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Forests are essential resources for local communities in Nigeria. Deforestation can displace indigenous people, disrupt traditional lifestyles, and lead to social and economic challenges. Town's drainage system damaged by careless logging A group of African Forest Elephants, a species that could be threatened by deforestation in Nigeria.
The forests provide habitat for a rich variety of animals, such as primates (including the Nigeria-Cameroon chimpanzee), elephants, leopards, antelopes, reptiles, amphibians, and a vast array of bird species. [citation needed] a broad leaf evergreen forest in Benin Nigeria. About 48% of the territory is closed forest, mostly broadleaf evergreen ...
By 1998, Nigeria has 196,000 ha and 704 ha in protected areas outside the forest reserves. Between 1985 and 2005, three percent of Nigeria's forest reserves were plantations. [4] In 2010, Nigeria had a total plantation area of 382,000 ha. Gmelina and teak make up about 44 percent of the total trees in the plantation. [6]
The drought of 1972 and 1973 was attributed to the death of 13% of animals in the north-eastern Nigeria and an annual agricultural yield loss of more than 50%. [30] The rainfall trend between 1960 and 1990 in northeast Nigeria has steadily declined by about 8 mm/year. [31] Nigeria's most recent drought was between 1991 and 1995. [31] [32]
Oil extraction is the largest threat to Nigeria's mangrove forests. Comprising 97 percent of Nigeria's total exports, the oil-rich Niger Delta produces up to two million barrels of crude oil a day, which has placed Nigeria as the 9th oil producing country in the world. [61] Such extensive oil extraction has come at great environmental and ...
The National Emergency Management Agency says 229 people have been killed by floods in Nigeria since the start of the year. The worst flooding in recent times killed 600 people in 2022.
Cross River National Park borders Korup National Park in Cameroon and is the largest rain forest area in Nigeria. It is also a hotspot for biodiversity. [3] The park has one of the oldest rainforests in Africa, and has been identified as a biodiversity hot spot. [2] Sixteen primate species [4] have been recorded in the park. [5]
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Security forces swept through large forests in Nigeria’s northwest region on Friday in search of nearly 300 children abducted from their school by motorcycle-riding ...