The journey “SOFER” has been amazing as we have been able to actively engage various communities in Nigeria, sensitizing them through different programmes such Green Christmas project, Envirotainment, The Serene Uyo Campaign, Slam Dunk Your Trash, Beat Air Pollution, Boot camp Environmental Education (BEE), Beach Clean-up Exercise as well as our most recent project, The Fishing Net Gains Nigeria.
We emerged as one of the beneficiaries of The Sustainable Fisheries Solutions & Retrieval Support Contribution Program Funding (SFSRSCP) through the Fishing Net Gains West Africa project (FNG-WA). A project designed to identify and tackle the issues of ghost gear and other related threats to marine life. The Government of Canada is working hard to protect...
On World Oceans Day 2020, Joanna Toole Foundation was officially launched. A foundation established in memory of Joanna Toole, who was a passionate advocate for the protection of all animals...
“Biodiversity” is United Nations Environment Programme’s(UNEP) theme for World Environment Day 2020. In line with this, our organization would focus on “Marine Biodiversity” as we are currently executing a project known as Fishing Net Gains Nigeria (F-NGN) which deals with issues of Abandoned, Lost, or Discarded Fishing Gears (ALDFGs) at sea. The marine environment supplies...
Stand Out For Environment Restoration (SOFER) Initiative, a non-governmental organisation with the aim of raising environmental awareness by working with young people, providing practical ways to change behaviors for the better, based in Nigeria, after an impressive round of submissions were awarded the winners of the award alongside the UK’s International Pole and Line Foundation...
Fishing Net Gains Nigeria (F-NGN). A name uniquely coined to portray our nation’s economy. How does fishing net gain Nigeria? When you cast your net, you do that with anticipation – to get a catch that will ‘gain’ you. In the process of gaining, what does the environment get? Your GARBAGE – lost, abandoned fishing...
Fishing Net Gains (FNG) is a 3-year project fundament designed in line with the Global Ghost Gear Initiative (GGGI) & Fisheries & Oceans Canada goals of identifying and tackling the issues of ghost gear and other related threats to marine life in Nigeria and the West Coast of Africa by creating economic frontiers for coastal communities and harnessing collaboration with government and stakeholders on policy development and standard practice.
Fishing Net Gains is a project designed to identify and tackle ghost gear and other related threats to marine life in Nigeria and the West Coast of Africa.
