Nigeria country profile

Lead Author: Maggie Surface (other articles)
This article has been reviewed and approved by the following Topic Editor: Lakhdar Boukerrou (other articles)
Last Updated: August 22, 2008

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A young boy stands in front of a felled ironwood tree in Nigeria, where the environment is subjected to deforestation. (Source: The University of Chicago Chronicle)
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A young boy stands in front of a felled ironwood tree in Nigeria, where the environment is subjected to deforestation. (Source: The University of Chicago Chronicle)

  1. General overview
  2. Water in Nigeria
  3. Energy in Nigeria
  4. Human Development Index
  5. Ecoregions:
    1. Cameroonian Highlands forests
    2. Central African mangroves
    3. Cross-Niger transition forests
    4. Cross-Sanaga-Bioko coastal forests
    5. Guinean forest-savanna mosaic
    6. Jos Plateau forest-grassland mosaic
    7. Mandara Plateau mosaic
    8. Niger Delta swamp forests
    9. Nigerian lowland forests
    10. Sahelian Acacia savanna
    11. West Sudanian savanna
  6. Regional biodiversity hotspot (Guinean forests of West Africa)


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Citation
Surface, Maggie (Lead Author); Lakhdar Boukerrou (Topic Editor). 2008. "Nigeria country profile." In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [First published in the Encyclopedia of Earth June 4, 2008; Last revised August 22, 2008; Retrieved November 26, 2008]. <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Nigeria_country_profile>
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