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Nigeria country profile

Nigeria country profile

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Updated: July 30, 2009, 4:42 pm
This article has been reviewed by the following Topic Editor: Lakhdar Boukerrou

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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: <a href='http://chronicle.uchicago.edu/' class='external text' title='http://chronicle.uchicago.edu/' rel='nofollow'>The University of Chicago Chronicle</a>) 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

Maggie Surface (Lead Author);Lakhdar Boukerrou (Topic Editor) "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 July 30, 2009; Last revised Date July 30, 2009; Retrieved May 22, 2013 <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Nigeria_country_profile>

The Author

Maggie SurfaceMaggie Surface, originally from Nashville, TN, graduated in May of 2007 from Allegheny College with a double B.S. in physics and environmental studies. Her senior thesis at Allegheny focused on bringing solar energy to campus. She interned with American Rivers in the summer of 2006, helping plan River Lobby Day, and with the Meadville Area Local Growers and the Meadville Redevelopment Authority in the summer of 2005. Maggie served as the Earth Portal Program Coordinator for the National Counc ... (Full Bio)

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