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Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF)

Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF) is the BirdLife Partner Designate

Founded in: 1980
Members: 6,000
Staff: 100
Address: P O Box 74638, Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria
Email: info@ncfnigeria.org
Web: http://www.ncfnigeria.org

Mission of the organisation

NCF pursues the conservation of nature and its resources with the aim of improving the quality of human life both in the present and the future by:

Preserving the full range of Nigeria's biodiversity
Promoting the sustainable use of natural resources for the benefit of present and future generations
Advocating actions that minimise pollution and wasteful utilisation of renewable resources

Key Activities

Policy advocacy
Environmental education
Research
Field projects

Recent Achievements

Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF, Partner Designate)
Completed the survey of Important Bird Areas (IBAs) in Nigeria and completed a draft site account directory
Continued to monitor migrant bird populations in the Hadejia-Nguru wetlands
In collaboration with the RSPB and WWF-UK, initiated a community-based project aimed at establishing community-based sustainable renewable natural resources management systems at key sites in Nigeria for biodiversity conservation. - Continued fieldwork on the biology and distribution of the critically endangered Ibadan Malimbe
Continued to support the Nigerian National Parks Service in developing a management plan for Gashaka Gumti National Park
Continued supporting community initiatives towards management for the conservation of Barn Swallow roost sites at Ebok-boje