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Nigeria and other African countries are being urged to urgently adopt policies and strategies to avert looming loss of over $2.7tr to the collapse of ecosystem services.

The experts in a report made available to The Guardian as part of campaign tagged EcoKnowledge Derivative , which is being championed by the International Support Network for African Development and implemented with support from World Wide Fund for Nature , noted that biodiversity conservation remained the key to economic growth in Africa.

While food prices remained high in countries like Nigeria, as inflation stays high, the apex bank noted that collapse of ecosystem would affect provision of food from marine fisheries and timber from forests. She said there was need to protect biodiversity, stressing that excessive deforestation and water pollution affects tourism, which generates $168b yearly to Africa economy.

 

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