Saving the Last Stand of the Nigerian Rainforest, Would this victory be the beginning?
G one are the days when Nigeria could boast of her rich and intact Rainforest. This natural endowment helped place the country alongside other Rainforest rich countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and invariably a recognized zone in the extended rainforest belt of tropical Africa which stretches into the Congo Basin. However, it is no news again that the glory days of the Rainforest of Nigeria are far gone. The extent of the decline is such that would bring tears to the eyes of well-minded conservationists that might have at one time or the other worked around the forests of Nigeria in its glory days. The Nigerian Rainforest used to be an extensive one and quite a rich haven of biodiversity, both flora and fauna and also of note are the endemic species that made it distinguished and exotic. Unfortunately, the consumerism ravaging the country has found a thriving ground in the Forestry sector, such that the national interest is more on the economic potential (Exploitation) of fore