Legal Framework on Management and Protection of Mangroves in the Niger Delta, Nigeria

Onovo Sunday Afamefuna, Iwori Andy Imabibo

Abstract: The depletion of natural resources including mangrove forests is severe and devastating. In order to mitigate the effects of depletion of such natural resources, legal and frameworks are in place to regulate activities in the mangroves with particular aim to manage and preserve the mangroves in the Niger Delta. This article adopted the doctrinal research method in appraising the legal and institutional frameworks. While the article concedes to the plethora of legislation on the subject, the article reveals that very little impact is felt, as deforestation is carried out without control in the mangroves. Accordingly, it is recommended that an effective machinery should be set in place to enforce the provisions of the various legislation, and protect the mangrove for the good of generation and generations to come.

Keywords: Mangroves, Deforestation, Protection