BIODIVERSITY PROTECTION IN NIGERIA: A SYNOPSIS OF THE ROLE OF MULTILATERAL AGREEMENTS

Abstract

Biodiversity refers to variability among living organisms from all sources including terrestrial, marine and other ecosystems and the ecological complexes they are part of. These resources play a big role in sustaining all living organisms including humans. Conservation and protection of these resources from indiscriminate exploitation and destruction is therefore a task that the global community must vigorously pursue, if it desires to achieve the sustainable development goals agenda by the year 2030. This paper therefore examined at how Nigeria has been committed to the protection and conservation of its biological resources through the mechanism of selected international agreements, are aimed at managing and protecting the different components of nature’s ecosystem. The paper task outlined the underpinning philosophy behind each agreement and then highlighted the processes and steps taken by Nigeria to domesticate and apply the articles of these agreements.