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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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Our Focus

Biodiversity conservation lies at the heart of our grassroots work.

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Our Focus

Biodiversity conservation lies at the heart of our grassroots work.

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Our Networks

United by a strong sense of purpose and teamwork, our skilled staff and dynamic management drive our mission forward

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Our Networks

We partner with several networks and coalitions at local, national and international levels, sharing similar mission and vision.

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Our Mandate

Promoting sustainable green development and entrenchment of human rights in Nigeria.

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Our Core Values

Selflessness, commitment, courage, honesty, accountability, sincerity and transparency.

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Our Strengths

Professional and experienced staff, deep knowledge of the Niger Delta environment, international partnership, research and evidence-based approach to issues, objectivity and unbiased reporting,...

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Our Vision

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

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Our Outreach

Strategic for the promotion of human rights in our society, in defence of the vulnerable.

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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

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...

CEHRD organized Sensitization Meeting on Mangrove Restoration in Rumourlumeni Community

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 4th, 2025 had a Sensitisation...

CEHRD organized Sensitization Meeting on Mangrove Restoration in Kono

by Josiah Egbilika Centre For Environment Human Rights And Development – CEHRD on Thursday, Septmeber 4, 2025 carryout a sensitization on the project: “Accelerating Community-Led Mangrove...

CEHRD Conducts Site assessment and Baseline study in Rumourlumeni community in Obio-Akpor Local Government Area, Rivers State, Nigeria

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 15th 2025 carried out a...

CEHRD Conducts Site assessment and Baseline study in Kono, Khana Local Government Area, Rivers State, Nigeria

by Meshach Uyi Site assessment and baseline survey in Kono community was carried out on Friday, September 12, 2025. The visit to the proposed sites which was led by the Secretary of Kono Council of...

CEHRD Visits to Kono community on Mangrove Restoration Project

by Josiah Egbilika The Centre For Environment Human Rights And Development – CEHRD on August 20, 2025, paid a visit to Kono community in Khana Local Government to seek for the buy-in of the...

Our Partners