One way to do this is through deforestation. From 2000 to 2022, the researchers found that almost 47% of forest cover was lost in Nigeria. Khan said when forests are cut down, not only is Nigeria ...

Mangroves are under serious threat in Nigeria, especially across the Niger Delta region. These unique trees particularly in the coastal areas of Bayelsa State act as shields against flooding, habitat ...

Climate change is challenging agriculture in Nigeria, Africa's most populous country. With long dry spells and extreme heat, ...

Deforestation driven by planting cocoa, the main ingredient in chocolate, is whittling down Omo Forest Reserve, a protected rainforest in southwestern Nigeria that helps combat climate change and ...

A conservation organisation, Wild Africa, has issued a stark warning against the alarming rate of deforestation in Nigeria. The organisation, in a report on Friday as Nigeria joins the rest of the ...

Defining deforestation as the removal of forests by humans, either for timber or to clear land for other uses, such as agriculture or urbanization, explained that in Nigeria, deforestation has ...

Nigeria has a rain forest zone in the south ... A report by the United Nations Collaborative Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries ...

Wood for cooking, noted as a major driver of deforestation in Nigeria, contributes to the loss of nearly 400,000 hectares of forests annually and significantly adds to the global greenhouse gas ...

and Audrey Travère has brought to light the significant impact of Socfin Group‘s rubber and palm oil resource exploitation on deforestation and the forced displacement of Indigenous populations in ...