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=CLIMATE CHANGE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS OF NIGERIA= =The National Institute for Freshwater Fisheries Research= =P.M.B New Bussa, Niger State Nigeria=

The institute NIFFR web site is the only institution in the Federal Republic of Nigeria, West Africa with the national mandate to carry our research and development on its freshwater ecosystem. This site gives update of research and development work on climate change and freshwater ecosystems of Nigeria carried out by the institute from time to time.

Dr. Julius Oghenekaro Olokor holds a Phd in Applied Climatology and currently work as a Chief Climatologist, National Institute for Freshwater Fisheries Research, P.M.B 6006, New Bussa, Niger State, Nigeria. He is a nationally recognised expert on climate change with the Special Climate Change Unit of the Federal Ministry of Environment, Abuja where he jointly took part in writing Nigeria's second national communication on climate change to the United Nations along with other experts.He presently serves as a member of the sub-committee on simulation of climate change scenarios. He is also currently a memember of the ministerial round table committee experts on Nigeria's climate change. Presently, he is working on the NEST/CIDA project "Building Nigeria's Response to Climate Change" in collaboration with ARIEL and Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET).

Dr. Julius Olokor has been carrying out research in the institute since 1993. His research has taken him to all parts of the country. Many scientific research on climate and climate change have been carried out in relation to the following areas: Improving adaptation strategies of rural communities to climate change in Africa
 * fisheries and water resources
 * forest removal and floods
 * drought and underground water resources
 * emergence of aquatic vegetation such as water hyacinth
 * emerging indeginuos technologies as climate adaptation strategies in rural communities
 * many more projects have been carried out by him and his team.