Rapid Assessment of Protected area Pressures and Threats in Nigeria National Parks

Nchor, Ayuk A.; Ogogo, AU

doi:10.4314/gjass.v11i2.1

Cited by 6 publications

(6 citation statements)

References 6 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…The main purpose of the RAPPAM methodology is to increase and improve the conservation of protected areas both of individual sites and the protected area system (Nepali 2006). The RAPPAM questionnaire is also an important part of the tool as it covers all the aspects of the international evaluation framework developed by the WCPA (Nchor & Ogogo 2012). The questionnaire is divided into seven sets of which the first set deals with the basic information about the Protected Areas including the management objectives and activities.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

<b>Rapid assessment of sacred groves: a biodiversity assessment tool for ground level practitioners</b>

2018

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Sacred groves in the Western Ghats are culturally preserved patches of forests that are rich in diversity owing to protection by several generations of local people, providing excellent examples of community based conservation. Sacred groves harbour local populations, preserve genetic resources and serve as reference sites and corridors between protected areas. They are considered to be cornerstones of biodiversity conservation, but are insufficient in scale and number to significantly address many aspects of the management of landscapes and biodiversity. We studied 13 sacred groves in Pune District that are at present outside the protected areas of the northern Western Ghats, where we employed a simple and rapid biodiversity assessment technique that can be replicated by frontline foresters, local residents and Biodiversity Management Committees (BMCs). Integrating these sacred sites into the conservation network through local support can improve the efficiency for the existing protected area network in this ecologically fragile region.

show abstract

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

<b>Rapid assessment of sacred groves: a biodiversity assessment tool for ground level practitioners</b>

2018

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…While the NGSA 1 reflects its conservation and restricted use status, the additional association of NGSA 1 with high and rugged elevations like NGSA 9, further explains its small extent of degradation. However, with its low proximity to major roads and major towns, degradation in protected areas as captured in NGSA 1 call for an investigation into the specific activities driving degradation in protected areas, such as encroachment by human activities [11,63], despite government regulations, particularly around communities that host protected areas [67,68].…”

Section: Understanding the Archetypes Of Small-area Degradationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Overgrazing has been associated with the disappearance of the typical savannah vegetation and the emergence of the Sudan-Sahelian Savannah in the NGS [15,72]. Thus, from the combination of drivers above, there is a critical need for an improved management of grazing resources, protected areas, and the governance of land resources in the NGS [11,36,68]. While all small-area archetypes are mostly dominated by the land-use management drivers, NGSAs 6 and 8 are the only small-area archetypes that are distinctly driven by the socio-economic drivers characterized by areas with low population density, i.e rural population with corresponding moderate information/knowledge access.…”

Section: Understanding the Archetypes Of Small-area Degradationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Social-Ecological Archetypes of Land Degradation in the Nigerian Guinea Savannah: Insights for Sustainable Land Management

Adenle

Speranza

2020

Remote Sensing

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The Nigerian Guinea Savannah is the most extensive ecoregion in Nigeria, a major food production area, and contains many biodiversity protection areas. However, there is limited understanding of the social-ecological features of its degraded lands and potential insights for sustainable land management and governance. To fill this gap, the self-organizing map method was applied to identify the archetypes of both proximal and underlying drivers of land degradation in this region. Using 12 freely available spatial datasets of drivers of land degradation—4 environmental; 3 socio-economic; and 5 land-use management practices, the identified archetypes were intersected with the Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS)-derived land-degradation status of the region, and the state administrative boundaries. Nine archetypes were identified. Archetypes are dominated by: (1) protected areas; (2) very high-density population; (3) moderately high information/knowledge access; (4) low literacy levels and moderate–high poverty levels; (5) rural remoteness; (6) remoteness from a major road; (7) very high livestock density; (8) moderate poverty level and nearly level terrain; and (9) very rugged terrain and remote from a major road. Four archetypes characterized by very high-density population, moderate–high information/knowledge access, and moderate–high poverty level, as well as remoteness from a major town, were associated with 61.3% large-area degradation; and the other five archetypes, covering 38.7% of the area, were responsible for small-area degradation. While different combinations of archetypes exist in all the states, the five states of Niger (40.5%), Oyo (29.6%), Kwara (24.4%), Nassarawa (18.6%), and Ekiti (17.6%), have the largest shares of the archetypes. To deal with these archetypical features, policies and practices that address increasing population in combination with poverty reduction; and that create awareness about land degradation and promote sustainable practices and various forms of land restoration, such as tree planting, are necessary for progressing towards land-degradation neutrality in the Nigerian Guinea Savannah.

show abstract

“…In a study performed for rapid evaluation of the pressure factors in protected areas along with the threat factors in national parks, the greatest threat factors of national parks were related to grazing, hunting, harvest of timber trees, and fishing. These threat and pressure factors are directly related to the vulnerability of the area (Nchor et al, 2012). In a study dealing with analysis of the threat and pressure factors in wetlands of South of Iran using RAPPAM method in Khuzestan Province (2014), it was found that extensive changes in land use into residential and agricultural uses, exhaustion and fracture of oil pipes and oil products in the wetland, legal and out of season hunting claimed the highest scores of pressure and threat factors, respectively (Sabzghabaei et al, 2014).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Identification of Threat and Pressure Factors on Protected Areas Using Rappam Methodology (Case Study: Khuzestan Province, Iran)

Mohseni¹

2018

Appl. Ecol. Env. Res.

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Abstract. Given the significance of conserving and improving lands management with a high conservation value, chosen for conserving and recovering plant and animal habitats as protected areas on a large scale, this study was conducted with the aim of identifying threat and pressure factors of protected areas in Khuzestan Province, Iran. In this study at 2015, using Delphi method, the threat and pressure factors of protected areas in Khuzestan Province were identified. Next, using RAPPAM methodology presented by WWF organization for managerial effectiveness of protected areas, the greatest threat and pressure factors of regions were investigated by individual regions and collectively for all of the regions. The results of this study suggest that five major factors of collective threat and pressure across all protected areas in Khuzestan Province in Iran are overgrazing (405.07), dam building (374.25), shortage of workforce and equipment (338.22), conversion of land use (283.23), cutting of trees (243.72). In contrast, the lowest threat and pressure factor was the effects caused by immigration of nomads (43.88). Among the protected areas studied in Khuzestan Province, the greatest collective threat and pressure factor is related to Dez protected area (674.41), while the lowest threat and pressure factor is related to Koraii protected area (342.51). Thereafter, attempts have been made to present some suggestions to solve or mitigate the effects of these factors given the pressure and threat factors present in the protected areas of Khuzestan Province. Among these solutions can one mention offering the license of grazing to local communities in the area in a periodical fashion, consideration of incentive measures for the area's staff in order to enhance motivation and aid in conservation of the area, holding training courses for the staff suited with the new needs of the area, recovery of the boundaries of the protected areas to prevent to transgression to the area and alteration of land use.

show abstract

Rapid Assessment of Protected area Pressures and Threats in Nigeria National Parks

Abstract: Regular evaluation of protected area operations can enable policy makers develop strategic responses to pervasive management problems.

Cited by 6 publications

References 6 publications

<b>Rapid assessment of sacred groves: a biodiversity assessment tool for ground level practitioners</b>

<b>Rapid assessment of sacred groves: a biodiversity assessment tool for ground level practitioners</b>

Social-Ecological Archetypes of Land Degradation in the Nigerian Guinea Savannah: Insights for Sustainable Land Management

Identification of Threat and Pressure Factors on Protected Areas Using Rappam Methodology (Case Study: Khuzestan Province, Iran)

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About