TOPIC Illegal Wildlife Trafficking In Cross River State And The Way Forward INTRODUCTION Conservation has many meanings. But, the Merriam-Webster Dictionary describes this as a careful preservation and protection of something. Especially planned management of a natural resource to prevent exploitation, destruction, or neglect. Cross River State is blessed with natural resources. One of the
By Patrick Obia A community-based non-profit organization focused on forest conservation and community livelihood development, Africa Research Association, Managing Development in Nigeria (ARADIN) has empowered four communities and members in Obanliku Local Government Area of Cross State. Kigol, Okpazange, Ogbakoko, and Keji-Ukwu – the benefitting four out of the 16 communities that make up the
By Jonathan Ugbal An environmentalist, Mr. Santos Odey has called on the Cross River State government to act fast in the regeneration of the depleted forest reserve that surrounded the Lugard wall. The Lugard wall was a physical boundary that separated the northern and southern protectorates and serves as boundary between present day Cross River
By Jonathan Ugbal The fight against deforestation took a new turn recently as a non-governmental organization, Justice Development and Peace (JDP) Caritas distributed a total of 31,350 energy saving stoves to 19 communities in Cross River State. “The objective of the project is for the conservation of the area, as many people use firewood to
By Jonathan Ugbal The Global Environment Facility Small Grants Program (GEF/SGP), a United Nations Development Program (UNDP) funded program has spent USD30,000 on the training of 100 youths in Odukpani local government area of southern Cross River State on initiating sustainable livelihood alternatives to reduce pressure on the forests. USD30,000 when converted to Naira at
Okuni, a village barely 13 km to Ikom shares boundary with some villages in Akampka Local government. This sounds like a surprise? Yes. Why then do one need to go through Apiapum Ugep, Adim Akpet to get to Akampka? It is within this context you can now understand Ben Ayade’s Super Highway that would shorten