Project objectives

This project aims to mitigate the challenges posed by the intersection of climate change and conflicts in Nigeria, which have led to a troubling trend of internal migration, particularly into the country’s protected areas. One such area, Kainji Lake National Park (KLNP), home to the last population of West African wildcats, is facing unprecedented threats due to encroachment from nomadic herders and livestock farmers. The expanding communities around the park have resulted in habitat degradation and conflicts between wildcats and livestock. In retaliation for lion and leopard attacks on their livestock, herders have resorted to poisoning carcasses, further endangering the wildcat population.