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Our Focus

Our main focus is on the rural areas, its people, biodiversity conservation, rural health and population.

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Center for Environment, Human Rights and Development

Our work spans through the entire Niger Delta. Our main focus is on the rural areas, its people, biodiversity conservation, rural health and population. We also monitor document and report human rights violations across the region. In some of the cases, CEHRD provides legal advocacy to victims of human rights violations. 

CEHRD

Promoting sustainable green development and entrenchment of human rights in Nigeria

Our Programs

OUR SCOPE IS NATIONAL

Our works cut across all strata of society in terms of age, gender and abilities, and the ratio of women to men we serve is 55:45.

We work towards a world where every child is free and their rights are protected under a just law

CEHRD researches, monitors and document on human rights, small arms, governance and topical biodiversity and environmental issues in the Niger Delta region and their associated human rights impacts

Over the years, CEHRD has grown into a leading NGO in the human rights and environmental movement in Nigeria, recording a number of important successes and milestones in the civil society sector

Our Vision
A just society with an enabling environment for the realization of the peoples’ fundamental human rights.

Guided by science and collaboration, we empower communities and partners to restore ecosystems through swift and sustainable greening initiatives.

Recent Publications

CEHRD Trained Community Members on Mangrove Planting in Kono Community, Khana LGA

In continuation of the GEF Small Grants Programme, United Nations Development Programme – UNDP activity implementation, Centre For Environment Human Rights And Development – CEHRD on...

CEHRD Trained Community Members on Mangrove Planting in Kono Community, Khana LGA

Centre For Environment Human Rights And Development – CEHRD in continuation with the GEF Small Grants Programme, United Nations Development Programme – UNDP project on “Accelerating...

Utilize The Capacity of Local Mangrove-preneurs in Ogoni, CEHRD Urges HYPREP

by Josiah Egbilika and Meshack Uyi The Centre for Environment, Human Rights and Development (CEHRD) has reaffirmed its commitment to partnering with the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project...

CEHRD Ogarnize Stakehoders Workshop on Mangrove Restoration in Rumuolumeni, Rivers State

By Tammy Cookey In continuation of the UNDP-GEF small grant program activity implementation, The Centre for Environment, Human rights and Development (CEHRD) on October 10th 2025 carried out a...

CEHRD Ogarnize Stakehoders Workshop on Mangrove Restoration for Kono Community, Rivers State

By Meshack Uyi The Centre for Environment, Human Rights and Development (CEHRD) on October 9, 2025, organized a Stakeholders’ Workshop on Mangrove Ecosystem Restoration at Bori Town, in Khana Local...

We Didn’t Know, Now We Know, Youths Commit To Protecting Mangroves In Rumuolumeni Community

By Josiah Egbilika The youths of Rumuolumeni have committed to protect the mangroves in their community stating that they were ignorant of the benefits of the mangroves in their community over the...

CEHRD Sets Precepts, Create Community Mangrove Restoration Vanguards in Rivers State, Nigeria

By Josiah Egbilika The Centre for Environment, Human Rights and Development (CEHRD) in its bid to restore mangrove in Rivers State, has created Community Mangrove Restoration Vanguard in Kono, Khana...

CEHRD Organized Project Inception Meeting on Mangrove Restoration Project in Kono Community, Rivers State

by Josiah Egbilika Centre For Environment Human Rights And Development – CEHRD on September 26 2025, organized project inception meeting at Kono Community, Khana Local Government Area, Rivers...

CEHRD Organized Project Inception Meeting on Mangrove Restoration Project in Rumuolumeni Community, Rivers State

by Tammy Cookey In continuation of the UNDP-GEF small grant program activity implementation, The Centre for Environment, Human rights and Development (CEHRD) on September 24th 2025 carried out a...

Our Partners