Recent trends in land-use and cover change and deforestation in south–west Nigeria

Fasona, Mayowa; Akintuyi, Akinlabi; Adeonipekun, Peter Adegbenga; Akoso, T. M.; Udofia, Samuel Kevin; Agboola, Oludare Oladipo; Ogunsanwo, Gbenga E.; Ariori, Ajibade N.; Omojola, Ademola; Soneye, Alabi; Ogundipe, O. T.

doi:10.1007/s10708-020-10318-w

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“…Oyo State belongs to the southwestern geopolitical zone, the region of the Yoruba ethnic group. Being the largest of the six states in the zone, it has the biggest land mass of about 29,000 km 2 (Fasona et al 2020). According to Fasona et al (2020), forests of Oyo state are mostly exploited.…”

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“…Arowolo and Deng (2018) further reported that cultivated land reduced by 18.1% and increased by 34.2% between 2000 and 2010 in Nigeria, making the increased cultivated land to be 16.1% in the decade. Forest loss is on account of several factors, but boosting agricultural production is a major motive of decimating forests, which results in the loss of biodiversity (Badamasi et al 2018;Fasona et al 2020;Miyamoto 2020;FAO and UNEP 2020). Agricultural expansion is solely responsible for 70-80% of forest loss in Africa (Olorunfemi et al 2021).…”

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“…Converting natural forest system to agricultural land impedes the capacity of the ecosystem to function, thereby hindering sustainability of the ecosystem (Buytaert et al 2014;Fagerholm et al 2016;Turner et al 2016;Tolessa et al 2017;Fu et al 2017). Converting land for agriculture is a variant of deforestation because deforestation is essentially the transformation of forest land to non-forest land (Fasona et al 2020;Doggart 2020). Forest degradation hampers biodiversity (Duraiappah et al 2005;FAO and UNEP 2020;Fasona et al 2020), and therefore weakens the adaptableness of the ecosystem (Corral-Verdugo 2009).…”

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“…Converting land for agriculture is a variant of deforestation because deforestation is essentially the transformation of forest land to non-forest land (Fasona et al 2020;Doggart 2020). Forest degradation hampers biodiversity (Duraiappah et al 2005;FAO and UNEP 2020;Fasona et al 2020), and therefore weakens the adaptableness of the ecosystem (Corral-Verdugo 2009). More specifically, the functioning of forests as carbon sinks is negatively affected when lands are converted for agricultural use.…”

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“…More specifically, the functioning of forests as carbon sinks is negatively affected when lands are converted for agricultural use. Aside from energy use, forest land conversion is the largest contributor to CO 2 and other greenhouse gas emissions in Nigeria, considering that 60% of total emissions were on account of this conversion (Fasona et al 2020). Greenhouse gas emissions herald into rising temperature and climate change (Olorunfemi et al 2021).…”

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Understanding forest land conversion for agriculture in a developing country context: An application of the theory of planned behaviour among a cohort of Nigerian farmers

Ibrahim

Osikabor

Olatunji

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Folia Forestalia Polonica

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Natural and forest-rich ecosystems are determinants of environmental sustainability, which are threatened by forest land conversion for agricultural purposes, especially in less-developed contexts. Moreover, human behaviour is central to achieving the much desired ecologically balanced environment. Hence, a partly novel model informed by the theory of planned behaviour was used in the examination of forest land conversion for agricultural purposes. The study design was a cross-sectional survey targeted at a group of farmers of southwestern Nigeria. Data were collected using a structured questionnaire among 320 randomly selected crop farmers. Independent samples t test and one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) were used to test the significance of difference in respondents' forest conversion behaviour across subgroups of gender and age/education, respectively. Stepwise multiple linear regression was used to identify the determinants of forest conversion behaviour. Results showed that 87.8% of respondents had ever engaged in forest conversion. Gender and education had no significant effect on forest conversion behaviour (p > 0.05), but age did (p < 0.05). Attitude was the best determinant (β = 0.289, r = 0.510, R 2 = 0.260, p < 0.001), subjective norm was better (β = 0.257, r = 0.496, R 2 = 0.055, p < 0.001), while perceived behavioural control was good (β = 0.131, r = 0.398, p < 0.001, R 2 = 0.012, p < 0.005). The three variables correlated with intention by a degree of 57.2% (multiple R = 0.572), while they explained 32.7% of the variance in intention (R 2 =0.327). Intention was also found to be a significant determinant of behaviour (β = 0.222, r = 0.222, R 2 = 0.049, p < 0.001). Middle age predisposes to, whereas younger and older age protects against greater extent of forest conversion. The partly novel model derived from the theory of planned behaviour proves the likely viability of the pursuit of socio-psychologically predicated interventions to enthrone forest conservation.

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