Skip to Content

Protecting Biodiversity by Supporting People

Apply for a Grant

Empowering Women and Youth to Restore Watershed in Nigeria's Obudu Plateau

Grantee Name: CROSS RIVER STATE ENVIRONMENT AND CARBON EMISSION BOARD

Hotspot
Guinean Forests of West Africa
Location
Nigeria
Amount
$39,996
Dates
Sep 2018 – Oct 2020
Keywords
Agroforestry, Climate mitigation, Community-based conservation, Gender, Livelihoods, Reforestation, Restoration, Youth

This project is intended to reclaim the fast disappearing natural water sources through the restoration of a 10.55km stretch of water shed by planting of trees along both sides of the water course up to a distance of two to three kilometres thereby boosting the ecosystem services provided by the natural course of the streams; Significantly, the project will empower the women and youths in the selected rural communities through, the formation of 4 community-based women and youth groups and providing training and extension services in the cultivation of economic trees (cocoa, mango, bush mango, avocado, etc. which will have a direct impact on their incomes, employment and poverty reduction.

Strategic Direction :

1 Empower local communities to engage in sustainable management of 40 priority sites and consolidate ecological connectivity at the landscape scale

Project Resources:

You may also like: