Impact Of Laterite Excavation On Vegetal Cover In Birigi Village Of Niger State

The excavation of laterite has totally removed the vegetative cover of the land area which served as an ecosystem community for Plants and Animals Resistant and successional species of plants and animals would be able to cope with unstable situations which were caused   by the excavation activities. The dwellers around the excavation site are not well enlightened about the environmental impact of the laterite excavation activity in their locality; they only see it as a source of income without considering the immense effect it would have on them and the surrounding communities on the long run…