To promote Community-led conservation, climate resilience and One Health results through education, Action and livelihood pilots.
Community-led Conservation and Climate Education, Action, Livelihood and Resilience (CLEAR) is a project to be implemented by One Health and Development Initiative across selected communities in Nigeria. The major goal of the project is to strengthen livelihood resilience in communities to biodiversity loss, climate change and environmental health risks that affect livelihood by incorporating conservation education with nature based solutions, climate smart practices, digital literacy and policy engagement using One Health approach.
This project will be implemented as a pilot in 3 States (rural and peri-urban settings), it will strengthen community members, youths, students and local conservation champions to act as agents of change.
This project will translate knowledge into actionable change through capacity building, establishment of conservation clubs, practical demonstrations and community livelihood pilots that will generate evidence for informed policy engagement and scale up.
The project will also leverage OHD’s platform RORE to promote learning, awareness and documentation in order to ensure its sustainability beyond the pilot year.
By the end of 2026, it is estimated that the project will have reached about 500-1000 people, established functional community conservation structures and be a strong basis for scale up expansion between 2027-2030.
This project aligns with OHDI Strategic plan of 2026-2030 by promoting climate resilience, community empowerment, environmental health and integration of One health. It will promote OHDI’s commitment to interconnect climate action, conservation and human health through community led action, education and improved livelihoods.
Pillar 1 of this project will focus on identifying and engaging schools, community leaders, youth associations and local actors, Conduct baseline research or situational analysis on climate shocks and environmental risks, conduct inception meetings and onboarding and establish coordination structures that will involve community participation.
Pillar 2 of CLEAR project will focus on developing educational materials and outreach contents, community based education and training sessions on biodiversity, conservation and ecosystem protection, wildlife protection,climate change adaptation , waste management and One Health principles , establishment of conservation clubs in schools and communities, inaugurating youth as conservation custodians.
This pillar focuses on implementing I – 2 small scale actions like tree planting, Clean ups, wastes separation, Pilot one climate smart practice livelihood activity to include about 10-20 participants( like waste to value or clean solar drying) and Provide mentorship and follow up to pilot participants.
This pillar will focus on sharing Conservation and climate education Contents on RORE and social media platforms, documenting project procedures, lessons, reports, and community stories.
This pillar will focus on map out important local, state and national policy approach related to biodiversity, climate , ecosystem health and One Health, engage with relevant policy stakeholders , local and state conservation and climate agencies, document project lessons, evidence and community insight into policy brief, participate in policy dialogue and promote community-led inclusion conservation approach to improve ecosystem health
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