Public Perceptions of Urban Forests in Ibadan, Nigeria: Implications for Environmental Conservation

Popoola, L.; Ajewole, Opeyeme

doi:10.1080/03071375.2001.9747291

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“…These findings agree with findings that 99% of respondents in Ibadan, Nigeria, were aware of the urban forest, its benefits and value for their wellbeing, and expressed a strong interest in preserving urban forest cover [60]. Proximity to trees/forests and the perceived (dis)incentives associated with forest are strong determinants of perceptions about the urban forest [60,61]. Within the Ayawaso East submetropolis of Accra, residents of relatively denser forested areas rank and prioritize urban forest higher than their compatriots in less dense forested areas [62].…”

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confidence: 90%

“…However, cultivating food-bearing trees in the city was probably significantly influenced by the neighborhood's wealth status and the view about the forest cover (Table 7). These findings agree with findings that 99% of respondents in Ibadan, Nigeria, were aware of the urban forest, its benefits and value for their wellbeing, and expressed a strong interest in preserving urban forest cover [60]. Proximity to trees/forests and the perceived (dis)incentives associated with forest are strong determinants of perceptions about the urban forest [60,61].…”

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confidence: 81%

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Tree Species Diversity and Socioeconomic Perspectives of the Urban (Food) Forest of Accra, Ghana

Nero

Kwapong

Jatta³

et al. 2018

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Urban and peri-urban forestry has emerged as a complementary measure to contribute towards eliminating urban hunger and improved nutritional security. However, there is scanty knowledge about the composition, diversity, and socioeconomic contributions of urban food trees in African cities. This paper examines the diversity and composition of the urban forest and food trees of Accra and sheds light on perceptions of urbanites regarding food tree cultivation and availability in the city. Using a mixed methods approach, 105 respondents in six neighborhoods of Accra were interviewed while over 200 plots (100-m2 each) were surveyed across five land use types. Twenty-two out of the 70 woody species in Accra have edible parts (leaves, fruits, flowers, etc.). The food-tree abundance in the city is about half of the total number of trees enumerated. The species richness and abundance of the food trees and all trees in the city were significantly different among land use types (p < 0.0001) and neighborhood types (p < 0.0001). The diversity of food-bearing tree species was much higher in the poorer neighborhoods than in the wealthier neighborhoods. Respondents in wealthier neighborhoods indicated that tree and food-tree cover of the city was generally low and showed greater interest in cultivating food (fruit) trees and expanding urban forest cover than poorer neighborhoods. These findings demonstrate the need for urban food policy reforms that integrate urban-grown tree foods in the urban food system/culture.

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Section: Perceptions and Interest In Promoting Urban Food Forestsupporting

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Section: Perceptions and Interest In Promoting Urban Food Forestsupporting

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Tree Species Diversity and Socioeconomic Perspectives of the Urban (Food) Forest of Accra, Ghana

Nero

Kwapong

Jatta³

et al. 2018

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“…However, the probability to cultivate food bearing trees in the city was significantly influenced by the neighborhood wealth status and one's view about the forest cover ( Table 7). These findings agree with findings that 99% of respondents in Ibadan were aware of the urban forest, its benefits and values to their wellbeing and expressed strong interest to preserve urban forest cover (62). Proximity to trees/forests and the perceived (dis)incentives associated with forest are strong determines of perceptions about the urban forest (62,63).…”

Section: Urban Forest Tree Diversity and Food/ Nutritional Securitysupporting

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“…These findings agree with findings that 99% of respondents in Ibadan were aware of the urban forest, its benefits and values to their wellbeing and expressed strong interest to preserve urban forest cover (62). Proximity to trees/forests and the perceived (dis)incentives associated with forest are strong determines of perceptions about the urban forest (62,63). Within the Ayawaso East submteropolis of Accra, residents of relatively denser forested areas rank and prioritize urban forest higher than their compatriots in less dense forested areas (64).…”

Section: Urban Forest Tree Diversity and Food/ Nutritional Securitysupporting

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Tree Species Diversity and Socio-economic Perspectives of the Urban (Food) Forest of Accra, Ghana

Nero¹,

Kwapong²,

Jatta³

et al. 2018

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In Africa, 80% of households in urban areas are food insecure and is coupled with a dramatically changing urban food culture towards increased consumption of sugary and fatty foods. Consequently, incidences of obesity and undernourishment in many African cities are becoming escalating. Urban and peri-urban forestry emerges as a complementary measure to contribute towards elimination of urban hunger and improved nutritional security. However, there is scanty knowledge about the composition, diversity and socioeconomic contributions of urban food trees in African cities and this hinders policy discussions integrating urban forestry into the food security discourse. This paper examines the diversity and composition of the urban forest and food trees of Accra and sheds light on perceptions of urbanites regarding food tree cultivation and availability in the city. Using a mixed methods approach, about 105 respondents in six neighbourhoods of Accra were interviewed while over 200 100-m2 plots were surveyed across five land use types. Twenty-two out of the 70 woody species in Accra are edible. The food tree abundance in the city is about half of the total number of trees enumerated. The species richness and abundance of the edible trees and all trees in the city were significantly different among land use types (p<0.0001) and neighbourhood types (p<0.0001). The diversity of food bearing tree species was much higher in the poorer neighbourhoods than in the wealthier neighbourhoods. Respondents in wealthier neighbourhoods indicated that tree and fruit tree cover of the city was generally low and showed greater interests in cultivating fruit trees and expanding urban forest cover than poorer neighbourhoods. These findings demonstrate the need for urban food policy reforms that integrate urban grown tree foods in the urban food system/culture.

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“…The levels of anthropogenic CO2 emissions sourced from electricity consumption and the use of fuel oil and gas were analyzed using CO2 emission factor values established by the Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2000, DEFRA (2001) and The National Energy. Foundation (NEF) in 2005, while CO2 absorption by various plants was analyzed by carbohydrate measurement method [16]. Detail of analysis method as follow: 1) CO2 emissions from electricity consumption.…”

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Analysis of Urban Forest Needs as Anthropogenic (CO₂) Gas Absorbent in Semarang City

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Green open space in cities in significant needs to maintenance environment quality. On of the critical function is to absorb increasing number of gas . Therefore, developing urban forest in cities is very importance. The objective of the study is to determine the area of urban forest as gas anthropogenic absorb which is formed from fuel, diesel fuel, liquid petroleum gas. The study consists of (1) Analyzing the number of gas emission by calculating the needs of petroleum and gas based on the number of population, (2) Analyzing the power of gas absorption, (3) Measuring the air concentration of gas ambient based on daily traffic activities. This study shown that from year 2013 to year 2017, the increasing of urban forest is not so significant. For year 2013 the green open space in Semarang City are 373.67 hectares (7.5 percent from Semarang City area), consists of 239 parks, 11 public cemeteries, production forests, community forests, and urban forests, however the area of urban forest is not increase. The study assess that Antidesmabunius is one of the green species which high absorb capacity planted for Semarang. This trees produce 31,31 ton annually. This study proposed to fostering Antidesmabunius as one principle threes in Semarang urban forest.

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Public Perceptions of Urban Forests in Ibadan, Nigeria: Implications for Environmental Conservation

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Tree Species Diversity and Socioeconomic Perspectives of the Urban (Food) Forest of Accra, Ghana

Tree Species Diversity and Socioeconomic Perspectives of the Urban (Food) Forest of Accra, Ghana

Tree Species Diversity and Socio-economic Perspectives of the Urban (Food) Forest of Accra, Ghana

Analysis of Urban Forest Needs as Anthropogenic (CO₂) Gas Absorbent in Semarang City

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Tree Species Diversity and Socioeconomic Perspectives of the Urban (Food) Forest of Accra, Ghana

Tree Species Diversity and Socioeconomic Perspectives of the Urban (Food) Forest of Accra, Ghana

Tree Species Diversity and Socio-economic Perspectives of the Urban (Food) Forest of Accra, Ghana

Analysis of Urban Forest Needs as Anthropogenic (CO2) Gas Absorbent in Semarang City

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