nigeria human environment interaction

nigeria human environment interaction

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  Nigeria's Human EnvironmentInteraction Presented by: Claire Gui
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  Region  Nigeria hasa varied landscape.  The far south tropical rainforest climate annual rainfall is 1,500 to 2,000 mm a year  southeast the Obudu Plateau  southwest and southeast Coastal plains  This forest zone's most southerly portion is defined as "salt water swamp"  North water swamp contains different vegetation from the salt water swamp
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   Flooding  Desertification Oil Industry  Waste Management
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  Flooding  Nigeria hasa rainy season and suffers from seasonal floods.  These flash foods are sometimes lethal, especially in the rural areas or overcrowded slums, where drainage is poor or does not exist at all.  The 2012 Nigeria floods began in early July 2012, and have killed 363 people and displaced over 2,100,000 people.
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  Flooding  Major floodingin many parts of Nigeria caused severe erosion  Properties were destroyed, lives were lost, and many people were displaced in the flooding.  In Northern Nigeria, trees are felled for fuelwood, and land becomes barren; desertification has become a major issue.  The ecosystem services which trees bring to the landscape are vital for protecting soils in times of drought.
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  Desertification  After losing351,000 hectares of land in Nigeria to desertification, it poses the “most serious environmental challenge in the country’s north” .  Environment Minister revealed that the country is losing 0.6 kilometers per years to desertification at the Northern Nigeria. all the provinces that are affected
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  Desertification  The ramificationsof deforestation have impacted the country’s landscape, with “uncontrolled logging and tree felling” .
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  Oil Industry  TheNiger Delta is the delta of the Niger River at the Gulf of Guinea on the Atlantic Ocean in Nigeria.  a very densely populated region called the Oil Rivers
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  Oil Industry  oncea major producer of palm oil  The area was the British Oil Rivers Protectorate from 1885 until 1893, when it was expanded and became the Niger Coast Protectorate.  The delta is an oil-rich region, and has been the centre of international controversy over devastating pollution and ecocide , and human rights violations in which Royal Dutch Shell has been implicated
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  Waste Management  Wastemanagement including sewage treatment, the linked processes of deforestation and soil degradation, and climate change or global warming are the major environmental problems in Nigeria.  presents problems in a mega city which are linked with economic development, population growth and the inability of municipal councils to manage the resulting rise in industrial and domestic waste.