DESTRUCTION OF COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS AND THE VICIOUS CYCLE OF POVERTY IN NIGER DELTA REGION .....

The Niger Delta region is blessed with God-given natural riches to utilise and live a life free of poverty, and it is the backbone of Nigeria's economy. Unfortunately, the region has a high rate of poverty, which is sometimes blamed on different natural and human activities. As a result, this theoretical study is based on this assumption. Its main goal is to look into the destruction of coastal ecosystems as a result of the Niger Delta's vicious poverty cycle. Coastal barrier islands, mangroves, freshwater swamp forest, and lowland rainforests, among other ecological zones, were discovered in the region. Longshore currents re-distribute sand from coastal rivers, which is of great service to people in terms of salt pond supply and economic gain (coconut, banana plantation, tidal framing, centre of tourist attraction, etc.). The paper also stated that, despite the region's abundant natural resources, the people live in poverty and are trapped in a vicious cycle of poverty as a result of the degradation of marine ecosystems, habitat loss, pollution, overfishing, harmful fishing methods, and global warming, all of which are significant contributors to the deterioration of coastal resources. The review concluded that the destruction of the coastal ecosystem has a negative impact on the people of the Niger Delta, and it was recommended that, in addition to prohibiting humans from overfishing and using destructive fishing practises such as dynamites or cyanides, pollution of the water, land, and air be controlled and drastically reduced. In order to break the vicious cycle of poverty in the Niger Delta, the government must also create and enforce environmental protection regulations to prevent the deterioration of the coastal ecosystem, industrialization, and trash disposal.

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