Logging is threatening Omo Forest Reserve in southern Nigeria, which is home to endangered wildlife like African elephants.
A bare-chested man loads timber onto a truck inside the Omo Forest Reserve in Nigeria on Monday, July 31, 2023. Conservationists say the outer region of Omo Forest Reserve, where logging is allowed, is already heavily deforested. As trees become scarce, loggers are heading deep into the 550-square-kilometer conservation area, which is also under threat from uncontrolled cocoa farming and poaching.
The forest's gatekeepers and those processing the wood both dispute that assertion, insisting trees are disappearing. Joseph Olaonipekun, a guard, said officials from Ogun state's forestry department used to mark trees that could be cut and ensure “strict” enforcement to prevent others from being removed. But that's no longer done, he said.
But forest rangers hired by the nonprofit Nigerian Conservation Foundation, which is the government’s partner in managing the conservation zone, have found it a challenge to protect against illegal logging in off-limits areas. That factor should be considered, said Wale Adedayo, chairman of the Ijebu East local government area where a significant part of the forest is located. He advocated for a reduction of the conservation zone to give more land to locals to farm and log.
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