About us - Nigerian Conservation Foundation In Brief
NCF Secretariat.
Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF) was established in 1980 and formally registered as a charitable trust (No. 1917) in 1982.
NCF has maintained a lead role in the promotion of nature conservation and environmental protection; and has remained an institutional symbol of environmental protection in Nigeria in its 27 years of existence. It has through his conservation projects maintained a nature conservation standard with unrivalled competence. Its ability to localize global conservation efforts with adequate attention to local peculiarities is evident in the needs of inhabitants that are being met on a daily basis in its multiple project sites across the country.
NCF track records cut across conservation education, biodiversity surveys and species identification, policy advocacy, habitat identification and protection, research, internship for college graduates, media sensitization and fundraising, advocacy for rare species conservation, fight against environmental pollution and poverty reduction.
NCF has played key functional role in the country among which are:
- Influencing the Federal Government to establish the Federal Environmental Protection Agency (FEPA) which subsequently became the Federal Ministry of Environment;
- Influencing the Federal Government of Nigeria to promulgate the Endangered Species Act No.11 of 1985;
- Production in collaboration with the Federal Department of Forestry a draft of National Forestry Policy/Legislation for the country;
- Management of Okomu Games Sanctuary prior to its declaration as a National Park by the Federal Government;
- Production of a National Conservation Education Strategy for Nigeria in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Education;
NCF partners with organizations in and outside Nigeria. Among her international partners are World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) in Switzerland, Birdlife International, the World Conservation Union (IUCN), Fauna and Flora International and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB). Locally, it forges strong partnerships with other environmental NGOs, government institutions, the business community, the academia, students, and rural-urban communities with the aim of building and sustaining a more lasting union to safeguard the environment.
Founded by Late Chief S.L Edu, NCF has its Patron as the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Other governing structures are the Trusteeship Council, the National Executive Council, Council committees, and the Secretariat.
The secretariat is run by a team of selected professionals including botanists, ornithologists, soil experts, educationists, advocacy professionals, media and communication experts, and other technical/support staff.
VISION
NCF has a vision of a Nigeria where people prosper while living in harmony with nature.
MISSION
This vision is what drives the NCF mission statements:
- The preservation of a full range of Nigeria’s biodiversity which include species, ecosystems and genetic biodiversity
- The promotion of sustainable use of natural resources for the benefit of present and future generations; and
- The advocacy of actions that minimize pollution and wasteful utilization of renewable resources.
CONSERVATION PROJECTS - Past and ongoing
- Development and monitoring of Important Bird Areas
- Afi Mountain Conservation Project
- Biodiversity Action Plan for Urhonigbe and Gele Gele Forest Reserves in Edo State.
- Becheve Nature Reserve, Obudu, Cross Rivers State
- The Sustainable Natural Resources Conservation Project in Laminga and Buru in Plateau and Taraba State
- Lekki Conservation Centre in Lagos
- Tha Gashaka Gumti National Park Projects in Adamawa and Taraba States
- Hadejia-Nguru Wetlands Conservation Project in Yobe, Jigawa and Bauchi States
- The NCF/IITA Watershed Management Project
- Participatory Forest Management Project – Ngel’Nyaki, Taraba State
- Development and management of Ifon Game Reserve in Ondo State
- Omo Forest Conservation Project in collaboration with the Ondo State Government
- Wings Over Wetland
- Nipa Plan control project
Programmes
- NCF Species Programme
- Policy Advocacy Programme
- Environmental Education / Awareness Programme Nationwide
- Conservation
- Consultancy
