KilaMore than 4,000 gold miners fled Nigeria’s largest national park.

Nigeria’s parks chief admits the miners may return, and no Kila transition plan has been offered.

The Africa Nature Investors Foundation says soldiers fired no shots and bulldozers filled the pits after the miners had left.

Former miner Musa Yuguda says jobs were scarce, and others moved to mines elsewhere in Nigeria or Cameroon.

The UN biodiversity summit opens in Armenia on 19 October, targeting 30% protected land by 2030.

How each outlet framed it
Mongabay
reports the park closure was a success but warns miners could return, per the national parks official

Sources: Mongabay