Poverty and plantations: Nigerian reserve struggles against the odds

Mongabay
Nov 30, 2023, 10:55 pm161 pts
Situated in western Nigeria, some 70 kilometers (113 miles) east of Nigeria’s commercial city of Lagos, Oluwa Forest Reserve is facing severe pressure from smallholder farmers and big plantations. On Highway A121, a major route between Lagos and the city of Ore that bissects the reserve, Mongabay observed…

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