Protected Areas and Management Practices: Evidence in Southwest Nigeria

Mayowa Fasona; Adedoyin Bello; Agbor Ruth

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Protected Areas and Management Practices: Evidence in Southwest Nigeria

Mayowa Fasona, Adedoyin Bello, Agbor Ruth

Published in International Journal of Environmental Protection and Policy (Volume 9, Issue 6)

Received: 15 September 2021 Accepted: 22 November 2021 Published: 9 February 2022

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Forests are important plant communities that consist of trees and other woody vegetation that perform life supporting functions on earth. Forest reserves are areas protected from use mainly by the government in order to preserve this resource. With the phenomenal increasing population globally and in particular Nigeria and over dependence on forest resources, it is crucial to be aware of the rate of deforestation and how to curb it. In view of this, the paper assessed the conditions of the forest reserves and management systems by government officials and communities in south-western Nigeria, particularly Ekiti and Ondo states. Remote sensing techniques and social surveys were employed in carrying out this task. Landsat imagery of 1984, 2000 and 2016 and the Nigerian topographic map of 1960 were the spatial datasets used. Two sets of questionnaires were also used for the study covering community leaders (10), and government agencies (26) to further explain the observed changes and management systems. Results show that there has been a general decline in the area of heavy forests in most of the forest reserves. This decline was as much as 48%, and 54% of its base year size in Ekiti, and Ondo state respectively; which has given way to the emergence of light forests and the underlying rock outcrops. Forests are mainly in care of government officials who widely accepted the reality of deforestation within their jurisdiction while also acknowledging excessive lumbering and forest clearance for agriculture as their main challenges. The need for more aggressive forest regeneration efforts by agencies in charge of the protected areas; urgent delimiting of these reserves, increased capital investment in forest monitoring, and improvement in agricultural system efficiency were recommended.

Published in	International Journal of Environmental Protection and Policy (Volume 9, Issue 6)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijepp.20210906.12
Page(s)	140-152
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Forest Degradation, Land Use Land Cover Change, Forest Management, Forest Reserve

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Mayowa Fasona, Adedoyin Bello, Agbor Ruth. (2022). Protected Areas and Management Practices: Evidence in Southwest Nigeria. International Journal of Environmental Protection and Policy, 9(6), 140-152. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ijepp.20210906.12

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Mayowa Fasona; Adedoyin Bello; Agbor Ruth. Protected Areas and Management Practices: Evidence in Southwest Nigeria. Int. J. Environ. Prot. Policy 2022, 9(6), 140-152. doi: 10.11648/j.ijepp.20210906.12

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Mayowa Fasona, Adedoyin Bello, Agbor Ruth. Protected Areas and Management Practices: Evidence in Southwest Nigeria. Int J Environ Prot Policy. 2022;9(6):140-152. doi: 10.11648/j.ijepp.20210906.12

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Mayowa Fasona

Department of Geography, University of Lagos, Akoka-Yaba, Nigeria
Adedoyin Bello

Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Crescent University, Abeokuta, Nigeria
Agbor Ruth

Laboratory for Remote Sensing and Cartography, Department of Geography, University of Lagos, Akoka-Yaba, Nigeria

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