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Our Vision

"A Nigeria where people prosper while living in harmony with nature"

Our Mission

NCF pursues the conservation of nature and its resources with the aim of improving the quality of human life both the present and the future by:
  • Preserving the full range of Nigeria’s biodiversity which include species, ecosystems and genetic biodiversity.
  • Promoting sustainable use of natural resources for the benefit of the present and future generations; and
  • Advocating actions that minimize pollution and wasteful utilization of renewable resources.

NCF Secretariat.

The Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF) is the premier Non Governmental Organisation (NGO) dedicated to nature conservation and sustainable development in Nigeria. Established in 1980, the Foundation was registered in 1982 as a Charitable Trust under the Land (Perpetual Succession) Act of 1961 – a policy that was replaced by the Company and Allied Matters Act of 1990. Founded by late Chief S. L. Edu, NCF has its patron as the President and Commander- In-Chief of the Armed Force of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

The Foundation has a vision of “a Nigeria where people prosper while living in harmony with nature”. This vision drives its Mission to preserve the full range of Nigeria’s biodiversity which includes species, ecosystems and genetic biodiversity; promote the sustainable use of natural resources for the benefit of present and future generations; and advocate actions that minimise pollution and wasteful utilisation of renewable resources.

AFFILIATION

The Foundation is a BirdLife International Partner in Nigeria, an associate of Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) and member of International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Other notable international partners include Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), Wetlands International as well as Fauna and Flora International (FFI). Locally, NCF forges strong partnerships with other environmental NGOs, Government institutions, business community, academia, and rural-urban communities that share its vision with the aim of building and sustaining a more lasting union to safeguard the environment. The National Secretariat is located at the Lekki Conservation Centre, Lagos with a Regional Office in Calabar as well as project offices in Eket and Oron (Akwa Ibom State), Gashaka (Taraba State), Hadejia-Nguru (Jigawa, Yobe and Bauchi States), Obudu Cattle Ranch (Cross River State), Yenegoa (Bayelsa State), Buru (Taraba State) Omo J4 (Ogun), Ifon (Ondo) and Benin (Edo). We also have collaborative project outposts at IITA Ibadan (Oyo State) and Afi Mountain Wildlife Sanctuary (Cross River State).

CONSERVATION PROJECTS

NCF projects which cut across Nigeria are dedicated to solving environmental problems through the improvement of livelihood of the host communities and in the long run protecting the vast biodiversity inherent in the community. Some of these projects include:
  • Akwa Ibom State: Nipa Palm Utilization Project
  • Cross River State: Management of Becheve Nature Reserve, Obudu Cattle Ranch
  • Edo State : Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) Project
  • Gombe & Jigawa State: Wing Over Wetlands (WOW)
  • Lagos State: Lekki Conservation Centre (LCC)
  • Ogun, Ondo and Osun State: Omo – Oluwa – Shasha Conservation Project
  • Plateau State: A. P. Leventis Ornithological Research Institute (APLORI),
  • Taraba State: Participatory Forest Management Project, Mambilla and Donga sites,
  • Important Bird Area Programme

NCF's work has made major input into the following policy in Nigeria: ­

  • Development of the National Conservation Strategy - 1984
  • Enactment of the Endangered Species Decree - 1985
  • Development of the Vision 2010 on the environment – 1997
  • Collaborated with the Federal Department of Forestry on the drafting of Nigeria’s National Forestry Law -2000.
  • NCF played a lead role in the establishment of the defunct Federal Environmental Protection Agency (FEPA) now Federal Ministry of Environment.
  • Facilitated the publication of National University Commission (NUC) endorsed eleven volumes of textual materials on Environmental Education as environmental curriculum resource for tertiary institutions in Nigeria.
  • Played supportive role in the establishment of the Nigerian Environmental Study Action Team (NEST).
  • Established the Niger-Delta Conservation and Sustainable Development (NDCSD) Project to instigate a paradigm shift from oil and gas dependence to realizing the trade value of biodiversity (2002) among others.
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