Nigeria, six others win $50,000 biodiversity grants at CBD COP17

Summary

Nigeria and six other countries have each received a $50,000 seed grant to support biodiversity projects linked to their 30x30 conservation targets.

Highlights

• The grants were announced on the sidelines of the 17th UN Convention on Biological Diversity meeting in Armenia.
• The beneficiary countries are Costa Rica, Mexico, Nigeria, Nepal, Zambia, Rwanda and Kenya.
• Nigeria’s project is titled “Strengthening Nigeria’s 30×30 Progress through Ecological Connectivity, Terrestrial and Marine OECMs, and Protected Area Management Effectiveness”.
• The project is expected to be implemented by the Nigerian Conservation Foundation.
• Nigeria’s award was presented to Sikeade Egbuwalo, the country’s focal point to the Convention on Biological Diversity.