Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP)

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Niger Delta women restore millions of mangroves to oil-damaged wetlands

As of October 2026: Completed Phase 1 restoration (560 ha, 1.5 million seedlings); Phase 2 underway across 438 ha; Ogoni wetland now a Ramsar site

Periwinkles, crabs, and fish are back in Ogoniland's creeks after years without them. Women from the Lokiaka Community Development Centre have planted 3 million mangrove saplings, restoring 190 hectares of swamp forest that oil pollution had stripped bare. In parallel, the government's HYPREP project finished its first phase of restoration—1.5 million seedlings across 560 hectares—and started a second phase covering 438 hectares.

Updated Oct 11