Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53443#.VMWuSCzQrzE Author(s) Oliver O. O. Enuoh 1* , Francis E. Bisong 2 Affiliation(s) 1 Tropical Ecological Consult Ltd., Abuja, Nigeria . 2 Department of Geography and Environmental Science, University of Calabar, Calabar, Nigeria . ABSTRACT Nigeria has lost over 90% of her forest resources due to the hydra-headed and enduring problem of deforestation, hinging on timber logging, establishment of agricultural plantations in hitherto intact forest reserves, construction of highways, mining of solid minerals, approval of taungya farming activities in forest reserves, extraction of non-timber forest products (NTFPs), and dereservation of large areas of certain forest reserves for other economic and development activities. Though colonialism was dismantled in the first half of the twentieth century, its policies on forest nationalization remain...
Scientific Research Publishing