Project

Sustainable Fuelwood Management in Nigeria

Lead country

Nigeria

Participating countries

Nigeria

Project status

Under implementation

Implementing period

From February 7, 2017 to February 6, 2022

SDGs addressed by this project

SDG targets

  1. 15.b Mobilize resources, incentives for sustainable forest management
  2. 15.2 Promote sustainable forest management, restoration, afforestation

Project ID: 5366

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Technical team

  • Energy Programme

Technical area(s)

  • Energy access

Sub-area(s)

  • Clean cooking
  • Sustainable charcoal

Landscape(s)

  • Forests

Sub-landscape(s)

  • General

Transformed sector(s)

  • Forestry and other land use
  • Agriculture

UNDP role(s)

  • Capacity development / Technical assistance
  • Data collection and analysis
  • Innovative approaches

Strategy

  • Management operation
  • Capacity building
  • Food and agricultural commodities

Sub-strategy

  • Demonstration sites/Pilot
  • Sustainable land management
  • Partnerships
  • Awareness raising
  • Technical capacity building
  • Energy finance
  • Sustainable agriculture practices and use of resources (TP 2, 7, 8, 9)
  • FACS strategies for sustainable supply chain (TP 4)

Social inclusion

  • Women
  • Local community/CSOs
  • Private sector

Gender equality

  • Women's access to and control over resources
  • Awareness raising (on gender)
  • Gender-based violence

Gender result effectiveness scale

  • Gender responsive

Pathway(s)

  • People pathway
  • Sci-tech pathway

Risk reduction target(s)

  • Improve resilience
  • Hazard control/mitigation

SDG target(s)

  • 15.b Mobilize resources, incentives for sustainable forest management
  • 15.2 Promote sustainable forest management, restoration, afforestation

Conventions and protocols

N/A

Private sector(s)

  • Financial intermediaries and market facilitators
  • Small and medium-sized enterprises

Hot topic

  • Multi-stakeholder collaboration
  • Poverty reduction
  • Food and agricultural commodities strategy

About this project

Description

The proposed project is designed to comprehensively address one of the major causes of deforestation in Nigeria and in CRS specifically, the unsustainable use of non-renewable fuel wood in rural and peri-urban areas. To do so, the project will, in partnership with UN-REDD program, support national and state-level efforts in CRS to improve forest conservation and management, thus sustaining supply of crucial forest resources for local population. At the same time, it will work with national and international partners, technology providers, financial organizations, and local communities to identify and promote a set of alternative clean energy solutions to reduce their demand for fuelwood.

Objectives

Sustainable fuelwood management in Nigeria secures multiple environmental and socio-economic benefits, including reduced GHG emission from wood fuel consumption, enhanced carbon storage and sequestration, as well as improved rural livelihoods and opportunities for local development.

USD $4,530,000

Grant amount

USD $16,400,000

Leveraged amount (co-financing)

1

Source(s) of fund

Sources of fund

 

  • Global Environment Facility – Trust Fund ($4,530,000)

Implementing partner(s)

  • Federal Ministry of Environment

Project metrics

Outcome 1:

Models for sustainable fuelwood production demonstrated in:a. At least 10 communities each in Cross River and Delta State leading to:50,000 ha of forestlands under improved multifunctional forest management; 20 business agents trained in SFM; SFM and SLM Management Committees created/strengthened.b. 3,003 ha of degraded land restored with Sustainable Land Management measures like agroforestry woodlots and Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR); SLM Management Committee created/strengthened in SLM

 Indicators:

Hecterage of forest protected and t of CO2 sequestered by EOP.
Hecterage of woodlot established, t of fuelwood supplied and tCO2 avoided by EOP
Volume of tCO2 saved by EOP
No. of partners involved in the project towards reaching the project goal, by EOP
Number of viable multifunctional platforms (MFPs) established in each of Cross River, Delta and Kaduna State by EOP
Quantity of renewable fuelwood supplied by EOP
- Number of domestic cookstoves produced and distributed for BOP by EOP
- tCO2e saved by EOP and lifetime- Number of women sensitized and trained by EOP
- Report on Market Segmentation in Nigeria developed by Year 3
- Number of low cost stoves designed and tested for each state by EOP
- Number of low cost stoves produced and sold by EOP
- Number of bank/MFI staff trained by EOP
- Number of financial products designed and tested and scaled up by EOP
- Volume of loans disbursed by EOP
- Number of households reached with clean stoves
Outcome 2:

Improved awareness and acceptance of alternative (renewable and more efficient) energy technologies for cooking and heating among local communities in Cross River, Delta and Kaduna State. Increased penetration of improved/alternative energy technologies for domestic needs in targeted communities by at least 20% (BAU: 0.1%); Avoided emissions of 50,000 t CO2e/year from combustion of un-sustainable biomass in inefficient cook stoves (replaced by more efficient or other alternatives)
Outcome 3:

Improved efficiency, quality and affordability of domestically manufactured cooking/heating appliances for BOP. Strengthened domestic supply chain for EE/RE cooking and heating appliances
Outcome 4:

Consumer financing model for clean cook stove/kiln successfully operated. Sales of efficient cook stoves increased by at least 20% in Cross River, Delta and Kaduna State. Investment in sustainable forest management in Cross River and Delta State and woodlot in Kaduna State increased.
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