Flooding, Climate Crisis: C'River Lost 14,000 Hectares of Rainforest in 2025 — Conservator

Flooding, Climate Crisis: C'River lost 14,000 hectares of rainforest in 2025 — Conservator

The Conservator of the Cross River National Park, Mr. Joseph Ntui, has raised alarm over the rapid depletion of Cross River's rainforest, disclosing that about 14,000 hectares of tropical rainforest were lost in 2025 alone, resulting in the emission of an estimated eight million tonnes of carbon dioxide. The post Flooding, Climate Crisis: C’River lost 14,000 hectares of rainforest in 2025 — Conservator appeared first on Vanguard News.

Cross River Lost 14,000 Hectares of Tropical Rainforest in 2025 – Conservator General

The Conservator General of Nigeria National Park Service, Dr Ibrahim Goni, has disclosed that Cross River in 2025 lost more than 14,000 hectares of tropical rainforest through deforestation, illegal mining, and agricultural expansion. Goni stated this on Friday at the 4th multi-stakeholders conference on deforestation in Cross River with the theme, “Forests, people and policy: Shifting power and strategies for combating deforestation,” organised…

Experts Seek Reform Over Loss Of 14,000 Hectares Of Cross River Forest

After criminals and loggers destroyed 14,000 hectares of Cross River rainforest in 2025, conservators and environmental experts have  demanded  for urgent forestry law reforms to curb deforestation and protect the endangered ecosystem. The concern was raised yesterday in Calabar during the 4th Multi-Stakeholder Conference on Deforestation in Cross River State. Speaking on the theme, “Forests, People and Policy: Shifting Power and Strategies for…

Climate Crisis: Capitalism's Role and Unequal Impacts

A critical examination of climate change, rooted in Marxist political economy, posits that the crisis is not merely a collective human failure but a consequence of capitalism’s inherent drive for accumulation and profit. This perspective argues that the current ecological crisis stems from an economic system that prioritizes resource extraction and expansion over ecological sustainability, leading to significant global inequalities in both respo…