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Land Resource Inventory and Ecological Vulnerability: Assessment of Onne Area in Rivers State, Nigeria
O.J. Kamalu and C.C. Wokocha
Corresponding Author: Wokocha Chima Chibuike
Submitted: 2010 April, 13
Accepted: 2010 April, 24
Published: 2011 August, 10 |
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Key enviromental issues in the Niger Delta of Nigeria relate to its oil industry. The Delta covers
20,000 km2 within wetlands of 70,000 km2 formed predominently by sediment deposition.Home to 20 million
people and 40 different ethnic groups,this floodplain makes up 7.5% of Nigeria's total land mass. It is the largest
wetland and maintains the third-largest drainage area in Africa. The Delta's environment can be broken down
into four ecological zones: coastal barrier islands; mangrove swamp forests; freshwaterswamps and lowland
rainforest.This incredibly well endowed ecosystem,which contains one of the highest concentrations of
biodiversity on the planet,in addition to supporting the abundant flora and fauna,arable terrain that can sustain
a wide variety of crops,economic trees and more species of freshwater fish, than any ecosystem in West Africa.
Key words: Enviroment, ecosystem, land degradation, , , ,
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O.J. Kamalu and C.C. Wokocha, . Land Resource Inventory and Ecological Vulnerability: Assessment of Onne Area in Rivers State, Nigeria. Research Journal of Environmental and Earth Sciences, (5): 438-447.
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