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Country Profile: Nigeria |
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Forestry and Deforestation
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| Title: |
Statistics for Forest Cover and Protection in Africa |
| Resource Type: |
Database |
| Resource Language(s): |
English |
| Author: |
S., C. Ravilious and T. Quinton |
| Abstract: |
A site that provides Statistics for Forest Cover
and Protection in Africa. It is part of a compilation of global forest
conservation resources authored by Iremonger, S., C. Ravilious and T. Quinton (1997.).
"A Statistical
Analysis of Global Forest Conservation." In: Iremonger, S., C. Ravilious and T.
Quinton (Eds.) A global overview of forest conservation. Including: GIS files of
forests and protected areas, version 2. CD-ROM. CIFOR and WCMC, Cambridge, U.K. Click here for
discussion of results for Africa.
- Map - Forest
Cover in Nigeria showing Forest Protected Areas
- Map showing African
forests and protected areas.
- Map showing African
Ecological Zones, forest cover and protected areas.
- Bar chart
showing total area of each forest type with the percentage protected.
- Bar chart
showing the total area of forest in each country with the percentage protected. (4.7% of Nigeria's forests were protected in 1997)
- Bar chart
showing area of forest in each ecological zone with the percentage protected.
- Table showing
total forest area and area of forest protected in each country.
- Total area of
each forest type and percentage of this protected in each country.[Nigeria: area of forest = 279,010 km2 , area of forest protected
= 13,031km2 in 1997 (Total area km2 / amount protected km2:
Mangrove 11,450/2; Lowland evergreen broadleaf rainforest 31,961/3,674;
Deciduous/semi-deciduous broadleaf forest 84,377/4,909; Sparse trees/parkland
105,884/4,223; Disturbed natural forest 45,338/223)]
- Area of each
forest type in each ecological zone and amount protected.
- Total area of each ecological zone, percentage of each zone with forest, and percentage
of each with protected forest.
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| Affiliation: |
CIFOR and WCMC, Cambridge, U.K. |
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