The United Nations Development Program Global Environment Facility Small Grants Program (UNDP GEF SGP) has assured Nigeria of continued support for environmental sustainability projects to ensure a healthy environment.
The UNDP GEF SGP National Coordinator, Mr. Ibironke Olubamise, made this assertion in a recent interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja.
Environmental experts said the UNDP GEF SGP will continue to support pilot projects to ensure a healthy environment.
“One of the things we do in our office is support environmental initiatives through SGP, which typically tops out at around $50,000 for a project.
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“We support local community environmental initiatives that address GEF’s five focus areas.
“GEF’s small grants program has five focus areas: biodiversity, climate change, land degradation, chemicals and international waters,” she said.
He assured that the UNDP GEF SGP will continue to raise awareness in the country about the dangers of some environmental activities to ensure environmental sustainability.
The coordinator warned that the way people use resources in the environment is not sustainable.
She said deforestation, ocean pollution and gas pollution are causing environmental problems.
NAN reports that the GEF SGP is a UNDP program implemented by UNDP in Nigeria.
