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Desert Encroachment Preceding Insecurity: A Silent Crisis in Nigeria's Sahel Region
Short Communication - Volume: 2, Issue: 1, 2026 (January)
Desert Encroachment Preceding Insecurity: A Silent Crisis in Nigeria's Sahel Region Download PDF
Yuwa Dooyum Joshua*

Montane Forest Research Station, Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria, Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria
*Correspondence to: Yuwa Dooyum Joshua, Montane Forest Research Station, Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria, Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria. E-Mail:
Received: October 17, 2025; Manuscript No: JCCC-25-1704; Editor Assigned: October 21, 2025; PreQc No: JCCC-25-1704(PQ); Reviewed: November 07, 2025; Revised: December 31, 2025; Manuscript No: JCCC-25-1704(R); Published: January 19, 2026

ABSTRACT

Desertification and climate change have long displaced communities in Nigeria’s Sahel-Sudan belt, even before armed conflict and insecurity escalated. This paper documents historical land degradation, displacement of villages, and ecological decline in northern Nigeria, estimates annual rates and land loss, and examines socio-economic consequences. It further proposes viable mitigation strategies including Farmer-Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR), sustainable land management, restoration of wetland hydrology, and policy enforcement. Immediate action is essential to prevent further displacement, loss of livelihoods, and erosion of socio-environmental resilience [1].

Keywords: Desertification; Climate Change; Environmental Degradation; Forced Migration; Internal Displacement; Sahel Region; Nigeria

Citation: Joshua YD (2026). Desert Encroachment Preceding Insecurity: A Silent Crisis in Nigeria's Sahel Region. J. Clim. Change Pollut. Vol.2 Iss.1, January (2026), pp:24-25.
Copyright: © 2026 Yuwa Dooyum Joshua. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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