Mohammed Abdulahi, minister of environment, says deforestation in Nigeria is being supported by powerful people at the sub-national level who protect loggers that produce charcoal for sale.
“To have some level of control, apart from timber legal standards, we have what we call National Trust Fund , which is essentially to track in areas where there is so much pressure on our forests,” he said.“After tracking it, raise red flags and then engage those communities and the state governments so that the solution can be brought and have a level of the arrest of the continuous challenge to our forest.
“Part of the problem is that, initially, the federal government used to intervene in state erosion matters under the ecological fund. But the states insisted that they be given their share of the ecological funds.
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