nigeria human environment interaction

1. Nigeria's Human Environment Interaction
Presented by: Claire Gui

2. Region
 Nigeria has a 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

3.  Flooding
 Desertification
 Oil Industry
 Waste Management

4. Flooding
 Nigeria has a 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.

5. Flooding
 Major flooding in 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.

6. Desertification
 After losing 351,000 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

7. Desertification
 The ramifications of deforestation have impacted the
country’s landscape, with “uncontrolled logging and tree
felling” .

8. Oil Industry
 The Niger 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

9. Oil Industry
 once a 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

10. Waste Management
 Waste management 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.