This aerial view shows the Okomu Forest in the Okomu National Park on November 11, 2025. By recruiting former poachers and loggers, Africa Nature Investors (ANI), an NGO charged by Nigeria's national parks service with managing Okomu, hopes to ease the economic pressures that eat away at Nigeria's nature reserves. (Photo by John OKUNYOMIH / AFP via Getty Images)

Africa Nature Investors (ANI) rangers train at their barracks before heading out on patrol deep in the Okomu National Park on November 11, 2025. Every day, the rangers patrol the narrow, damp trails to track down hunters and loggers operating illegally. By recruiting former poachers and loggers, Africa Nature Investors (ANI), an NGO charged by Nigeria's national parks service with managing Okomu, hopes to ease the economic pressures that eat away at Nigeria's nature reserves. (Photo by Leslie FAUVEL / AFP via Getty Images)

This aerial view shows the Okomu Forest in the Okomu National Park on November 11, 2025. By recruiting former poachers and loggers, Africa Nature Investors (ANI), an NGO charged by Nigeria's national parks service with managing Okomu, hopes to ease the economic pressures that eat away at Nigeria's nature reserves. (Photo by John OKUNYOMIH / AFP via Getty Images)

Two Africa Nature Investors (ANI) rangers stand ready to go on patrol in the Okomu National Park on November 11, 2025. Every day, the rangers patrol the narrow, damp trails to track down hunters and loggers operating illegally. By recruiting former poachers and loggers, Africa Nature Investors (ANI), an NGO charged by Nigeria's national parks service with managing Okomu, hopes to ease the economic pressures that eat away at Nigeria's nature reserves. (Photo by Leslie FAUVEL / AFP via Getty Images)

Africa Nature Investors (ANI) rangers prepare to go on patrol in the Okomu National Park on November 11, 2025. By recruiting former poachers and loggers, Africa Nature Investors (ANI), an NGO charged by Nigeria's national parks service with managing Okomu, hopes to ease the economic pressures that eat away at Nigeria's nature reserves. (Photo by Leslie FAUVEL / AFP via Getty Images)

Africa Nature Investors (ANI) rangers train at their barracks before heading out on patrol deep in the Okomu National Park on November 11, 2025. Every day, the rangers patrol the narrow, damp trails to track down hunters and loggers operating illegally. By recruiting former poachers and loggers, Africa Nature Investors (ANI), an NGO charged by Nigeria's national parks service with managing Okomu, hopes to ease the economic pressures that eat away at Nigeria's nature reserves. (Photo by Leslie FAUVEL / AFP via Getty Images)

Festus Benjamin, an Africa Nature Investors (ANI) ranger patrols in the Okomu National Park on November 11, 2025. Previously, he earned his living hunting forest animals. Now, he teaches local communities about the importance of conservation. By recruiting former poachers and loggers, Africa Nature Investors (ANI), an NGO charged by Nigeria's national parks service with managing Okomu, hopes to ease the economic pressures that eat away at Nigeria's nature reserves. (Photo by Leslie FAUVEL / AFP via Getty Images)

Motorcyclists enter the Okomu National Park on November 11, 2025. By recruiting former poachers and loggers, Africa Nature Investors (ANI), an NGO charged by Nigeria's national parks service with managing Okomu, hopes to ease the economic pressures that eat away at Nigeria's nature reserves. (Photo by Leslie FAUVEL / AFP via Getty Images)