Ramsar sites in Nigeria are wetlands designated as being of international importance under the Ramsar Convention. Nigeria became a contracting party to the convention on 2 February 2001. As of August 2026, Nigeria had 18 Ramsar sites covering a total area of .
Sites
The following list uses the official names and areas recorded by the Ramsar Convention Secretariat.
+ Ramsar sites in Nigeria Site State or states Area (ha) Ado-Awaye (Iyake) Suspended Lake Wetland Oyo Apoi Creek Forests Bayelsa Arinta Waterfall Ekiti Baturiya Wetland Jigawa Dagona Sanctuary Lake Yobe Ebute Oni coastal wetland Ogun Foge Islands Kebbi and Niger International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) Oyo Lake Chad Wetlands in Nigeria Borno Lower Kaduna–Middle Niger Floodplain Niger and Kwara Maladumba Lake Bauchi Nguru Lake (and Marma Channel) complex Jigawa and Yobe Oguta Lake Imo Ogoni Mangrove Wetland Rivers Osun-Oshogbo Sacred Grove Osun Pandam and Wase Lakes Plateau Upper Orashi Forest Rivers Yemoji Lake Ijebu Ode Ogun
See also List of Ramsar sites List of national parks of Nigeria Protected areas of Nigeria
References
External links Nigeria country profile at the Convention on Wetlands Ramsar Sites Information Service