nigeria: Fuel Price Hike Spells Doom for Nigeria’s Forest

Inhabitants of an oil rich country, Nigerians have had to resort to using wood for fuel due to the increase in price of petroleum products. When the Nigerian government on June 20 suddenly increased the prices of petroleum products such as petrol, diesel and the commonly used kerosene by about 50 percent, it was a decision with far reaching effects. Nigerian environmental groups say that massive deforestation of the nation’s severely depleted forest may follow if the fuel price increase is not reversed.