West African Conservation Network

West African Conservation Network (WACN) is a non-profit organization established by Patrick Ogbonnia Egwu, with a primary mission of preserving and restoring wilderness areas.

Location
WACN has its headquarters on the 7th Floor of Mulliner Towers, Alfred Rewane Road Lagos, 101233, Nigeria and Kemp House, City Road, London, EC1V 2NX, United Kingdom

Overview
WACN was established in August 2020. With an emphasis on collaboration with governmental entities, the organization seeks to address the decline of wilderness regions, aspiring to transform them into sustainable ecosystems. The organization endeavors to promote sustainability within these habitats through strategic initiatives, aiming to ensure their long-term viability for future generations. WACN's mission centers on the restoration and protection of depleted wilderness areas. This mission entails establishing agreements with governmental authorities governing the respective jurisdictions of these wilderness areas. Utilizing meticulous protection measures and strategic reintroduction efforts, WACN endeavors to reverse the decline of biodiversity within these regions, to restore them to their original levels of ecological integrity.

Projects
Kainji Lake National Park

On the 27th of October 2023, WACN signed a 31 years memorandum of understanding with the Nigeria National Park Service to restore, secure and manage the Kainji Lake National Park which is a 2000+ square mile (5000+ square kilometers) wilderness area straddling Niger and Kwara states, in the northwestern part of the country.