DEPARTMENT OF FOREST RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
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Item Population structure and threats to sustainable management of woody plant species in a Semi-Arid Agro-Ecosystem in Nigeria(2016) Dauda, T.H.; Jimoh, S.O.; Azeez, I.O.This study was conducted to assess population structure and threat to the sustainable management of woody species in the various ago-ecosystems in Dutsin-Ma Local Government Area (LGA) Katsina State, Nigeria. Purposive and stratified random sampling techniques were used to collect data from 21 randomly demarcated 100m × 100m sample plots. All woody plant species found in the sample plots with stem diameter >2 cm at 20cm above ground, were recorded. Population structure was summarized by diameter classes. For the identification of threats, field and questionnaire surveys were used. A total of 50 questionnaires were distributed at ten questionnaires per ward in five out of the 11 wards in the LGA. The highest numbers (350) of small diameter trees (0.1-1.0cm) were recorded in the agrosilvopastoral system. This was followed by silvopastoral and agrisilviculture systems with 89 and 85, respectively. However, the highest number of large diameter woody tree species was recorded in the silvopastoral system followed by agrosilvopastoral and agrisilviculture systems. The regular reverse J-shaped and fairly regular reverse J-shaped size class distribution observed for agrosilvopastoral and silvopastoral respectively, suggest a recuperating population. Over exploitation, debarking, de branching, root digging, leaf harvesting, seed harvesting, poor regeneration, slow rate of growth, wind effect and bush burning were the major threats to sustainable management of woody plant species in the study area. The implications of our findings for sustainable management of woody plant species in the study area are discussed and recommendations madeItem "Traditional media use in Forest Conservation Support Communication (FCSC) among local residents in protected areas in South Western Nigeria "(2003) Azeez, I.O.; Jimoh, S.O."This paper examined the potential of forest conservation support communication along traditional media in use for agricultural information dissemination in and around two reserved sites: Old Oyo National Park, Oyo and Oluwa forest reserve in Ondo State. Results show that the reliability of Forest Conservation Support Information (FCSI) sources depends on access to media among respondents (Pearson's χ2 = 338.7; d.f = 160; Pr. ≤ 0.000). So also, appropriateness determines the relevance of traditional media in Old Oyo National Park environment to FCSC (Pearson's χ2 = 176.47; d.f = 60; Pr. ≤ 0.00). This was however not the case in Oluwa forest reserve enclaves (Pearson's χ2 = 29.595; d.f = 28; Pr. > 0.383). Here, the perception of inhabitants on appropriateness of media for FCSC does not translate to their being relevant for the same purpose. But the relevance of traditional communication to present-day development challenges was found to be very significant in the study sites. Only 2.5% and 7% of inhabitants of Oluwa forest enclaves and Old Oyo National Park environment respectively considered trado communication as irrelevant to forest conservation support communication. Analysis of variance on traditional media accessed in the two study sites also revealed no variation (F = 3.01; d.f = 244; p > .05). Furthermore, in Oluwa Forest enclaves, 88.75% of the respondents' perceived trado communication as complementing other information sources, while the rest opined that it's use alone could effect and sustain development initiatives. However, none of the respondents in the two sites is of the view that the use of traditional communication media should be relegated to the background in FCSC. It is therefore recommended that effective indigenous media should be adopted and empowered to ensure that development initiatives are not wrongly imbibed. So also, traditional institutions in the study area must be identified and empowered with sustainable forest conservation information and technologies. "Item Prospects of Community Participation in the Management of Shasha Forest Reserve, Osun State, Nigeria(Forestry Association of Nigeria, 2002) Jimoh, S.O.; Azeez, I.O.Forests are located mostly in the rural communities and they contribute substantially to poverty alleviation in such communities. Thus sustainability of Forest Resources is of utmost importance in rural economy. It is therefore being realized globally that for any forestry programme to succeed, it must involve the local communities. In Nigeria, efforts at involving the people in forest management have not been very successful because they did not really address the needs and interests of the people. It is important to know what exactly the people want and the best role they can play in forest management in order to achieve success. This paper therefore investigated the perception of the communities living around Shaslm Forest Reserve concerning community forestry and their potential roles m such arrangement. Stratified random, sampling was used to select eight of the forty communities within and around the forest reserve. A total of eighty-two questionnaires were administered on three categories of the stakeholders viz: hunters (32); Harvesters/fishermen (40) and forestry official (10). Results indicated that 71% of the respondents are favorably disposed to the idea of community participation m the management of the Forest reserve. Also, community members showed- interest in forest protection, commercial seedlings production, maintenance and harvesting operations. There was no evidence of bitter relationship among the stakeholders. A method of benefit sharing was also proposed.