CONSEQUENCES OF DEFORESTATION ON RURAL HOUSEHOLD INCOME
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CONSEQUENCES OF DEFORESTATION ON RURAL HOUSEHOLD INCOME
ABSTRACT
This study aimed to assess the impact of deforestation on rural household income. The following aims led this study: to identify the causes of deforestation in Odighi, Edo state, to investigate the impacts of deforestation on rural household income, and to determine deforestation mitigation techniques.
The study used a descriptive and explanatory approach, with questionnaires and library research being used to obtain data. Primary and secondary data sources were employed, and the data was analysed using basic percentages that were displayed in frequency tables and percentages.
The survey included 50 respondents, including farmers, hunters, and agriculture and forestry department officials from Odighi Edo state’s Abuja branch. The study focusses primarily on the effects of deforestation on rural household income.
According to the study’s conclusions, deforestation has a detrimental impact on rural household income in Odighi Edo state; therefore, the Nigerian government and stakeholders should make efforts to promote tree planting and preservation.
Chapter one
1.0.INTRODUCTION
Deforestation is the removal of a forest or tree stand so that the land can be used for something other than forestry. Deforestation includes the conversion of forestland to farms, ranches, or urban areas.
Deforestation happens for a variety of reasons, including the removal of trees for use or sale as fuel (often in the form of charcoal) or lumber, as well as the use of cleared land for animal pasture, commodity plantations, and habitation.
The removal of trees without adequate regeneration has caused habitat degradation, biodiversity loss, and aridity. It has a negative impact on biosequestration of atmospheric CO2.
Subsistence farming accounts for 48% of deforestation, commercial agriculture for 32%, logging for 14%, and fuelwood removals for 5%.
Other factors contributing to modern deforestation include government corruption, unequal wealth and power distribution, population increase and overpopulation, and urbanisation.
Globalisation is frequently considered as a fundamental cause of deforestation, however there have been instances where the effects of globalisation (new flows of labour, capital, commodities, and ideas) have facilitated localised forest recovery.
Deforestation contributes to global warming and is frequently identified as one of the primary reasons of the increasing greenhouse effect. Tropical deforestation accounts for around 20% of global greenhouse gas emissions.
In deforested areas, the land heats up faster and achieves a greater temperature, resulting in localised upward motions that promote cloud formation and, eventually, more rainfall.
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