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BIORESOURCES DEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVATION PROGRAMME

WORKSHOP/STAKEHOLDERS MEETING ON THE ASSESSMENT OF CONTROL MEASURES FOR NYPA PALM INFESTATION IN NIGERIA AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A PUBLIC AWARENESS PROGRAMME IN RELATION TO MANGROVE DEPLETION AND PROPOSED REFORESTATION

HELD ON 14TH-15TH AUGUST, 2007

@

MIRAGE HOTEL CALABAR, NIGERIA

ORGANISED BY

Bioresources Development and Conservation Programme(BDCP)

in collaboration with

United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO)

and

Federal Ministry of Health, Housing and Urban development

The long long term aim of the two projects was to improve the livelihoods of the coastal communities by conservation, re-forestation and sustainable utilization of their mangrove resources

GROUP PHOTOGRAPH OF PARTICIPANTS

LUNCH TIME 

BDCP Project site in Bakassi 

A Fishing Hamlet near Bakassi showing deforested Mangrove area

A visit to a fishing community in Mbo LGA in Akwa Ikwa Ibom State on NYPA Infestation assessment

A Joint Consultative forum with leaders of the ORON community on BDCP Initiative on Mangrove conservation. COLIN Resource Person Dr. Francis Nwosu first left.