Gashaka-Gumti National Park is located in the mountainous region of north-eastern Nigeria adjacent to the international border with Cameroon, and immediately to the north of Mambilla Plateau. The largest and most scenic of all the seven National Parks, this conservation area lies between latitude 6o 55’ and 8o 05’ north, and longitude 11o11’ and 12o13’ east and…

Cross River National Park is located between Latitude 5o 05’ and 6o 29’ N, and Longitudes 8o 15’ and 9o 30’ E, in the extreme south-eastern corner of Nigeria, in Cross River State. It covers a total area of about 4000sq km of mainly primary moist tropical rainforest ecosystem in the North and central parts, and montane mosaic vegetation…

Chad Basin National Park is situated within the ancient Kanem-Borno Empire (present day Borno and Yobe States). The Empire was established prior to 10th Century A.D. It was one of the famous and politically well organized Empires comparable to its contemporaries of Songhai and Mali Empires in Africa. The then Borno Empire developed mainly within…

The Nation’s premier National Park was established by the amalgamation of two former game reserves-Borgu and Zugurma in 1976 and the legal instrument setting it up was promulgated in 1979(i.e. Degree 46 of 1979) .The park was subsequently reconstituted under Acts 36 of 1991 and 46 of 1999 now Cap (act) 65 of 2004 which…

Okomu National Park “The pride of our natural heritage” is the smallest of the seven National Parks in Nigeria. The Park is a rainforest ecosystem gazetted from the former Okomu Forest reserve in 1935. Today, the Park is a good habitat for numerous endangered flora and fauna species. BACKGROUND HISTORY About 777 sq.km of the…

Kamuku National Park is located in Birnin Gwari, Kaduna State of Nigeria. It is situated between latitudes 10°40’N; Longitudes 6°11’E and 6°36E in the north-central part of Nigeria and it is the closest unit Park Headquarters, Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory. Kamuku National Park was initially by gazette of 1936, a native Authority Forest Reserve…

ACTIVITIES OF HYPREP (HYDROCARBON POLLUTION REMEDIATION PROJECT) Remediation work done at Lot 009 out of the five (5) outstanding Lots in Phase 1 Batch 1 Remediation Project Lots/Sites. At Lot 009 (Saanako – Mogho, Gokana L.G.A), the Contractor has evacuated the dredged sand from the project site to a suitable part of the area and…

A virtual meeting on ‘Strategy for the implementation of Mangrove Restoration was held on Wednesday 27th January 2020 where the Project Coordination Office was the host. The Meeting which began at about 1:15 p.m. had in attendance the underlisted S/N PARTICIPANT ORGANIZATION 1 Prof. Philip D. Shekwolo HYPREP 2 Mike Cowing UNEP 3 Dr. Ferdinand…

Composition of the Governing Council  The Governing Council consists of: Functions of the Governing Council The functions of the Governing Council are:

Composition of the Board of Trustees The Board of Trustees (BOT) shall consist of the following; Functions of the Board of the Board of Trustee (BOT) The functions of the Board of Trustee are;