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 ...

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

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

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 ...

88 people dead after floods hit Nigeria 00:27. At least 151 people have now been confirmed dead after heavy rainfall unleashed flooding in a market town in north-central Nigeria, the local ...

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, ...

Peter Nyongesa walks through the mangroves to monitor his beehives in the Bangladesh slums in Mombasa, Kenya, on May 30, 2024. The 69-year-old Nyongesa recalled how he would plead unsuccessfully ...

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 ...

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 ...