Many protected areas around the world face degradation in the face of poverty, maladapted agricultural practices and population growth in their surroundings. This research uses a multidisciplinary approach to study this complex problem in the context of a montane ecosystem. The study area comprises Ngel Nyaki and Kurmin Danko Forest Reserves on the Mambilla Plateau in Eastern Nigeria and the surrounding landscape, comprising pastoral lands, farmland, villages and homesteads. Ongoing degradation of the Forest Reserves through their illegal use as grazing areas by the local Fulani pastoralists indicates that the exclusionary protection of the forest is not working. It may be that a participatory forestry approach to conservation would be mor...
In Nigeria, human communities are found within or beside forest ecosystems, depending onthese ecosys...
This paper highlights the nature of deforestation in a government declared “protected area (Falgore ...
The existence of riparian vegetation is greatly threatened by change in land uses in Nigeria and inf...
Land is the most important natural resource that affects every aspect of human life, while biodivers...
The objective of establishing protected areas should be made to tally with needs and aspirations of ...
Conservation conflicts in Kwari-Kasa forest reserve and its environment were investigated. Structure...
Land is the most important natural resource that affects every aspect of human life, while biodivers...
Forest reserves are under threat in Nigeria due to climate change and human distances.The investigat...
Land degradation is a matter of serious concern. Vast area of land all over the world has been conv...
A forest inventory was carried out to investigate the anthropological interference on the vegetati...
This study examines the effects of the emerging grazing policies on land degradation in Nigeria usin...
Sudano-Sahelian zone of Nigeria has a history of meeting the demands of both the human and livestock...
In Nigeria, human communities are found within or beside forest ecosystems, depending onthese ecosys...
In Nigeria, human communities are found within or beside forest ecosystems, depending onthese ecosys...
In Nigeria, human communities are found within or beside forest ecosystems, depending onthese ecosys...
In Nigeria, human communities are found within or beside forest ecosystems, depending onthese ecosys...
This paper highlights the nature of deforestation in a government declared “protected area (Falgore ...
The existence of riparian vegetation is greatly threatened by change in land uses in Nigeria and inf...
Land is the most important natural resource that affects every aspect of human life, while biodivers...
The objective of establishing protected areas should be made to tally with needs and aspirations of ...
Conservation conflicts in Kwari-Kasa forest reserve and its environment were investigated. Structure...
Land is the most important natural resource that affects every aspect of human life, while biodivers...
Forest reserves are under threat in Nigeria due to climate change and human distances.The investigat...
Land degradation is a matter of serious concern. Vast area of land all over the world has been conv...
A forest inventory was carried out to investigate the anthropological interference on the vegetati...
This study examines the effects of the emerging grazing policies on land degradation in Nigeria usin...
Sudano-Sahelian zone of Nigeria has a history of meeting the demands of both the human and livestock...
In Nigeria, human communities are found within or beside forest ecosystems, depending onthese ecosys...
In Nigeria, human communities are found within or beside forest ecosystems, depending onthese ecosys...
In Nigeria, human communities are found within or beside forest ecosystems, depending onthese ecosys...
In Nigeria, human communities are found within or beside forest ecosystems, depending onthese ecosys...
This paper highlights the nature of deforestation in a government declared “protected area (Falgore ...
The existence of riparian vegetation is greatly threatened by change in land uses in Nigeria and inf...