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CHAPTER 10 FIGURE 10.7 Protected areas in Nigeria, 2009
Ia: Strict Nature Reserve Ib: Wilderness Area II: National Park III: National Monument
IV: Habitat / Species Management Area V: Protected Landscape / Seascape VI: Managed Resource Protected Area Not applicable Not known
Sources: Protected areas are from the World Database on Protected Areas (UNEP and IUCN 2009). Water bodies are from the World Wildlife Fund’s Global Lakes and Wetlands Database (Lehner and Döll 2004).
Major agricultural activities are also undertaken in the floodplains of the Niger and Benue Rivers and the inland valleys in the central part of the country. Figure 10.7 shows the locations of protected areas, including parks and
reserves. These locations provide important protection for fragile environmen- tal areas, which may also be important for the tourism industry. Two catego- ries of protected areas are shown in Figure 10.7 that are applicable to Nigeria. These are International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) cat- egory II and IUCN category not known. The IUCN category not known includes the wetlands of Yobe in the northeastern part of the country, Kainji Lake National Park, north central Nigeria, and the mosaic of forest reserves. Figure 10.8 shows the travel time to urban areas that provide potential mar- kets for agricultural products as well as places where agricultural inputs and