The Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management ProjectNEWMAP says it has reclaimed over 70 active gully erosion sites and 2, 500hectares of degraded land across the country. The National Coordinator of NEWMAP Salisu Dahiru,said this in Abuja. Dahiru said that over 70 gully erosion sites and2,500 hectares of land were reclaimed in less than six years of the projectsimplementation. He said the hectares of land were reclaimed throughafforestation projects in the northern part, while civil work construction andbio-remediation measures were carried out on the active gullies sites in SouthEast. He said that the projects were achieved through the500 million dollars given by the World Bank as an advance to cover phase one ofthe projects. The national coordinator said NEWMAP got additionalgrant of 3.96 million dollars from the Global Environmental Facility and 4.63million dollars from the Special Climate Change Fund to support the projects.