Africa

Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF)

BirdLife Partner

Founded in 1980
Members: 3900
Staff: 79
Victoria Island, P O Box 74638, Lagos, NG
info@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

 

News
Ghoubel wind project in Djibouti, near Lake Assal © Jean Marie Takoule
20 Jul 2020

Why we need to balance Ghana's energy needs with conservation

In Ghana, renewable energy is a rapidly-growing industry. As demand increases, the country urgently needs to ensure these developments have a minimal impact on the country's birds and biodiversity. Here's what needs to...
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Garâa Sejenane
19 Apr 2020

Saving endemic plants in Tunisia

Conserving the Patrimonial Plants of Garâa Sejenane and Dar Fatma
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There are thought to be fewer than 250 Liben Larks left © Nikk Borrow
15 Sep 2020

Saving the Critically Endangered Liben Lark in Ethiopia

Forming part of the Ethiopian Highlands in Southern Ethiop
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Lappet-faced Vulture © Ben Jobson
23 Jun 2020

How Kenya is healing toxic relationship between vultures and people

With their hunched posture, bald heads and their use in cartoons to represent opportunistic greed, vultures are arguably the most misunderstood scavengers. Humans have long considered them to be the outcasts of the...
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Local women processing shea butter in the south of Burkina Faso © Seydou NACRO
19 Feb 2020

Birds, Bees and Business: Empowering Local Communities in Burkina Faso

In Burkina Faso, a unique project on biodiversity conservation is improving the livelihoods of local communities.
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Zukiman Mohamad from Pexels
8 Nov 2019

Protecting Biodiversity in West Africa’s Offshore Oil & Gas Development

In September 2019 BirdLife Africa successfully conducted an oil and gas workshop in Senegal. The aim of this workshop was to map out vulnerable marine and coastal areas in West Africa that are under threat offshore oil...
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© Nature Kenya
15 Nov 2019

Celebrating World Migratory Bird Day across Africa

The World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD), celebrated every year in May and October seeks to raise awareness on migratory birds and the need to conserve them. These birds travel over thousands of kilometres, in search of...
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The Taita Apalis is one of the rarest birds in the world, found only in Kenya’s Taita Hills © Pete Steward.
25 Feb 2020

Species on the brink: saving the Endangered Taita birds of Kenya

Across the expansive Taita Plains in Southern Eastern Kenya rise majestic densely-forested hilly outcrops straddling the skyline near the historic town of Voi. These hilly outcrops, famously known as the Taita Hills...
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Egyptian vulturer © Birdlife Europe
10 Jun 2020

Working with traditional healers to end vulture poaching

In West Africa, illegal trade in vultures’ parts for belief based use spells doom for these endangered birds. The Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF), BirdLife Partner is working with local traditional healers to...
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