| Nigeria announced a temporary ban on the export of timber |
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| Nigeria: Nigeria government signed a guiding policy file logging and export of timber, and developed a new timber export international trade license system and the "one of five" measures to curb deforestation for trends and environmental protection.
Forest and environment minister to be tired recently announced a ban on the export of temporary lifting of the wood, he said: "because the government attaches great importance to environmental degradation and timber exports caused by harvesting no vegetation restoration in reality, for a period of time before the ban on lumber exports, is also based on the government concern about the current situation and before making further policy response the measures." He also explained: "Nigeria's forest coverage rate has dropped to 25% of the land area, while the afforestation area is less than 5%, the method is to solve the afforestation. Timber export transactions result is of some species have almost disappeared, and no plant cultivation." |
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