Integrated Mangrove Forest Management and Livelihoods in Nigeria
Grantee Name: United Purpose
- Hotspot
- Guinean Forests of West Africa
- Location
- Nigeria
- Amount
- $143,944
- Dates
- Jun 2018 – Jun 2021
- Keywords
- Awareness, Capacity building, Fisheries, Land use planning, Livelihoods, Monitoring and evaluation, Restoration, Ecosystem resilience
Support 15 communities to carry out sustainable forest management and livelihoods practices by increasing awareness on mangrove, supporting Sustainable Community Forest Management Plans, building the capacity of a Community-Based Organization dedicated to mangrove conservation, increasing profitability and sustainability of agricultural livelihood activities as viable alternatives to ecosystem depletion, regenerating depleted forests, and establishing woodlots for sustainable firewood harvesting.
1 Empower local communities to engage in sustainable management of 40 priority sites and consolidate ecological connectivity at the landscape scale
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