Local Communities and Sustainable Management in Maladumba Lake and Forest Reserve Nigeria

Abdullahi, Mohammed Baba

doi:10.3923/ajbs.2012.113.119

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“…Peak flow at the Lake's outlet is expected to be delayed due to the permeability of the subsoil in the PCA. [24,25] concluded in his work on Maladumba Lake and Forest Reserve (MLFR) that the soils in the area are deep sandy clay and loamy sands. However, inundation is expected immediately after a prolonged and intense downpour due to the weak ratio of stream networks to the overland and the intense impacts of agricultural practices and patterns on the soils.…”

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Tree Planting Index for Watershed Health Restoration in Ramsar Lake Maladumba, Nigeria

Aina

2023

IJESNR

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Ramsar convention supports the sustainable use of all wetlands including the outward landscapes drained by Ramsar Lake Maladumba and its tributaries. The research paper proposes an optimization approach for identifying degraded landscapes for tree planting and forest restoration in the catchment area of the Lake. The concept of neighbourhood sub-basin concatenation or Primary Catchment Area (PCA) was established and retained in the study for forest cover analysis. The ratio of the lake's surface area to the PCA is 0.0236. A deficit in forest presence was recorded from 25.17% to 6.39% in the period 2001-2019, amounting to a cumulative loss of about 13.2sq.km of forestland or 69.40ha of forestland per annum. The fifth order attribute of the lake alludes to the all-year water retention potentials of the reservoir. The low drainage density (1.66km/sq.km) and unsustainable forest clearance within the basin allow for accumulation of overland flow and inundation of the reservoir's fringes after an intense and prolonged precipitation. However, the water seepage potential of the basin is enhanced by its geology as indicated by the bifurcation ratio (5.82). The tree planting index is a reflection of watershed vulnerability to sediment yield and was calculated from few hydrologic parameters including the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) for the later image. 40% of the 200m disk and hotpots created as the centroid of second and first order stream network inlets to the Lake were designated as highly vulnerable and capable of inducing ageing and biodiversity losses in the aquatic system. ML3, ML5, ML6, ML2, and ML10 are therefore nominated as potential restoration sites requiring urgent reforestation and other integrated water and soil conservation measures.

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Tree Planting Index for Watershed Health Restoration in Ramsar Lake Maladumba, Nigeria

Aina

2023

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“…Mean annual rainfall is 800mm with a unimodal distribution during the rainy season. Mean temperature range from 26°C during harmattan to 34° during the hot months [40].…”

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A Comparative Study on the Gonadosomatic Index and Milt Volume of Four Populations of Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822) Broodstock Strains from North-East Nigeria

Eze¹,

Haruna²,

Victory

2022

AJFAR

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This study was carried out to compare and assess the Gonadosomatic Index (GSI) and Milt Volume of African catfish (Clarias gariepinus) from four population strains in the North-East of Nigeria. The broodstocks for the experiment were collected from lake Alau in Borno State, Lake Dadin Kowa in Gombe State, Lake Maladumba in Bauchi State and Lake Mayo Ranewo in Taraba State. The experiment was carried out at the hatchery complex of the Department of Fisheries, University of Maiduguri. A total of eighty C. gariepinus, twenty from each lake were collected. Standard methods were used to determine the gonadosomatic index and milt volume of the broodstock fish. The result obtained showed that the highest GSI value in males was 0.48±0.14 for fish caught from Lake Mayo Ranewo and the lowest GSI in males value was 0.28±0.01 for fish caught from Lake Maladumba. While the highest GSI value in females was 9.18±2.48 for fish caught from Lake Maladumba and the lowest GSI in females value was 4.06±0.65 for fish caught from Lake Dadin Kowa. There was a significant difference (P<0.05) on the GSI among the males and females fish broodstocks among Lakes The highest milt volume 2.66±0.16 was recorded for fish caught from Lake Mayo Ranewo and the lowest milt volume in males value was 2.32±0.11 and 2.32±0.11 for fish caught from Lake Alau and Lake Dadin Kowa respectively. The results obtained in this study have increase our knowledge on the reproductive biology of wild C. gariepinus from the North-East of Nigeria and have also provided relevant information for fisheries and aquaculture management as well as breeding programmes.

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“…1). It has an area of approximately 120 km 2 [5]. It has a Sudan type of climate, with two distinct seasons; a short, wet season that span across May-September and a longer dry season from October-April.…”

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“…Mean temperature ranges from 26-34 °C during the hot months of April and May. The dry season is dominated by dusty, north easterly Harmattan winds [5]. MLFR lies on sedimentary rocks of the Kerri Kerri Formation.…”

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Evaluation of Tree Species Composition for Sustainable Eco-Tourism Development of Maladumba Lake and Forest Reserve, Bauchi-Nigeria

Umar

Auwalu

Zakari

et al. 2021

EJBIO

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Ecotourism refers to travelling to relatively undisturbed or uncontaminated natural areas, such as protected areas, with the aim of studying, admiring, and enjoying the scenery and the faunal and floral composition along with its existing cultural aspects. This paper evaluated Tree species composition of Maladumba Lake and Forest Reserve, Bauchi-Nigeria for sustainable eco-tourism development. Wandering quarter method of vegetation analysis was employed for the study where five sampling sites were studied to determine species richness, percentage frequency, basal area, relative density, relative dominance, importance value indices, mean distance between trees, mean area of trees and number of individual stem per hectare of tree species encountered. Results obtained indicated total of eighteen different Tree species in the protected area with Mitragyna inermis (126732.9 cm), Adansonia digitata (31714.9 cm), Balanites aegyptiaca (29727.3 cm), and Piliostigma thonningii (28697.7 cm) as species with the highest basal area. While Funtumia elastica presented the highest frequency of occurrence (80%) followed by Acacia nilotica, Anogeissus leiocarpus, Balanites aegyptiaca and Cassia singueeana with 60% each. Relative densities of Mitragyna inermis (18.1%) stood as the highest, followed by Funtumia elastica (16.6%) and Balanites aegyptiaca (12.5%). Relative dominance suggested Mitragyna inermis (18.1%) with the highest value seconded by Adansoni digitata (12.4%) and Balanites aegyptiaca (11.7%). Mitragyna inermis (49.8) had the highest IVI followed by Balanites aegyptiaca (24.4) then Piliostigma thonningii (11.7). Very low values of mean distance between trees (6.9 m), mean area occupied by individual trees (47.6 m), and density of trees per hectare (210) suggested sparsely populated vegetation cover in the protected area. It was concluded that Maladumba Lake and Forest Reserve is under serious deforestation. As an Ecotourism attraction, serious reforestation program was recommended to salvage the situation before the whole protected lose its value.

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Local Communities and Sustainable Management in Maladumba Lake and Forest Reserve Nigeria

Cited by 6 publications

References 4 publications

Tree Planting Index for Watershed Health Restoration in Ramsar Lake Maladumba, Nigeria

Tree Planting Index for Watershed Health Restoration in Ramsar Lake Maladumba, Nigeria

A Comparative Study on the Gonadosomatic Index and Milt Volume of Four Populations of Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822) Broodstock Strains from North-East Nigeria

Evaluation of Tree Species Composition for Sustainable Eco-Tourism Development of Maladumba Lake and Forest Reserve, Bauchi-Nigeria

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