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CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL AND
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT NIGERIA
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3. COMMUNITY FOREST MANAGEMENT SCHEMES
A network of conservation pilot schemes
Save the rain forest project (SRP)
1. ENVIROMENTAL OUTLOOK
Intensive publicity and documentary
2. RAINFOREST RESOURCES NETWORK
A network for renewable resources
SRP is a partnership initiative of CECD, to protect the rainforests and support the inhabitants, through grassroots awareness campaign and by developing viable and sustainable economic alternatives.
SRP OPERATIONAL STRATAGIES
Grassroots awareness campaign and education outreach.
Working with communities to identify land use potential corridors and areas that need restoration.
Promoting renewable and sustainable value added economic opportunities to empower the rainforest inhabitants.
Opening community conservation pilot schemes.
Establishing grassroots network for production and distribution of rainforest renewable resources.
For the purpose of implementation, SRP is divided into three parts:
The greatest frustration when visiting our rainforest rural communities is the high level of forest fragmentation and degradations. This situation has impaired agricultural yields, in some area leads to polluted water course and loss of useful native species of plants and animals.
It is sad and simple fact that, rainforest are being destroyed for the fertility of its shallow top soils that vanishes rapidly and the little profit it yields for timbers.
However, the solution lies in educating the natives and by providing markets for its renewable and sustainable resources.
Save The Rainforest Project's Primary objectives are to seek out capital and opportunities to partner with organizations that have the technical expertise, to create and expand single regional market for thousands of rainforest renewable resources in Nigeria. Reviving and expanding community-based forestry schemes which could ensure more rational use of rain forests and foster better life in our rural communities. As well as grassroots implementation of Nigerian Biodiversity Strategy and Action plan (NBSAP)
67,victoria street, Port Harcourt 500001 P.O. BOX 8310 Tel 234 803989662, 8064365843, 8029193102
5,Ilesanmi street, Okitipupa 340001, Ondo State Nigeria Tel 234 804274 3517, 8029854572
Our Area of Focus
· Ondo State and the entire Niger Delta rainforests
· The Nigeria Rainforest Belt
· Sub Saharan Africa tropical forests