Socioeconomic Causes of Unregulated Teak Plantation Exploitation in Edo State,Nigeria |
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| Authors: | C Kalu S K Adeyoju |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Forestry and Wildlife, Faculty of Agriculture , University of Benin , Benin City, Nigeria cpkalu@yahoo.com;3. Department of Forest Resources Management, Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry , University of Ibadan , Nigeria |
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| Abstract: | Edo State teak plantations witnessed unregulated exploitation between 1986 and 2001, which impacted the people, and the environment. This study was undertaken to determine the primary and secondary causes of unregulated exploitation. Ten teak plantations were randomly selected in Edo State with four 25-m × 25-m plots laid out in each plantation, to obtain information on the rates of exploitation based on the assessment of relic trees. Socioeconomic data were obtained through the use of 3 sets of questionnaires developed and administered to 958 respondents comprising 213 forestry staff, 437 farmers, and 308 saw millers/timber contractors in 10 selected communities out of the 28 settlements adjoining these plantations. The results revealed there was significant difference (p < .05) between primary and secondary causes. Poor forest policy implementation had a significant (p < .05) positive effect on teak exploitation. Idale had a dominant 11.16 m3 ha? 1 yr?1 mean annual increment (MAI) which accounted for 17.61%, while the least value was recorded at Udo-Nikrowa. It is imperative that commensurate efforts at reforestation and the use of lesser known timber species need to be encouraged. |
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| Keywords: | causes socioeconomic Tectona grandis unregulated exploitation |
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