The Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF), in partnership with the Canadian High Commission, will on Wednesday hold a stakeholders workshop to commemorate the International Forest Day in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital.
The event, according to NCF head of communications, Oladapo Soneye, will feature activities to tackle the effects of climate change in the grassroots communities of River Kampe National Park, Kwara State.
To this end, NCF has trained over 50 women and youths from the various communities towards restoring over 65,000 hectares of forest landscape through a community-led approach.
The project is in collaboration with the Kwara State Ministry of Environment.
According to him, the training will cover energy, security, climate change mitigation from reduction in emissions of greenhouse gases and economic development.
Over 10,000 inhabitants of the affected communities, especially women and youths, are expected to benefit from the project.
Mr Soneye further said, “The objectives of the project are building resilience for vulnerable support zone communities to the impact of climate change through nature-based solutions.
“These include empowering inhabitants, especially women, on alternative energy source through the production of biochar/briquette from agricultural waste and developing a nature-based recovery action plan for River Kampe National Park, among others.
“This action will restore the river’s over 65,000 hectares of forest landscape through a community-led approach.”
