Wiki Loves Earth in Nigeria Competition

Wiki Loves Earth in Nigeria

Wiki Loves Earth is an international photographic contest that focus on natural heritage sites, and landscape. The contest is organized worldwide by Wikimedia affiliates and recognized Wikimedia User Groups. The public takes photos o
f heritage sites, upload those to Wikimedia Commons, and then they can be used on Wikipedia and elsewhere.

This is the first time Nigeria will be participating in the contest and it would be held during 10 June — 9 July 2017. Everyone is welcome to get involved, whether as a participant (photographer), organizational volunteer, or both.

Join us to contribute free-licensed images of natural heritages in Nigeria.

Wiki Loves Earth Nigeria Team

1.  Olaniyan Olushola Coordinator
2.  Kaizenify
3.  Olufemi Simeon Adeniyi

• Time Line

• Start date: 10 June 2017
• End date : 10 July 2017
• Results: 10 August 2017

Prizes

Cash prizes will be awarded to best three images.

•  70,000 NGN
•  50,000 NGN
•  40,000 NGN

Other categories

• Top Contributor (by numbers of photographs) 20,000 NGN
• Top 10 contributors (by number of photographs) will be rewarded with WLE T-shirt and all participants of the competition will be rewarded by certificate of Participation.

Conditions

 All entries must be your own work
 All photos must be uploaded within June 2017, to be eligible
 All photos must be licensed CC BY-SA 4.0
 Participants must have an active email account, if the organizers wish to contact.

How to participate

 Prepare your photos of any Nigerian natural heritage site
 Sign in or Create a New Account on Wikimedia Commons
 Name your photos well
 Use our Upload Button at the top OR Click here to upload as many as you can
 Share your upload success on social media with our hashtags: #WLENigeria #WLE2017.
 And wait patiently for the results! All the best!

Photos to Upload

Any Nigerian Natural Heritage Site, some below

Parks List of national parks of Nigeria

Ponds, River and lakes Asejire Reservoir Lake Chad Oguta Lake River Niger River Benue Ogun River Osun River Ogunpa River Erinle River Ose River Kam River Kai River Cross river Ampidong Lake Faro River Kaduna River Oju River Katsina Ala River

Conservation Areas Natural areas in Nigeria

Mountains Chappal Waddi Mount Dimlang Shere Hills Kerang highlands Oban Hills Mount Patti Obudu Mountains

Forests in Nigeria Sambisa forest Kamuku Forest Kaduna Yan Mangu Forest Zamfara Edumanom Forest Bayelsa Osun Sacred Grove forest Osun Yankari Game Reserve, Bauchi Igbele Forest, Delta Falgore Forest, Kano Ngwo Pine Forest, Ngwo, Enugu

Game Reserves Borgu Game Reserve - Kogi Boshi Game Reserve - Cross River Folgore Games Reserve - Kano Karimbela Game Reserves - Taraba Okwangwo Game Reserve - Cross River Sambisa Game Reserve - Borno Upper Ogun Games Reserve - Oyo Wikki Lake Burra Game Reserve - Bauchi 3 Yankari Game Reserve - Bauchi

Waterfalls Erin-Ijesha Falls Farin Ruwa Falls Burkutut Falls Chip, Plateau State Gurara Falls Matsirga Falls Awhum Falls Ikom Falls Igaga Falls Owu Falls

Others Natural areas and Places Caves Main Rivers All Animals, Plants and Flowers Within Nature. Climates

Contact us

Please join our facebook page and twitter page for updates and other news. For any queries regarding the competition and technical support please contact at wikimedia-ng@lists.wikimedia.org

Detailed information about the competition can be found at out official pages linked below:

Official Twitter	Official Facebook	Official Google+

STATISTICS

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IMAGES UPLOADED IN THE ENTIRE CONTEST PERIOD.