Nigeria - Environment
As far as the environment of Nigeria is concerned, there have been serious overpopulation and rapid urbanization have led to numerous environmental problems; urban air and water pollution; rapid deforestation; soil degradation; loss of arable land; oil pollution - water, air, and soil have suffered serious damage from oil spills. As for nvironment - international agreements, we have; Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Marine Dumping-London Protocol, Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands.
About the environment of Nigeria
| Climate | We have varies; equatorial in south, tropical in center, arid in north |
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| Revenue from forest resources | 1.02% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Revenue from coal | 0% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Waste and recycling | Municipal solid waste generated annually: 27,614,830 tons (2009 est.) |
| Total renewable water resources | 286.2 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Major rivers (by length in km) | Niger river mouth (shared with Guinea [s], Mali, Benin, and Niger) - 4,200 km note – [s] after country name indicates river source; [m] after country name indicates river mouth |
| Total water withdrawal | |
| Municipal | 5 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Industrial | 1.97 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Agricultural | 5.51 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Air pollutants | |
| Particulate matter emissions | 55.64 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.) |
| Carbon dioxide emissions | 120.37 megatons (2016 est.) |
| Methane emissions | 143.99 megatons (2020 est.) |
| Land Use | |
| Agricultural land | 78% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: arable land | arable land: 37.3% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent crops | permanent crops: 7.4% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent pasture | permanent pasture: 33.3% (2018 est.) |
| Forest | 9.5% (2018 est.) |
| Other | 12.5% (2018 est.) |
| Urbanization | |
| Urban population | 54.3% of total population (2023) |
| Rate of urbanization | 3.92% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major urban areas (Pop) | 15.946 million Lagos, 4.348 million Kano, 3.875 million Ibadan, 3.840 million ABUJA (capital), 3.480 million Port Harcourt, 1.905 million Benin City (2023). |
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