TFG's Current Projects

» Tree Program in Gulu District, Uganda.

» Logging Moratorium, Cross River State, Nigeria.

» Nhambita Forest Conservation/Restoration Project, Mozambique

» Carbon Sequestration, Poverty Alleviation and Biodiversity Conservation in Headwaters of the Congo/Lualaba, Democratic Republic of Congo.

» Forest and Rangeland Terrestrial Carbon Assessment, Ethiopia.

» Borneo Leopard Project.

» Africa Carbon Livelihoods Trust.

The governor of Cross River State, Liyel Imoke,
has instituted a two-year logging moratorium and empowered a public-private task force to enforce the logging ban. Governor Imoke's bold decision resulted from a June 2008 Stakeholders Workshop on the Environment recommendation for a temporary logging moratorium and development of a framework to attract carbon credits for forest conservation. From recent accounts from observers in Cross River State, the export of illegal logs out of this amazing area has virtually stopped. The Governor’s task force has been seizing illegal timber and impounding logging trucks.

Cross River State's forests are one of Africa's biodiversity hotspots. They harbor unique populations of gorilla and chimpanzee and provide habitat for the drill, a highly endangered primate related to baboons and mandrills.

TFG is partnering with ERM and Tunde Morakinyo to support two local conservation groups, Pandrillus and NGOCE, as they support the Cross River State government's bold step to reduce emissions from deforestation. TFG is helping Pandrillus and NGOCE to identify partners, raise funds, provide REDD training and workshops, and assist with forest carbon measurements and baselines.