survival and has about 7,000 inhabitants, out of which 4,200 are women. Of this number 2,000 are small hold farmers who are very poor. It has good roads to her neighbours, Ubulu-Okiti, Okpanam, Ogwashi-Uku and Issele-Uku. It is made up of 5quarters – Ogbe-Utu, Ikem, Abualo, Ogbe-Iyase, Ogbe-Akpu and a farming
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Nigeria
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2014
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29,500.00
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Phase 5
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Project Number: NGA/SGP/OP5/Y3/STAR/LD/13/12 |
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This project is to address identified prioritized needs in 5 communities – Bambariku with population of 3,600, Bakie (2,100), Bakuriko (1,755), Oguefor (4,115) and Ochakwai (4,450) in this Clan with a total population of 16,020. The targeted ( ... )
ities are farmers and forest gatherers and situate on hilly areas contiguous with Obudu Mountains. Deforestation and degradation in these fragile forest ecosystem have increased emission of greenhouse gases (carbon) into the atmosphere, provoked climate change and erosion, loss of soil fertility, increased food insecurity; destruction of animals’ habitats, loss of biodiversity, polluted waters
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Nigeria
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Land Degradation
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2014
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35,000.00
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Phase 5
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Project Number: NGA/SGP/OP5/Y3/STAR/CC/13/03 |
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Akoko North West fell 2374 trees per month out of the total of 87370 trees fell in the entire State (MIN. OF NATURAL RESOURCES, AKURE 2008). With the number of trees being fell increasing by the year with no replacement, erosion has eaten away ( ... )
nds and has rendered the road less motorable, especially the routes leading to farmlands. Indiscriminate disposal of waste which blocks water canals also aid erosion in these communities leading to land degradation. Oke-agbe, Ajowa and Ikaram/Ibaram are given to subsistent farming in cassava, maize and plantains. The people are mostly petty traders based on their produce from the farms. With land
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Nigeria
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2014
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41,500.00
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Phase 5
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Project Number: NGA/SGP/OP5/Y3/STAR/CC/13/02 |
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Decrease in farming activities, depleted soil fertility and declining crop yields are closely linked to the cause of rural poverty in Ajide community of about 15,000 agrarian people. Beside bush burning activities in search of grass cutters which ( ... )
major target animal in hunting within the community, the community is also faced with acute water shortage as a result of its geographical location and the adverse effects of climate change. There is therefore need for intervention through community-based solutions. This project is therefore tailored in line with GEF SGP goals to support community initiatives towards environmental protection
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Nigeria
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Land Degradation
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2014
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43,000.00
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Phase 5
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Project Number: NGA/SGP/OP5/Y3/STAR/LD/13/07 |
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Omulokpo has a population of about 12,000 people who are mostly subsistence farmers. Uncontrolled bush burning is a common practice in Omulokpo, which has led to destruction of natural vegetation and habitats, and has caused adverse weather effects ( ... )
vere negative impacts on the general population. Therefore the project is undertaking activities to dissuade this practice through the establishment of bye laws for the conservation of community forest that spans across 10 hectares of land and provision of sustainable alternative livelihood activities. Project activities will include; advocacy and establishment of bye law on community forest
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Nigeria
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Land Degradation
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2014
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49,000.00
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Phase 5
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Project Number: NGA/SGP/OP5/Y3/STAR/LD/13/08 |
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Odoba is a Community of 4, 00.00 people consisting of 500 households according to a survey carried out by PATTIN on the 5th and 6th July, 2013. Number of people per family is 8, consisting of 500 men ironically there are more women; they number ( ... )
hat is a ratio of 1 to ½, while youths and children are 3000. The inhabitants are all farmers except school children. The survey revealed that over 200 hectares of the farm lands are affected by erosion, making farming nearly impossible. With this pathetic situation, PATTIN is proposing an intervention to remedy their plight. Through consultations with Benue State ADP in 2010, it was and is
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