Drivers of Deforestation and Land-Use Change in Southwest Nigeria.

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dc.contributor.authorFasona, M.J
dc.contributor.authorAdeonipekun, P.A
dc.contributor.authorAgboola, O.O
dc.contributor.authorAkintuyi, A.O
dc.contributor.authorBello, A.A
dc.contributor.authorOgundipe, O.T
dc.contributor.authorSoneye, A.S
dc.contributor.authorOmojola, A.S
dc.date.accessioned2022-07-28T16:15:40Z
dc.date.available2022-07-28T16:15:40Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.descriptionScholarly articleen_US
dc.description.abstractLand based mitigation presents viable mechanism for offsetting carbon deficits from land-use change driven emissions especially in areas with relatively large lowland forests. This piece reviews key issues about the drivers of land-use change, deforestation and forest degradation. It also presented a case assessment of perception on drivers of land-use change and deforestation using rapid appraisal data collected from 108 households and 57 forest resource users in 17 purposively selected peri-urban and rural communities in the forest zone of Southwest Nigeria. From the appraisal, lumbering and polewood extraction, fuelwood and charcoal production, crop cultivation, urban growth, animal grazing and transportation remain important proximate land-use change, deforestation and forest degradation drivers. Population increase and poverty are considered the most important underlying drivers. Response to economic opportunities with regards to cash (tree) and commercial arable crops, and high local and export demands for wood substantially drive land-use change and deforestation. National climate change actions, natural resource policies, land tenure, international multilateral commitments and carbon credit frameworks have very little impacts with regards to land-use change in southwest Nigeria. Lack of alternative livelihoods undermines people’s resilience and further drive deforestation and forest degradation.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThis work was supported by the Nigerian Tertiary Education Trust Fund’s National Research Fund (TETFUND-NRF) Project No: TETFUND/DESS/CC/18/VOL.1 on ‘Land-Use Change and Carbon Emissions in SW Nigeria’ Award to the University of Lagos.en_US
dc.identifier.citationIn: W. Leal Filho (ed.), Handbook of Climate Change Resilience, Chapter 23, pp475-498. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71025-9_139-1.en_US
dc.identifier.otherhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71025-9_139-1
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.unilag.edu.ng/handle/123456789/10948
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSPRINGER NATURE SWITZERLAND AGen_US
dc.subjectLand-use changeen_US
dc.subjectDeforestationen_US
dc.subjectForest degradationen_US
dc.subjectDriversen_US
dc.subjectSouth West Nigeriaen_US
dc.subjectAgricultureen_US
dc.subjectResearch Subject Categories::SOCIAL SCIENCESen_US
dc.titleDrivers of Deforestation and Land-Use Change in Southwest Nigeria.en_US
dc.typeBook chapteren_US
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