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Explore the state of forests in Nigeria by analyzing tree cover change on GFW’s interactive global forest map using satellite data. Learn about deforestation rates and other land use practices, forest fires, forest communities, biodiversity and much more.
Introduction The Nigerian land area stretches over 983,213 km 2 with 78.7% in the savanna zone, 7.7% in the derived savanna zone and 13.6% in the rainforest zone.
Some of the factors he identified are as follows, transformation of rural areas, construction and rehabilitation of roads, establishment of more industries and increased welfare package. ...
In Nigeria, this is evident by the late arrival of rains, drying up of streams, and small rivers that usually flow year round, and the gradual disappearance of flood-recession cropping in...
A global map of habitat types as defined by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Potential Natural Vegetation. This map shows estimated vegetation cover that would be expected - given environmental constraints - in the absence of human impact. Human impact on forests.
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Fig. 1. Sketch-map showing the distribution of established conservation areas ( Strict Natural Reserves) in Nigeria. age - and by biotic factors. The distribution of vegetation depends chiefly on the fact that the climate tends to become drier with increasing distance from the sea. The operative factors affecting the distribution
