Natural areas in Nigeria include:

National parks

{{main, List of national parks of Nigeria *

Chad Basin National Park The Chad Basin National Park is a national park A national park is a natural park in use for conservation purposes, created and protected by national governments. Often it is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a s ...

Cross River National Park The Cross River National Park is a national park of Nigeria, located in Cross River State, Nigeria. There are two separate sections, Okwangwo (established 1991) and Oban (established 1988). The park has a total area of about 4,000 km2, most ...

Gashaka Gumti National Park Gashaka-Gumti National Park (GGNP) is a national park in Nigeria, It was gazetted from two game reserves in 1991 and is Nigeria’s largest national park. It is located in the eastern provinces of Taraba and Adamawa to the border with Cameroon. Th ...

Kainji National Park Kainji National Park is a national park in Niger State and Kwara State, Nigeria. Established in 1978, it covers an area of about . The park includes three distinct sectors: a part of the Kainji Lake in which fishing is restricted, the Borgu G ...

* Kamuku National Park *

Okomu National Park The Okomu National Park, formerly the Okomu Wildlife Sanctuary, is a forest block within the Okomu Forest Reserve in the Ovia South-West Local Government Area of Edo State in Nigeria. The park is about north west of Benin City. The park hol ...

Old Oyo National Park Old Oyo National Park is one of the national parks of Nigeria, located across northern Oyo State and southern Kwara State, Nigeria. The park is 2,512 km2 of land in northern Oyo state, south west Nigeria, at latitude 8° 15’ and 9° 00’N ...

* Yankari National Park

Forest reserves

* Afi River Forest Reserve * Akure Forest Reserve * Akure Ofosu Forest Reserve *

Edumanom Forest Reserve The Edumanom Forest Reserve is an area in the Niger Delta region of South East Nigeria, that is home to some of the last chimpanzees in Nigeria. It covers part of the old Nembe Kingdom, which is now divided into the Nembe and Brass local government ...

Gujba Forest Reserve Gujba Forest Reserve is a protected area in Yobe State, Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. ...

Idanre Forest Reserve Idanre Forest Reserve is in Idanre local government area of the Nigerian state of Ondo, in the south-west part of the country. This International Union for Conservation of Nature designated nature reserve A nature reserve (also known as a ...

Ise Forest Reserve Ise Forest Reserve is located in Ekiti State, southwestern Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Afr ...

Ngel Nyaki Forest Reserve The Ngel Nyaki Forest Reserve'', whose site is historically known as Majang, is situated on the Mambilla Plateau in NE Nigeria, covering 46 km2. It can be reached on foot from Yelwa village past the Mayo Jigawal, from where it is less than h ...

* Oba Hills Forest Reserve * Okeluse Forest Reserve *

Okomu Forest Reserve The Okomu Forest Reserve is a forest block covering an area of 1081 km in Edo State, about 50 km west of Benin City, Nigeria. The Okomu National Park The Okomu National Park, formerly the Okomu Wildlife Sanctuary, is a forest block wi ...

* Oluwa Forest Reserve * Omo Forest Reserve *

Sambisa Forest The Sambisa Forest is a forest in Borno State, northeast Nigeria. It is in the southwestern part of Chad Basin National Park, about 60km southeast of Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State. It has an area of 518 km². Geography The Sambisa fore ...

* Emure forest reserve

Game reserves in Nigeria and their location

Borgu Game Reserve The Borgu Game Reserve is a section of the Kainji National Park, in the Borgu Local Government Area of Niger State and Baruten Local Government Area of Kwara State, Nigeria. It is bordered on the east by Kainji Lake and reaches almost to the bor ...

* Falgore Game Reserve * Kashimbila Game Reserve * Ohosu Game Reserve *

Yankari Game Reserve Yankari Game Reserve is a large wildlife park and former National Park located in the south-central part of Bauchi State, in northeastern Nigeria. It covers an area of about and is home to several natural warm water springs, as well as a wide v ...

Zugurma Game Reserve The Zugurma Game Reserve is a section of the Kainji National Park, in the Mariga Local Government Area of Niger State, Nigeria. It is bordered by the Kontagora River to the northwest and the Manyara River to the north, and covers an area of 138,50 ...

Ramsar Convention The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat is an international treaty for the conservation and sustainable use of Ramsar site, Ramsar sites (wetlands). It is also known as the Convention on W ...
(internationally important wetlands)

* Lake Chad * Hadejia-Nguru wetlands

Other

Lekki Conservation Centre Lekki Conservation Centre (LCC) is a Natural Resource Conservation in Lekki, Lagos State Nigeria. History The Centre was established in 1990 to serve as biodiversity conservation icon and environment education centre. The facility wa ...

* Erwa Nature Reserve * Becheve Nature Reserve, Obudu plateau, Obanliku, Cross River * Somorika Oriakpe Mountain, Somorika, Edo * Andoni Elephant Sanctuary,

Rivers State Rivers State, also known as Rivers, is a state in the Niger Delta region of southern Nigeria (Old Eastern Region). Formed in 1967, when it was split from the former Eastern Region, Rivers State borders include: Imo to the north, Abia and Akwa ...

Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...

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