Commonwealth NGOs
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bullet3 TROPICAL FOREST NETWORK (TFN)

1 Adogba New Ife Road

Ibadan

Oyo State

Nigeria

 

Email:  tfnnigeria95@yahoo.co.uk

Website: www.tfnng.org

Type:  NGO   

Scope:  national   

Interest in Forestry:  Sustainable forestry/environmental management

Description

TFN  as we are popularly called was established in  1995 offically became regsitered in 1997 by the corporate affairs commission of Nigeria in 1997, established to  educate, create and increase public awareness on sustainable  conservation and utilisation patterns of natural resources and its environment.

Tfn program can be broadly divided into Three main divisions  namely, Research , Advocacy, and Project implementation, TFN has a staffs capacitt of 8 full time paid staffs, 7 volunteers and 4 internship students and an annual budget of about US$5,000.

TFN operates a subsidiary body known as  TROPICAL ECOTOURS INTERNATIONAL where we use tourism to entice the public into nature conservation.