NIGER
>> UNDP Equator Initiative Finalists and Winners
Selected GEF biodiversity projects:
>> National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan and Country Report to the CBD:
The principal objective of this enabling activity is to assist the Conseil National de l’Environment pour un Développement Durable (CNEDD) and the Government of Niger in preparing a National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (BSAP). The BSAP will define the current status of, pressures on, options for, and priority actions to ensure the conservation, sustainable use, and equitable sharing of its biodiversity. The project will build on the existing knowledge base to elaborate the BSAP through a process of participatory planning and stakeholder consultation. This will also enable Niger to meet its obligations under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) by preparing its first country report to the Conference of the Parties.>> Clearing house mechanism enabling activity:
This project will assist the national Government to meet its obligations under the Convention on Biological Diversity.>> Back to top
UNDP Equator Prize Finalists and Winners:
>> Ecole Instrument de Paix (Equator Prize 2004 Finalist):
This creative NGO, consisting of three communities living near the Niger River, employs an innovative strategy to turn the economically and environmentally destructive water hyacinth into an opportunity for local people. Ecole Instrument de Paix-Niger uses the impacts of this invasive plant as the central theme for environmental education and development activities. Since 1999, the project has helped communities turn the water hyacinth into a resource for revenue, food security, and health through the manufacture of hyacinth compost, woven products and cooking briquettes. By combining these market-oriented activities with community drama presentations rooted in the local oral tradition they have helped to ensure a sustainable future for local communities and improved aquatic health.
>> Back to top