About the organisation:

The organization focuses mostly on the following areas: Agriculture, Environment and Community Health/Livelihood.
It started since 2002 and came into existence as a result of the founder’s interest in conservation of natural resources which include land, soil, water, forest  concern for community livelihood.

The three focus areas are:

Agricultural production:

Agricultural production has been one of the main sources of livelihood for a large population of people living in the tropical regions in the world.
There is need to develop and promote sustainable agricultural practices to ensure food security, income generation and enhance living condition of the majority of people depending on Agricultural production for sustenance.

Environment
A safe environment is needed for man’s continuous existence on earth. The environment and its resources need to  be protected or conserved for agricultural production, forests, water and their resources must be protected.

Community Health/Livelihood
The organization also gives attention (or contributes) to solving some issues affecting our society such as HIV/AIDS, Poor Hygiene and Sanitation, Gender disparities and Children issues.

International Workshop/Conferences Participated

WOCAT   International Workshop/Steering Meeting   hosted at   Ministry of Agriculture, Quezon city, Philippines ,Nov 12-18 2007)

WOCAT   International Workshop/Steering Meeting   hosted Centre for Development and Environment, University of Bern, Switzerland, Oct 20-25  2008)

Welcome to the official website of

TROPICAL RESEARCH & CONSERVATION CENTRE

OUR MISION:

Sustainable Agricultural practices and conservation of environmental resources for improved community livelihood.

OUR OBJECTIVES:

• Promoting researches that will lead to conservation of natural resources.
• Educate rural communities, farmers, and the general public on Environmental, Economic, Social, ecological and cultural needs for conservation of natural resources and the basic skills and measures for conserving them.
• Developing pilot projects with farmers and rural communities that will help in the conservation of natural resources e g. Tree planting projects, agro-forestry, soil management, especially in agricultural degraded areas, and community forest conservation.
• Developing economic activities (Projects) with farmers and rural communities that will help improve their standard of living e.g. bee keeping, snail rearing etc.
• Promote community health by encouraging good health practices (sanitation,    hygiene etc)
• Contribute towards solving some issues in rural communities, related to      HIV/AIDS, Gender issues ,water resources, and children health.
• Identify and promote adoption of some valuable technologies with respect to agricultural production and conservation of natural resources.
• Encourage ecological Investment.

SOME COLLABORATORS/AFFILIATES:

New Forests Project, The International Center, 731 Eighth Street SE, Washington,     DC 20003; Phone: 202-547- www.newforestsproject.org
Through the collaboration seeds of multipurpose trees shall be distributed,raised, planted and managed by different rural communities in Nigeria.

Trees for the Future Inc
Trees for the Future , P.O. Box 7027 , Silver Spring, MD 20907 ,1.800.643.0001 or 1.301.565.0630, www.treesftf.org
Trees for the Future Inc is a body that encourages planting of multipurpose (economic) trees as a means of combating deforestation as well as improving livelihood of rural communities

. Environmental & Life Resources:
35 Udosen  Uko Street , Uyo.Akwa Ibom State.
E-mail: environresearch@yahoo.com.
 Environmental & Life Resources is a non governmental organisation with main focus on habitat protection.

The collaboration will help in conservation of   some rare species in Nigeria.

International Society for Safety, Health and Environment

21 Ikot Ekpene Rd, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria.
Email: internationalenvironment@yahoo.com

WOCAT-WORLD OVERVIEW OF CONSERVATION APPROACHES AND TECHNOLOGIES
WOCAT secretariat
Centre for Development and Environment
University of Bern., Hallerstrasse 10
   CH - 3012 Berne,    Switzerland, www.wocat.net
Tel.: ++41 31 631 88 22, Fax: ++41 31 631 85 44

WOCAT is a global body whose mission is to support innovation and decision-making processes in sustainable land management, particularly in connection with soil and water conservation (SWC). This is done by:

• connecting stakeholders,
• analysing and synthesising experiences and setting directions,
• enhancing capacity knowledge,
• developing and applying standardized tools for documenting, monitoring, evaluating, sharing and using knowledge

The collaboration is in the area of documenting existing soil water conservation Approaches and Technologies practiced in Nigeria.

 Research / collaboration opportunities
     The organization is ready to collaborate or work in partnership with students, researchers, institutions or organizations   willing to carry out research work or data collection related to the   following fields:

• Soil conservation.
• Agro forestry
• Forest conservation
• Habitat conservation,

MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS

• Members can paste their profile, research work, reports etc free of charge for the global society.
• Access to updates on important information such as international workshops, call for papers, abstracts, symposium, conferences, internship call for proposal etc
• Enjoy reduce rate /charge during our conferences, workshops etc
• Free access to materials in our library.
  Belong to a good forum made of different researchers, academics, students, NGOs etc(Gain and share knowledge/experience)

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High Technical Workshop on Afforestation and Cimate Change in Africa hosted by The Nigerian Tree Planters Olusegun  Obasanjo   Library  Foundation. Abeokuta,Nigeria ,
Dec. 15-17  2008)