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However, they are under threat from urbanization, logging, oil pollution, and the proliferation of the invasive Nipa Palm (Nypa fruticans). However, there are no reliable data on the current extent of mangrove forest in the Niger Delta, its rate of loss, or the rate of colonization by the invasive Nipa Palm. Here, we estimate the area of Nipa Palm and mangrove forests in the Niger Delta in 2007 and 2017, using 567 ground control points, Advanced Land Observatory Satellite Phased Array L-band SAR (ALOS PALSAR), Landsat and the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission Digital Elevation Model 2000 (SRTM DEM). We performed the classification using Maximum Likelihood (ML) and Support Vector Machine (SVM) methods. The classification results showed SVM (overall accuracy 93%) performed better than ML (77%). Producers (PA) and User\u2019s accuracy (UA) for the best SVM classification were above 80% for most classes; however, these were considerably lower for Nipa Palm (PA\u201432%, UA\u201430%). We estimated a 2017 mangrove area of 801,774 \u00b1 34,787 ha (\u00b195% Confidence Interval) ha and Nipa Palm extent of 11,447 \u00b1 7343 ha. Our maps show a greater landward extent than other reported products. The results indicate a 12% (7\u201317%) decrease in mangrove area and 694 (0\u20131304)% increase in Nipa Palm. Mapping efforts should continue for policy targeting and monitoring. The mangroves of the Niger Delta are clearly in grave danger from both rapid clearance and encroachment by the invasive Nipa Palm. This is of great concern given the dense carbon stocks and the value of these mangroves to local communities for generating fish stocks and protection from extreme events.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs12142344","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,7,22]],"date-time":"2020-07-22T03:23:16Z","timestamp":1595388196000},"page":"2344","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":38,"title":["Rapid Mangrove Forest Loss and Nipa Palm (Nypa fruticans) Expansion in the Niger Delta, 2007\u20132017"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"12","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9551-4754","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Chukwuebuka","family":"Nwobi","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FF, UK"},{"name":"National Centre for Earth Observation, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FF, UK"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6117-5208","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Mathew","family":"Williams","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FF, UK"},{"name":"National Centre for Earth Observation, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FF, UK"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5690-4055","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Edward T. 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