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>> UNDP Equator Initiative Finalists and Winners
Selected GEF biodiversity projects:
>> Local empowerment and environmental management project:
The project aims to integrate and adopt environmentally sustainable approaches to the management of natural resources within a strengthened institutional framework at local, state and federal levels in the target macro-watershed areas including those within support zones around targeted protected areas.>> National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan and Country Report to the CBD:
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:
>> Ekuri Initiative (Equator Prize 2004 Finalist)
The Ekuri initiative was founded in 1992 by two Ekuri villages in the buffer zone of Cross River National Park. Formerly under pressure from logging companies to relinquish their property rights to 33,600 hectares of communally-owned forest lands, the villagers opted instead to sustainably manage the resources. This dynamic initiative works to promote community forestry and sustainable harvesting of timber, vegetables, rattan and other non-timber forest products from these lands. Revenue generated from the sale of these products has enabled the Ekuri people to build a minimal-impact road connecting them directly to the closest markets, thereby increasing household incomes and eliminating costly middlemen. At the same time, by putting their incomes into sustainable enterprises, the Ekuri have ensured that their unique forest ecosystem remains intact for generations to come.
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