Forestry and Environmental Management Research Papers/Topics

ASSESSMENT OF SOME OTHER TRADITIONAL USES OF ACCEPTED AGROFORESTRY FUELWOOD SPECIES IN AKINYELE AND IDO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS, OYO STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract This study was carried out in order to assess some other traditional uses that some woody species can be put to, apart from their usefulness as fuelwood, using Akinyele and Ido Local Government Areas (LGAs), Oyo State, Nigeria, as a case study. Woody species found in agroforestry plots/farms in the study area, were compiled from questionnaires retrieved from 179 respondents, then prioritised using the respondents' ranking, from which twelve species that top the ranking were selected...

Conversion Efficiency in Re-Saw Wood Processing Mills of Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria

ABSTRACT This study assesses the technical conversion efficiency (TeE) of thirty (30) wood re-saw mills purposively selected and grouped into six (6) locations in Akwa Ibom State. Three hundred (300) flitches obtained from fifteen (15) species of wood from Akwa Thorn State, Nigeria were examined. Variables such as wood species, flitch dimensions, saw blade thickness, sawyers' experiences and working environment factors were examined for efficiency determination. Information on operation and w...

PROCESSING, UTILIZATION AND CHALLENGES OF AFRICAN LOCUST BEAN (Parkia biglobasa, Jacque Benth) IN ARIGIDI AKOKO ONDO STATE

ABSTRACT The study examined the processing, utilization and challenges of African Locust Bean (Parkia biglobasa) in Arigidi Akoko Ondo state.

Municipal tree management in a Nigerian University

ABSTRACT There is a growing recognition that municipal trees improve the quality of life in many ways through the provision of both goods and services.

Influence of Extension Education on Household Adoption of Forestry Conservation Practices in South Eastern Nigeria

ABSTRACT Extension education programmes were observed to have positive impacts on different sectors of the economy in developed societies.

Calculating the Ecological Footprint of a Person

The Ecological Footprint of a person is calculated by adding up all of people's demands that compete for biologically productive space, such as cropland to grow potatoes or cotton, or forest to produce timber or to sequester carbon dioxide emissions

CONTRIBUTIONS OF TRADE IN SHEA BUTTER PRODUCTS TO THE RURAL ECONOMY IN SAKI OYO STATE NIGERIA

ABSTRACT Involvement of rural people in forest-based activities can support private sector entrepreneurial development especially in communities that are endowed with forest resources.

SUITABILITY OF EREMOSPATHA MACROCARPA CANES FOR the production of CEMENT-BONDED COMPOSITES

ABSTRACT The suitability of untreated Eremospatha macrocarpa canes for cement-bonded composites (CBCs) and the effect of cold water pretreatment on the compatibility of the species with cement were investigated using the hydration test approach. Eremospatha macrocarpa particles were mixed with cement and water, and placed in insulated thermos flasks. Temperature rise was monitored for 24 hours. Suitability of the species for CBC production was assessed based on setting time (tmax), maximum hy...

SENNA SIAMEA (LAM) AND ITS POTENTIAL FOR PROTECTIVE FORESTRY

ABSTRACT There is a problem of desertification worldwide. it is most prevailing in the Northern part of Nigeria where the scanty vegetation cover is been destroyed daily for firewood.

MARKET AND MARKETING INFORMATION OF BODIJA PLANK MARKET IN IBADAN METROPOLIS, IBADAN, OYO STATE, NIGERIA

ABSTRACT This study assessed the characteristics of the market and marketing information of Bodija Plank market, Ibadan with a view to suggest ways for the market to be more transparent and efficient. Twenty sawnwood traders were randomly selected from five of the nine plank market zones for administration of questionnaire. Thus primary data were collected from 100 randomly selected respondents. Data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics. The Bodija plank market which covers a...

POTENTIAL OF THAUMATOCOCCUS DANIELLII (BENN) FOR POVERTY REDUCTION IN OSUN STATE, NIGERIA

ABSTRACT This study examined the economic value Of market margins of Thaumatococcus danielli and its potentials for poverty reduction in Osun State. Five Local Government Areas (LGAs): Odo-Otin, Boripe, Iwo, Irewole and Atakumosa, were randomly sampled from the 30 LGAs in the state. A total of 150 structured questionnaires were administered to randomly selected farmers/harvesters, marketers and users of the plant. Descriptive statistics and economic analysis were used to analyze the data. Th...

Prospects and challenges for incorporating trees into urban infrastructural developments in Nigeria

ABSTRACT Nigeria’s major cities are characterised by huge and growing social and environmental problems, such as air, land and noise pollution; non-conducive local microclimatic conditions; and stressful social and psychological living environments. These result from inadequate, dilapidated and overstretched infrastructure, degraded urban physiognomy, increasing levels of unemployment, crime, insecurity and other social vices. These, in addition to inherent technical and economic constraint...

GROWTH PREDICTIONS IN SOME PLANTATIONS OF EXOTIC TREES SPECIE IN TH NORTHERN GUINEA DERIVED SAVANNAH ZONES OF NIGERIA

ABSTRACT Growth studies which include diameter distribution using the Weibull function, development of stand volume models, and construction of provisional top height-age and total volume production-age curves for the average site class were carried out in plantations of Eucalyptus cloeziana, E. tereticornis and Pinus caribaea.The study locations were Kabama (Zaria~. ~nd.Afak~~~both typical of ••. ' .1 ~.;.. • 1 ..i .. Northern Guinea savanna zone of Nigeria), Nimbia (Derived savanna zo...

Effects of commercial processing of selected non wood forest products on rural livelihood and resource sustainability in Oyo state

ABSTRACT This study was conducted with a view to identify the socio-economic characteristics of processors of Vitellaria paradoxa and Parkia biglobosa; to examine the role of the rural dwellers in the sourcing and processing of V. paradoxa and P. biglobosa; to examine the different benefits that accrue to commercial processing of V. paradoxa and P. biglobosa and to investigate strategies put in place for sustainable use of V. paradoxa and P. biglobosa in the study area. Three (3) Local Gover...

Seasonal Variation in Litter Fall an Age Series Gmelinaarborea Plantation in a Nigerian Rainforest

Abstract Monthly variation in litterfall of Gmelinaarborea stands aged 28, 29, and 30 years were studied for 13 months in 2005 - 2006 with litter traps in three 20m x 20m plots randomly selected in Gmelinaarborea stands in Shasha Forest Reserve (SFR),Osun State, Nigeria. Monthly collections of litter fractions per stands were sorted into leaves, twigs, reproductive structures and others. Litters according to fractions per stand per month were oven dried at 80°C for 48 hours. Samples were cr...


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