National Fadama Development Program II (NFDP II): Critical Ecosystem Management

GEF activities under the NFDP II intervention will provide support to the identification, protection and sustainable conservation and utilization of fragile ecosystems within the NFDP II target areas. GEF finances will also provide support for implementing the opportunities and initiatives made thus far for poverty alleviation through more sustainable natural resource management. For instance, activities of the NFDP II will further the implementation of objectives proposed by the 1997 National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan. The GEF role will be to assist the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) in undertaking a more ambitious program that would generate both national and global benefits. The GEF alternative will comprise the baseline scenario , augmented with an expanded rehabilitation, conservation and sustainable development program explicitly designed to address integrated ecosystem management in priority fragile areas, both within and outside protected areas. More specifically, GEF funding will complement IDA funding, in particular, under component (vi): Environmental and Social Protection and Conservation component (ESPC).