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    extensive mangrove forests in the coastal region of the Niger Delta. Considered one of the most ecologically sensitive regions in the world, the Niger Delta mangrove...
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    The Niger Delta swamp forests is a tropical moist forest ecoregion in southern Nigeria. It consists of freshwater swamp forests in the Niger Delta of the...
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    The Niger Delta is the delta of the Niger River sitting directly on the Gulf of Guinea on the Atlantic Ocean in Nigeria. It is located within nine coastal...
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    / Korup". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 2023-11-20. "Niger Delta Mangroves". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 2023-11-20. "Gashaki-Gumpti...
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  • Environmental issues in the Niger Delta are caused by its petroleum industry. The delta covers 20,000 km2 (7,700 sq mi) within wetlands of 70,000 km2...
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    Obolos occupy the longest stretch of the Cross River Basin of the Niger Delta mangroves belt, which also houses the largest oil and gas deposits in the...
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    Niger Delta: The curse of the black gold". 2 August 2008. "Central African mangroves". DOPA Explorer. Accessed 8 November 2021 UNEP (2007). Mangrove of...
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    of the delta are fringed with mangroves. Schipper. Amazon-Orinoco ... Myers. Tognetti, Burdette & Schipper. WildFinder – WWF. "Orinoco Delta Wetlands...
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    The Niger Delta Basin, also referred to as the Niger Delta province, is an extensional rift basin located in the Niger Delta and the Gulf of Guinea on...
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    through Mali, Niger, on the border with Benin and then through Nigeria, discharging through a massive delta, known as the Niger Delta, into the Gulf...
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    African mangroves in the coastal southwest and the Nigerian lowland forests in most of the rest of the state as a small portion of the Niger Delta swamp...
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    Warri (redirect from Warri, Delta)
    Jones Creek in the lower Niger Delta Region. The city has a modern seaport which serves as the cargo transit point between the Niger River and the Atlantic...
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    Plateau, Mambilla Plateau, Jos Plateau, Obudu Plateau, the Niger River, Benue River, and Niger Delta. Nigeria is in the tropics, where the climate is very...
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    African mangroves in the coastal far south while the major inland ecoregions are–from east to west–the Cross–Sanaga–Bioko coastal forests, Cross–Niger transition...
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  • mangroves is found between the 5° N and 5° S latitudes. Approximately 75% of world's mangroves are found in just 15 countries. Estimates of mangrove area...
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    in the Rivers South-East senatorial district of Rivers State, in the Niger Delta region of southern Nigeria. They number just over 2 million and live...
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    Myanmar Coast mangroves are an ecoregion in Burma, Malaysia, Thailand and Bangladesh where there were once thick forests of mangroves but today most...
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    The Guianan mangroves (NT1411) is a coastal ecoregion of southeastern Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana and Brazil. The mangroves provide an important...
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    in the central part and R. mangle on the inner edge. The mangrove swamps of the Niger Delta are estimated to be the breeding ground of 40% of the fish...
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  • African mangroves AT1402 East African mangroves Gulf of Guinea mangroves AT1403 Guinean mangroves Madagascar mangroves AT1404 Madagascar mangroves New Guinea...
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  • "relatively small" oil spill affected the mangroves in Bodo. In 2008 and 2009, two oil spills from the Trans-Niger pipeline operated by Shell Nigeria spilled...
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    zone's most southerly portion, especially around the Niger River and Cross River deltas, is mangrove swamp. North of this is fresh water swamp, containing...
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    largest oil and gas producer in Africa (after Angola). Crude oil from the Niger Delta basin comes in two types: light, and comparatively heavy – the lighter...
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  • soft-bottom macrozoobenthos to oil pollution in a tropical mangrove ecosystem, Niger Delta, Nigeria". Marine Pollution Bulletin. 82 (1–2): 167–174. doi:10...
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  • Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (category Niger River Delta)
    000 Ogoni in a non-violent campaign for environmental justice in the Niger Delta. Peaceful demonstrations led by MOSOP and other indigenous groups in...
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  • flooded savanna Central African mangroves by bioregion Bight Coastal Lake Chad Catchment Lower Niger-Benue Niger Delta Northern West Coastal Equatorial...
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    are bounded on the south by coastal mangroves and the Gulf of Guinea, on the east by the Niger River and its delta, on the north by the Guinean forest-savanna...
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    Tobago New Guinea mangroves – A freshwater wetland in Trinidad and Tobago Niger Delta mangroves – A mangrove forest within a deltaic depositional environment...
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    restoration of swamps, creeks, fishing grounds and mangroves, could take 25 years. The Niger Delta is one of the most polluted regions in the world. The...
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    Rivers State, also known as Rivers, is a state in the Niger Delta region of southern Nigeria (Old Eastern Region). Formed in 1967, when it was split from...
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