about us - REGREENING IS OUR CONCERN
who we are
The EverGreening Network for Forest and Land Restoration is a Not- for-profit organization with a strong passion to bring landscapes and ecosystems into restoration. As a member of the Global EverGreening Alliance our focus is to strengthen local action on restoration of forest landscapes, degraded lands and ecosystems across Nigeria and the African continent.
what we do
The Network provides a collaborative platform to support and facilitate massive-scale forest and land restoration with trees through sustainable land management practices such a Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration across ecosystems. This in turn increases biodiversity and supports mitigation and adaptation to the impacts of climate change. Our works leverages community knowledge and capacities by reaching out to local and State Governments, Community- Based Organizations, NGOs, research institutions and Universities at the national and sub-national levels.
meet our board
prof. joshua ogunwole
Professor of Soil Physics Vice Chancellor, Bowen University Iwo, Nigeria.
prof. danladi alhassan issa
Head of Forestry and Wild Life Management, Usman Danfodio University, Sokoto
mr. philip o. bankole
CEO Enamark Nig. Ltd, Abuja
dr. mrs. haphsat modibo
Secretary Of The Board
dr. kelechi eleanya
Chairman Of The Board
Team Leader, Farmer Led EverGreening Project in Nigeria
OUR MISSION
Our main mission is to bring degraded lands into restoration to improve ecosystems and secure livelihoods.
OUR GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
The main goal of the network is to facilitate sustainable forest and landscape restoration across forested landscapes, drylands, grasslands and wetland ecosystems.
Key Objectives are:
To promote EverGreening practices across agro-ecosystems and landscapes
To empower communities, especially women and youths with knowledge and skills in Sustainable Land Management
To create massive awareness on cost-effective and low technology FMNR and EverGreening practices in dryland areas
To scale – up wider adoption of FMNR in drylands based on existing local practices and knowledge
To empower local farmers and communities with long term land management practices for sustainable rural livelihoods and conflict mitigation
CURRENT AND ONGOING PROJECTS
Joint Land Restoration Initiatives in northern States
Baseline Studies in northern States on Land Restoration Interventions
Up-coming Events
Capacity Building Workshop on Peace Building in Drylands
2nd Drylands Restoration Workshop in November 2019 , Kano
Funding and Resource Mobilization
The Farmer-Led EverGreening in northern Nigeria Project is funded by the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Abuja, for the Intial one year of the project.