Nigeria partners with World Wild Fund to promote National parks

Zeniat Abubakar, Abuja

The Nigerian government says it will collaborate with World Wild Fund WWF on the management of the  ten New National parks  approved by President Muhammadu Buhari especially two designated Marine Protected Areas in Bayelsa State, south-south Nigeria.

The Minister of State for Environment Sharon Ikeazor, stated this at the fifth United Nations Environment Assembly UNEA in Nairobi, Kenya.

Ikeazor who also had some Bilateral engagements with the Director General, World Wild Fund,  Mr. Marco Lambertini further reiterated Nigeria’s commitment to Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework.

Nigeria recently adopted various strategic approaches which includes the development and implementation of National Forest Policy aimed at promoting sustainable forest Management practices, National Policies on Plastic Waste management and Solid waste Management which supports and promote circular economy, Drought and Desertification Policy to actualize Land degradation neutrality and increase community resilience, among others. The Minister stated.

Ikeazor also reiterated Nigeria’s commitment to Global Environmental sustainability and achievement of the Country’s Nationally Determined Contribution’s, NDC with 20% emissions reduction unconditionally and 47% emission reduction conditionally by 2030.

The Minister also had an engagement with the Swedish Minister of Environment on the preparation and areas of collaboration for the upcoming Stockholm +50 to commemorate 50 years, and also met with the Egyptian Minister on Environment and COP 27 President and discussed activities on the upcoming Cop27 at Egypt in November, 2022.

The United Nations Environment Assembly, UNEA is the world’s highest-level decision-making body on the environment.

 It addresses the critical environmental challenges facing the world and Nigeria is a member of the UNEA.