Comments on: The state of Nigeria’s forests http://r4dreview.org/2010/04/the-state-of-nigerias-forests/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:51:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: kamal sadisu http://r4dreview.org/2010/04/the-state-of-nigerias-forests/comment-page-1/#comment-3041 kamal sadisu Fri, 22 Apr 2011 12:33:01 +0000 http://r4dreview.org/?p=1715#comment-3041 l am a student of umaru musa yaradua university katsina, conducting reseach on impact of deforestation as a source of national calamity--a case study of katsina state, and i found that the major causes of deforestation are poverty and 80% using fuelwood as energy source. if the government can provide an alternative at the expense of deforestation, the percentage of deforestation will be reduced. l am a student of umaru musa yaradua university katsina, conducting reseach on impact of
deforestation as a source of national calamity–a case study of katsina state, and i found that the major causes of deforestation are poverty and 80% using fuelwood as energy source. if the government can provide an alternative at the expense of deforestation, the percentage of deforestation will be reduced.

]]> By: William Delvalle http://r4dreview.org/2010/04/the-state-of-nigerias-forests/comment-page-1/#comment-3025 William Delvalle Tue, 12 Apr 2011 15:21:47 +0000 http://r4dreview.org/?p=1715#comment-3025 I never thought that there are still virgin forest nowadays. The government around the world must protect their natural resources since we get almost all the things that we need from our natural resources. I never thought that there are still virgin forest nowadays. The government around the world must protect their natural resources since we get almost all the things that we need from our natural resources.

]]> By: Lawal http://r4dreview.org/2010/04/the-state-of-nigerias-forests/comment-page-1/#comment-2964 Lawal Fri, 14 Jan 2011 20:24:50 +0000 http://r4dreview.org/?p=1715#comment-2964 "All stakeholders need to understand that biodiversity is critical to the maintenance of a healthy environment" This is a great step taken in the right direction on biodiversity conservation,all the valuable trees are gone especially well known Iroko.(Millicia excelsa)the percentage is highly reduced we can hardly find the plus tree,Restoration of African forest calls for attention . “All stakeholders need to understand that biodiversity is critical to the maintenance of a healthy environment” This is a great step taken in the right direction on biodiversity conservation,all the valuable trees are gone especially well known Iroko.(Millicia excelsa)the percentage is highly reduced we can hardly find the plus tree,Restoration of African forest calls for attention .

]]> By: Babatunde Akinsinde http://r4dreview.org/2010/04/the-state-of-nigerias-forests/comment-page-1/#comment-2782 Babatunde Akinsinde Sun, 25 Jul 2010 21:48:36 +0000 http://r4dreview.org/?p=1715#comment-2782 Nice paper from Dr David Ladipo.However the species Pterocarpus soyauxii pictured in the paper by Dr John Peacock is not the Silk Cotton....Kindly correct that please. IITA campus is such a 'live genebank' of native species that are lesser known and under exploited.I think more efforts should be put into popularizing a lot of these under utilized speciesthat are abundant in the IITA arboreta. Nice paper from Dr David Ladipo.However the species Pterocarpus soyauxii pictured in the paper by Dr John Peacock is not the Silk Cotton….Kindly correct that please.

IITA campus is such a ‘live genebank’ of native species that are lesser known and under exploited.I think more efforts should be put into popularizing a lot of these under utilized speciesthat are abundant in the IITA arboreta.

]]> By: Israel Borokini http://r4dreview.org/2010/04/the-state-of-nigerias-forests/comment-page-1/#comment-2700 Israel Borokini Wed, 28 Apr 2010 18:24:25 +0000 http://r4dreview.org/?p=1715#comment-2700 This is an interesting paper, though I never thought forest conservation is a matter of concern to IITA that deals with agronomic crops. All the same, it is very important for us to conserve the forests for the sake of environmental sustainability. Nigeria was adjudged to have the highest rate of deforestation of natural forests as at 2005 FRA report by FAO. Who knows what the result will be in 2010 when new report is expected to be out. The Government is to be blamed. Many of the politicians give logging concessions to their friends, associates and cronies who go into the forests and cut down trees. Worse still, illegal fellers come at night to ravage the rest, wading off any resistance from forest guards with sophisticated weapons against the 'dane guns' carried by the forest guards or even having nothing to fight against illegal fellers. Tell me, what happens to the hundreds of woods in the saw mills, has anybody challenged them whether the logs are registered? Back to the rural areas, majority of them descend on the trees for fuel wood. Infact, Forestry Outlook for Africa, FOSA report of 2001 by FAO stated that Nigeria has the highest rate of fuel wood consumption in Nigeria, over 75% of the populace depend on it for cooking etc. I had the priviledge of reading a magazine by DFID a couple of editions back showcasing how the government of some poor Asian countries worked with DFID and the rural poor were taught how to generate biogas from the wastes and today, most of the rural poor are using biogas for cooking. Consider the respiratory diseases you get from the smoke in kitchen for burning fuelwood or even fossil fuel. Poor Nigeria! Nigeria blessed indeed with brilliant chaps all over the place, but our leaders are so unfocused and lacking in discretion, or perhaps it is even a deliberate action to keep Nigerians in abject poverty. Sorry, my comments are much. I am actually a research scientist with National Centre for Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, NACGRAB, Ibadan, and my primary research interest is on Biodiversity Conservation. If such an article is relevant in your serial publication, I will be glad to send in inputs on this area for publication. Thanks for the great job in IITA. This is an interesting paper, though I never thought forest conservation is a matter of concern to IITA that deals with agronomic crops.

All the same, it is very important for us to conserve the forests for the sake of environmental sustainability. Nigeria was adjudged to have the highest rate of deforestation of natural forests as at 2005 FRA report by FAO. Who knows what the result will be in 2010 when new report is expected to be out.

The Government is to be blamed. Many of the politicians give logging concessions to their friends, associates and cronies who go into the forests and cut down trees. Worse still, illegal fellers come at night to ravage the rest, wading off any resistance from forest guards with sophisticated weapons against the ‘dane guns’ carried by the forest guards or even having nothing to fight against illegal fellers. Tell me, what happens to the hundreds of woods in the saw mills, has anybody challenged them whether the logs are registered?

Back to the rural areas, majority of them descend on the trees for fuel wood. Infact, Forestry Outlook for Africa, FOSA report of 2001 by FAO stated that Nigeria has the highest rate of fuel wood consumption in Nigeria, over 75% of the populace depend on it for cooking etc. I had the priviledge of reading a magazine by DFID a couple of editions back showcasing how the government of some poor Asian countries worked with DFID and the rural poor were taught how to generate biogas from the wastes and today, most of the rural poor are using biogas for cooking. Consider the respiratory diseases you get from the smoke in kitchen for burning fuelwood or even fossil fuel.

Poor Nigeria! Nigeria blessed indeed with brilliant chaps all over the place, but our leaders are so unfocused and lacking in discretion, or perhaps it is even a deliberate action to keep Nigerians in abject poverty.

Sorry, my comments are much. I am actually a research scientist with National Centre for Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, NACGRAB, Ibadan, and my primary research interest is on Biodiversity Conservation. If such an article is relevant in your serial publication, I will be glad to send in inputs on this area for publication.

Thanks for the great job in IITA.

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