Nature Crisis Update: Nigeria’s forests to disappear by 2020

Nigeria will lose all of its remaining forests in the next 12 years if the rate of deforestation remains unchecked, an environmental expert warned Thursday.

“Considering the rate at which trees are chopped down without any regeneration efforts all of Nigeria’s forests will disappear by 2020,” Kabiru Yammama said.

A still from the Documentary: Trees Of Plenty

Yammama, who heads up the National Forest Conservation Council (NFCCN), a body that

Friday, March 28th, 2008
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