Community Strategies For The Conservation And Preservation Of Forest Resources In Nsukka Agricultural Zone Of Nigeria

Ozor, Nicholas; Odo, P. E.

doi:10.4314/as.v7i1.1580

Cited by 1 publication

(1 citation statement)

References 2 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Nigeria consistently lost 410,100 hectares of vegetative cover annually between 2005 and 2010, at a rate of 3.12% per year, making it one of the countries with the highest rates in the world (Ozor & Odo, 2008). Agriculture, logging, grazing, urbanization, road development, and mining have been the primary factors contributing to this predicament in the nation (Ozor & Odo, 2008;MacDicken, 2015).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Land Use Land Cover Dynamics of Upper Benue River Basin, Nigeria

Joshua¹,

Oruonye²,

Zemba³

et al. 2023

GEP

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This study examined land use land cover (LULC) dynamics in Upper Benue River Basin, Nigeria. The study makes use of primary and secondary data. Landsat Imageries for the years 1981, 2001 and 2021 were used in the study. Supervised approach with maximum likelihood classifier was adopted for the classification and generation of LULC maps. Markov Cellular Automata model was used to predict the status of LULC of the catchment for year 2070. The findings of the study reveal remarkable changes in the land use land cover of the Upper Benue River Basin. The land cover has witnessed downward trend in the percentage area covered by vegetation and bare surface resulting in 15.4% and 2.6% losses respectively. The result of the findings reveals that the built-up area and rock outcrop has shown significant gains of 15.2% and 2.9% of the study area respectively. Water body has been stable with 0% change, though, it witnessed a marginal decline in 2001. The land use land cover change observed in the Upper Benue River Basin was as a result of anthropogenic factors characterized by deforestation, expansion of agricultural lands, overgrazing among others. Based on the findings, the study recommended controlled grazing activity, deforestation and indiscriminate fuelwood exploitation and improved agronomic practices in the basin.

show abstract

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%