Key milestones and progress through APOI
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INSTITUTIONAL AND REGULATORY REFORMS:
Establishment of EdoGIS, ESOPP a new Forestry Commission and a Forestry Bill to replace the 1968 Forestry law. Commitment to RSPO certification.
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PROTECTION OF RIGHTS:
Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) must be given by Indigenous Peoples and local communities before agricultural development
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PRODUCE, PROTECT, REHABILITATE (PPR): INTEGRATION OF FOREST MANAGEMENT AND OIL PALM DEVELOPMENT:
Companies must integrate smallholder development into operations, protect forest areas within concessions and provide resources to restore degraded forest equivalent to 10 -25% of land holding.
ASCI in Nigeria
ASCI’s facilitator in Edo State, Nigeria is Churchill Ebehitale OBOH of IDN.
To support the national platform please contact him on churchillsimple@gmail.com
ASCI’s facilitator in Ekiti State, Nigeria is Dr. Yemi AKINYUGHA, Technical Advisor to the Governor on Green Economy and Ecological Matters.
To support the national platform please contact him on yemi.akinyugha (at) gmail.com
