- 1st African sub-national jurisdiction to implement a jurisdictional approach to REDD+ & serves as an example for Nigeria to develop, refine, & scale up REDD+/LED-R
- Biodiversity-rich forests constitute ~50% of Nigeria’s remaining tropical forest; state aims to become the “greenest” state (forest cover & sustainable development) via 30-year green growth plan
- Cross River (CR) National Park covers ~20% of state & protects critically endangered gorilla habitat
- Main livelihood is subsistence & cash crop farming; most migrants employed as plantation labor; ~65% of communities use fuelwood as primary energy source
- Complex history of colonial forest reserve management with maintenance of customary access, followed by loss of customary rights, over-exploitation of timber & boom-bust of industrial plantations after independence
- Lost oil revenues due to Nigeria-Cameroon dispute in 2008 (an important source of state budget for conservation & agricultural development), increasing pressure for rivatization & private sector investment in state (e.g. palm oil companies)
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Source
C. Stickler et al. (eds.). 2018. The State of Jurisdictional Sustainability
Publisher
Earth Innovation Institute (EII), Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and Governors’ Climate and Forests Task Force (GCF)
Publication year
2018
Authors
Solano, D.; Peteru, S.; Stickler, C.; David, O.
Geographic
Nigeria