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Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa and has highly diverse forest ecosystems. Unfortunately, this rich vegetation continues to decline at an alarming rate; 21% of its forest cover...
The Nigerian terrain is quite varied but except perhaps, in a few areas of rugged hills or extreme water logging (Figure 1 & 2), it does not constitute a major constraint to man's social and ...
Below there is the map of Nigeria showing vegetation belts. Vegetation zones in Nigeria. As mentioned in the previous lesson, Nigeria is a state of forests and savannas. Once, a significant part of the territory was covered with dense tropical rainforests.
The Nigerian vegetation zones are described following Adekanmbi and Ogundipe (2009b) based on Keay (1959a, b) (Fig. 1). The following vegetation zones are recognized from North to South: a.
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.
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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