Nigeria is losing her thick forest at an alarming rate due to increase in global appetite for charcoal which has placed so much demand on the country's forest.
Charcoal constitutes the primary urban fuel in most of Africa and some developed countries, and is a major source of income for many especially rural farmers whose farming activities have been greatly hampered by bandits and constant clashes with herders in parts of Nigeria.
Charcoal production is one of the main causes of deforestation in Africa, this in turn is closely linked to massive decrease in soil quality and a growing risk of crop failure.