Welcome on board buddies, we will quickly be looking at the names and types of forest found in nigeria and some interesting thing you need to know about these forests. Though conservation efforts have a long history in the country, achievements are not encouraging. Forest reserves in nigeria and their locations information. Before the decade of the 1960s, the dominant role of agriculture in nigeria s economy was taken for granted. The changes in area of forest by region and subregion are shown in table 1. Multipleuse forest management in the humid tropics. Associate professor of forest measurements department of forestry and wood technology federal university of technology, akure, nigeria. Forests and trees as a safety net and source of food 16 7. Many of these management actions also contribute to climate change mitigation through reducing emissions from forests, conserving forest carbon or enhancing forest carbon sinks. Pdf nigerian forestry, wildlife and protected areas. An overview 1 volume equations for native tropical species in nigeria shadrach o.
Associate professor of forest measurements department of forestry and wood technology, federal university of technology, akure, nigeria. Sustainable forest management, biodiversity and livelihoods. In 2012 the national council on the environment announced a ban on the export of fuel wood and charcoal, in an effort to reduce deforestation in nigeria. Weve made exciting changes to the map to make it faster, more powerful, and easier to use. This is a short history of africa excluding egypt, ethiopia and dutch and british south africa, which are the subjects of separate histories. Both types of externalities had a net value of n261. Akure is the state capital of ondo state a southwest state in nigeria. Edumanom forest reserve, located in niger delta region of southeast nigeria. In order to sustain these net positive externalities to the nigerian economy, there is need for forest conservation.
Issues, challenges and prospects of small and medium scale. The food and agriculture organisation has promised to establish a forest reference emission level for nigeria. Types of agroforestry practices lafia north lafia south lafia west lafia east respondents percentage rowhedges 11 8 6 5 30 25 trees on farm land 2 4 6 7 19 15. Environmental policy and its enforcement in nigeria. Forest carbon management offers potential for some immediate financial benefits. Despite not receiving adequate publicity, it would be recalled that the colonial office 1896 which was the earliest known example of western type of art in nigeria was a drawing by aina onabolu. Nigeria s varied plant species are used in construction, food, medicine, and decoration. There are a variety of different species of plants that are native to the west african nation of nigeria, a.
Plantation forestry and forest conservation in nigeria. The cd rom includes pdf versions of the booklet, key reference materials, and a summary slide presentation, which has been included. The federal department of forestry which promotes the conservation and development of the nigeria s forests has set aside about 10% of nigeria s total land area as forest reserves. Nigeria forest information and data according to the u. Fao in the document guide for country reporting for fra 2015. This most times result in ground forest fires, surface fires and eventually wild crown forest fires okiwelu and anyanwu, 2003. Three communities surrounding each forest reserve at a radius of about 5 km were randomly selected and 20. Throughout history, cultures around the world have created the concept of the evil forest, a dark, scary place where bad things happen.
Securing rights for improved incomes from forests in india, guatemala and mexico 6. Fao in the document guide for country reporting for fra 2015 au190e. Phase ii 1940 1949 the phase ii of the history of contemporary nigerian art was an extension of phase i. From the foregoing, nigerian forests made net positive externalities to the nigerian economy. Moreover, each category is a unique ecosystem with its peculiar rules, wildlife, and huge natural potential. Fao to establish forest reference emission level for nigeria. It also examines plantation forestry as the governments strategy for replenishing the countrys lumber resources. This paper examines the depletion of nigeria s natural forest resources consequent upon exploitation without adequate conservation. In nigeria, human communities are found within or beside forest ecosystems. A project on deforestation projectee ivb shubham mashidkar shubham sangole mandar gadkari kirti chandrashekar rao sumant mahulkar under the guidance of prof. Forests and treebased agricultural systems contribute directly and indirectly to the livelihoods of an estimated one billion people globally.
By this, we hope to be able to raise enrollment numbers and reduce the poor academic performance of students and the drastic failure rates in exams while also working to enhance instructional practice among teachers using familiar channels of interaction to train and empower. Land use decree, forest administration and governance crises in nigeria shittu r. Learn how the world bank group is helping countries with covid19 coronavirus. Types of forest found in nigeria and name information. View recent satellite imagery, searchable by date and cloud cover. As of today we have 79,825,8 ebooks for you to download for free. Among the developing nations that are endowed naturally with forest reserves in nigeria, apart from been blessed with petroleum and the petroleum products, not excluding palm oil, cocoa, rubber and others which are allnatural resources, forest reserve is also one of the natural resources that serve as a source of income in nigeria. Forestry research institute of nigeria, ibadan nigeria. Read the article to study the types of forests you can find in nigeria, their location and resources.
Okomu forest reserve is situated in the lowland tropical rainforest of edo state, southwestern. Causes, effects and control strategies 5 deforestation are maintained. The western forest zone is known as the upper guinea forests, and extends from guinea to western togo, and the eastern forest zone is known as the lower guinea forests, and extends from southeastern benin through southern nigeria and into cameroon. It contains some of the richest and relatively undisturbed. State of forest genetic resources in the dry north of nigeria. The geographical area called nigeria has a total land area of 983,2 km 2 with over 180 million people living in it. The latter is the least common, and is mainly found in the mountains near the cameroon border. The four forest reserves represent 40% of the total number of the forest reserves and cover a land mass area of 99. Land use decree, forest administration and governance. Germany, access to forests for recreation is generally free. This forest is located in akure and it covers about 66 square kilometers area in the designated location. Agroforestry practices among farmers in lafia local government area, nasarawa state, nigeria.
All of your favorite books and authors can be found here. The new york declaration on forests section 1 is a nonlegally binding political declaration that grew out of dialogue. Nigeria s forests can be divided into two principal categories. Some of the history of these countries, however, is naturally mentioned in this history of the rest of africa but is kept to the minimum needed to make the rest comprehensible. Nigeria, with the fourth highest deforestation rate in the world having lost above 3. Decentralization is the means to allow for the participation of people and local governments morell. With very little support from government, nigerian agriculture was able to grow at a sufficient rate to provide adequate food for an increasing population, raw materials for a budding industrial sector, increasing public. Causes and remedy money wont create success, the freedom to make it will. Evaluation of forest resources conservation laws in nigeria abere s. Indeed some 31 countries do not even make the list because they have already removed most of their forests and even if that remain are seriously fragmented and degraded.
Having firmly and solemnly resolve, to live in unity and harmony as one indivisible and indissoluble sovereign nation under god, dedicated to the promotion of interafrican solidarity, world peace, international cooperation and understanding. Pursuant to section 20 of the constitution, the state is empowered to protect and improve the environment and safeguard the water, air and land, forest and wildlife of nigeria. Local peoples perception of forest resources conservation in ekiti state, nigeria 4 two types of forest reserves. The high forests is the main sources of logs in nigeria as. We close our paper with a discussion of ecological restoration and. Cletus izunwanne emeti abstract the paper discussed issues, challenges and prospects of small and medium scale enterprises smes in portharcourtcity, nigeria. Communitybased forest resources management in nigeria. Deforestation and greening the nigerian environment. Decentralization reform refers to transforming the local institutional infrastructure for natural resource management on which local forest management is based ribot. Users may download, reuse, reprint, modify, distribute, andor copy text. In discussing these examples we emphasize scientific principles and concepts fundamental to ecological restoration. This was informed by the high rate of unemployment in the society and the poor performance of smes in employment generation.
Nigeria is well endowed with forest resources, accounting for about 2. Forestry is the science and craft of creating, managing, using, conserving, and repairing forests. The paper examines the nigerian national policy on wildlife, forestry and protected areas. The country is covered by three major types of vegetation which include forests, savannahs and montane land. Introduction forest governance crises that weave around land ownership in nigeria are endemic and could be traced to land use decree of 1978. Generally, there are two types of forests in nigeria, namely the tropical rain forest in the south and the savanna of the northern twothirds area of the country. Over the years, there has being deliberation over the way forest are becoming residential area and bushes are fast becoming roads and hospital all because.
Oba hills forest reserve, located in osun state of nigeria. Biomass and land use carbon emissions data for nigeria tree cover threshold is used for defining the tree cover area. Frel is a benchmark on which reduction of emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries is measured. In igbo areas of nigeria, the ajofia, or bad bush, still exists in some communities, although they. Saf accredited and candidate forestry degree programs pdf press release.
In europe, these were places where witches or wolves or even werewolves attacked the lone passerby. Opportunities and challenges for sustainable forest management. For example, 75% includes only areas with more than 75% tree cover, whereas 10% includes all areas with more than 10% tree cover. The basis of environmental policy in nigeria is contained in the 1999 constitution of the federal republic of nigeria. Check out the highlights and learn what you can do with the map. Nelson mandela nigeria is africas most populous country with an estimated population of about 150 million and a land mass of 923,768 square. Pages in category forest reserves of nigeria the following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. It argues that it is ecologically unwise to clearfell reserves of native rain forest and replant them with monoculture tree plantations, especially. Food and agriculture organization of the united nations fao. Wild foods are important for food security and nutrition while trees and forests are vital for their role in the provision of ecosystem services to agriculture.
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