The effects of natural landscape elements in combating emerging desertification in Northern Nigeria
Desertification or land degradation is a serious environmental problem with tremendous socio-economic consequences. Today's northern Nigeria arid and semi-arid zones are affected by desertification resulting from various factors, from climatic variations to anthropological activities such as...
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2021
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| Summary: | Desertification or land degradation is a serious environmental problem with
tremendous socio-economic consequences. Today's northern Nigeria arid and
semi-arid zones are affected by desertification resulting from various factors,
from climatic variations to anthropological activities such as bush fire,
deforestation, grass-shrub, and tree thickening, degradation, over-cultivation,
and overgrazing. Many policies and programs have been formulated and
implemented at the national and international levels to address this
phenomenon. Programs like afforestation are one of the most effective means
of preventing desertification in conjunction with natural landscape elements.
Consequently, with the constrained availability of human and ecological
resources, there are widespread negative impacts on security. The purpose of
this research was to establish the merit and demerit of desertification, to assess
the causal factor, and recommend a sustainable method using Natural
Landscape Elements (indigenous tree species) in combating drought and
desertification, this includes variables of stocking rate, natural mortality,
chopping, cutting, grafting and seedling regeneration. The effects of methods
of afforestation and reforestation on the promotion of bio-diversity have been
investigated. The Stratification Sampling Approach was used for this study.
Primary data was compiled using structured interviews. Questionnaires were
used to obtain quantitative data from 30 villages in three Local Government
Councils of Kano State namely Danbatta, Gabasawa, and Tsanyawa.
Secondary data relied on the internet and library research. The major findings
of the study include; (i) Anthropological activities are the major determinants
of climatic changes; (ii) Climatic changes have notably led to resource
scarcities with fundamental effects on various aspects of anthropologic
securities in the region of Northern Nigeria; (iii) Climate change served as a
key driver of anthropological insecurity. It was also revealed that the
government can address the process of desertification using elements for
sustainable reforestation projects. It was recommended that while dealing with
climate and anthropological changes, global, regional, and national institutions,
regimes, and policies be guided by taking into consideration of the broader
anthropologic insecurities. Finally, the therapeutic effect using Natural
Landscape Elements will serve as the Gap while the Natural Elements is a
novelty in the research. |
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