Residents’ Satisfaction with Environmental Resources’ Utilisation in an Unprotected Forest Area
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2018-05-06
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Nigerian Chapter of Society for Conservation Biology
Abstract
The public perception of biodiversity is essential for conservation efforts. Also, appreciation of beauty of natural wonders is a factor that influenced the attitudes of people towards conservation of biodiversity. Residents’ engagement in recreational activity can only be sustained because of its ecological and economic importance. The study assessed residents’ satisfaction with the use of environmental resources and also evaluated residents’ utilisation of environmental resources at bitumen forested area of Ode-Irele. Ten enumeration areas and ten households from each of the enumeration areas were selected by random sampling technique. Questionnaires were administered to 2,000 respondents gotten from two persons from 100 households taken from the 10 enumeration areas. Data were analysed using Univariate analysis of variance to assess the satisfaction residents derived from environmental resources. Findings on values of environmental resources were presented using percentages and cross tabulations. Residents were mostly satisfied with the use of aesthetic and social resources in the environment (F = 0.0). The study revealed that many of the residents were involved in sport hunting for recreation, whereas the community awareness on visits to collect information
on animals was low. Residents’ satisfaction with values of environmental resources could be a factor for sustainable utilisation and conservation of biodiversity.
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Appreciation, Biodiversity, Conservation, Environmental Resources, Residents’ Satisfaction, Utilisation
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Adeleke, B. O., Ogunsusi, K. and Alayande, S. A. (2018): Residents’ Satisfaction with Environmental Resources’ Utilisation in an Unprotected Forest Area. Proceedings of 6th NSCB Biodiversity Conference; University of Uyo 2018, pp 193-199.