This latest Working Paper from TPP Principal Olly Owen and Associate Sa'eed Husaini looks at Nigeria’s forest policy and how it is shifting from donor-driven agendas to a growing domestic conservation movement. While the sector suffers from resource shortages, it benefits from committed professionals. Decentralized governance creates varied state-level policies, ranging from conservation to active deforestation. Challenges like attention and capacity deficits are easier to address than entrenched interests in other sectors. Effective solutions require collaboration across global, national, and local scales to balance environmental protection with socio-economic priorities, signaling opportunities for transformative change.