Nigeria’s Forests Under Threat As 4,000 Illegal Miners Are Evicted From National Park

Nigeria is losing about 300 hectares of forest daily. At the same time, more than 4,000 illegal miners have been forced out of Gashaka-Gumti National Park following security operations, the National Park Service (NPS) has said.
The Conservator-General of the service, Ibrahim Goni, disclosed this in Abuja while receiving members of the Environmental Media Correspondents Association of Nigeria (EMCAN), warning that illegal mining, logging, wildlife trafficking and insecurity were undermining conservation efforts across the country.
Goni said the scale of forest destruction required urgent attention, noting that the continued depletion of forest reserves could worsen desertification and ...