Desertification, gully erosion pose existential threat to Yobe

Desertification, gully erosion pose existential threat to Yobe

Yobe state in northeast Nigeria is one of the frontline states grappling with the menace of climate change. From its Northern flank, sand dunes are encroaching by 0.6 kilometers annually and to the South, gully erosion is exercebating environmental degredation in the state. This twin-disaster causes persistent drought, deforestation, shrinks water sources, renders farmlands and oases barren, displaces settlements, and occasionally causes floods.…