Livelihood pressures, intensified by climate change and ineffective government policies, have driven communities such as Okolomade in Abua/Odual Local Government Area of Rivers State to abandon conservation rules and engage in widespread deforestation.
For 22-year-old Enaanasebhaami Mark, cutting and sawing trees is now the only viable means to maintain a livelihood. He once dreamed of studying welding and fabrication at the university, but poverty ended those hopes.
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