OMO FOREST RESERVE, Nigeria — Roaring chain saws sent trees crashing to the ground, and bare-chested men hacked away at the branches beside a muddy road. Others heaved logs onto a truck, where ...

Babatunde Fatai, a cocoa farmer, holds a cocoa pod at a farm inside the conservation zone of the Omo Forest Reserve in Nigeria, Monday, Oct. 23, 2023.

Babatunde Fatai, a cocoa farmer, holds a cocoa pod at a farm inside the conservation zone of the Omo Forest Reserve in Nigeria, Monday, Oct. 23, 2023. By The Associated Press PUBLISHED: December ...

Farmers break cocoa pods inside the conservation zone of the Omo Forest Reserve in Nigeria, Monday, Oct. 23, 2023. Farmers, buyers and others say cocoa heads from deforested areas of the protected ...

In an era where Nigeria faces rising economic hardship, high youth unemployment, and escalating climate threats, our natural forests are increasingly viewed through a narrow lens as a source of ...

Babatunde Fatai, a cocoa farmer, holds a cocoa pod at a farm inside the conservation zone of the Omo Forest Reserve in Nigeria, Monday, Oct. 23, 2023.

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. OMO FOREST RESERVE, Nigeria — Roaring chainsaws sent trees crashing to the ground, and bare-chested men hacked away at the ...

To curb escalating insecurity across Nigeria, President Bola Tinubu has approved the establishment of a national forest guard system and ordered the recruitment of over 130,000 armed operatives to ...

Omo Forest Reserve, Nigeria — Men in dusty workwear trudge through a thicket, making their way up a hill where sprawling plantations lay tucked in a Nigerian rainforest whose trees have been ...