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Poverty: Nigeria is experiencing a high level of poverty, and this has led many to deforestation. People are going into the bush with the intention of fetching firewood, cutting down trees for timber, and for so many other reasons. The level of poverty ravaging the majority of the masses is tripling on a daily basis. [83]
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]
Khaya ivorensis, also called African mahogany or Lagos mahogany, is a tall forest tree with a buttressed trunk in the family Meliaceae.It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon, Ghana, Liberia, and Nigeria where it grows primarily in lowland tropical rainforests.
Topography of Nigeria. Nigeria is a large country in West Africa just north of the equator. It is bounded by Benin to the west, Niger to the north, Cameroon to the east and the Atlantic Ocean to the south. The country consists of several large plateaus separated by the valleys of the two major rivers, the Niger and the Benue, and their tributaries.
The forest was also thought to be the last remaining site of the ostrich in Nigeria. [ 9 ] Seventeen species of mammals were reported in 2010 in the Sambisa Game Reserve [ 7 ] including, baboon , patas monkey , tantalus monkey , Grimm's duiker , red-fronted gazelle , African bush elephant , roan antelope , hartebeest , African leopard and ...
This category contains the native flora of Nigeria as defined by the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions. Taxa of the lowest rank are always ...
The Ngwo Pine Forest is a pine forest located in Enugu, Nigeria. [1] The forest is a large stretch of land with tall pine trees. It features a limestone cave and a waterfall, and is used as a recreational area, bolstering the socioeconomic development in the Enugu State. [2] [3]
From 2001 to 2022, Nigeria lost 1.25 Mha of tree cover, and experienced a deforestation rate of 163 Kha/year, the 15th fastest rate among nations. (The fastest being Brazil with 1,700 Kha/year) [34] Loss of Ancient Tree Species through Logging. The nation has lost 12% of its relative tree cover since 2000, accounting for 0.27% of the global ...