Crisis in Monitoring and Transparency Regarding Oil Spills in Nigeria's Mangroves. The unreliability of data on the scale and spread of oil spills disseminated by monitoring agencies like NOSDRA ...

Nigeria, a nation blessed with a richly diverse coastal and marine environment, sits on the edge of the Atlantic Ocean with ...

A nongovernmental organisation, ‘The Nigerian Conservation Foundation’ has called for the establishment of local structures focused on restoring and managing Nigeria’s mangrove forests ...

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, ...

A women-led reforestation effort has planted millions of mangrove trees with a high survival rate across swamps in Nigeria’s oil-rich and severely degraded Niger Delta. For decades, the Ogoni ...

Around 28 GAA pitches worth of mangrove land is lost every day in the Niger Delta due to oil pollution. Nearly 6,000 hectares of mangrove forests in the Niger Delta are lost to oil spills annually.

NCF calls for urgent action to restore Nigeria’s mangroves, citing oil pollution, climate change, and threats to livelihoods in Niger Delta communities.

The Federal Government has announced a plan to develop a roadmap for the conservation and protection of mangroves, ... “Nigeria is aiming to be part of that $4bn, ...

Fringing the delta of the Niger River, local mangrove forests are essential to biodiversity and the survival of local communities. In Nigeria, scientists, activists and lawyers are joining forces ...

The GEF project aims to regenerate mangrove forests in the Niger Delta, offsetting carbon emissions in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

Crisis in Monitoring and Transparency Regarding Oil Spills in Nigeria’s Mangroves. The unreliability of data on the scale and spread of oil spills disseminated by monitoring agencies like NOSDRA ...