Guardian Australia · Global development

One green shoot at a time: the women restoring mangrove forests in the oil-ravaged Niger delta

· By Valentine Benjamin
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In a region of Nigeria blighted by decades of pollution, Martha Agbani and her team are not just replanting trees but regaining ownership of their lost lands and livelihoodsA toxic landscape was familiar to Martha Agbani when she was growing up – the smell of crude oil in the air, rivers running black and trees dyin…

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