The Economic Importance of Wild Resources in the Hadejia-Nguru Wetlands, Nigeria Page 1 The Economic Importance of Wild Resources in the Hadejia-Nguru Wetlands, Nigeria Derek Eaton Marie-Thérèse Sarch CREED Working Paper No 13 May 1997 Derek Eaton is a former Research Associate of the Environmental Economics Programme, IIED. He may be contacted at: IIED 3 Endsleigh Street London WC1H 0DD UNITED KINGDOM Tel: +44 (0)171 388 2117 Fax: +44 (0)171 388 2826 Email: EEPmail@aol.com Marie-Thérèse Sarch is a Research Associate at the Centre for the Economics and Management of Aquatic Resources (CEMARE), University of Portsmouth. She may be contacted at: CEMARE Department of Economics University of Portsmouth Locksway Road Southsea Hampshire PO4 8JF UNITED KINGDOM Tel: +44 (0)1705 844085 Fax: +44 (0)1705 844037 Email: sarcht@pbs.ports.ac.uk The programme of Collaborative Research in the Economics of Environment and Development (CREED) was established in 1993 as a joint initiative of the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), London, and the Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM), Amsterdam. The Secretariat for CREED is based at IIED in London. A Steering Committee is responsible for overall management and coordination of the CREED Programme.