Indigenous people’s approach to woody plant species conservation in selected spots in Abia State, Southeastern Nigeria

Journal of Water and Land Development

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Godson Chinonyerem Asuoha¹  Uchenna Paulinus Okafor¹  Chukwuemeka Anthony Onyekwelu¹  Romanus Udegbunam Ayadiuno¹  Philip Ogbonnia Phil-Eze¹ 

[1] University of Nigeria, Department of Geography, Faculty of the Social Sciences

关键词: biodiversity loss;    conservation;    indigenous people;    land degradation;    Sustainable Development Goals;    woody plant species;   

DOI  :  10.24425/jwld.2022.140793

学科分类：农业科学（综合）

来源: Instytut Technologiczno-Przyrodniczego / Institute of Technology and Life Sciences

【 摘 要 】

The 15th of United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aims to protect, restore, and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss. This paper investigates the approach adopted by indigenous peoples for conservation of woody plant species diversity in some selected spots in Abia State, Southeastern Nigeria. Relying on mixed method approach to research, data collection comprising field observation, ground truthing, plant species inventory, and key-informant interviews and analysis of data, two spots were purposively sampled, one from each of the two LGAs; Mbom in Bende LGA and Amangwu in Ohafia Local Government Area (LGA). A 50 × 20 m quadrat was sampled from each site, from where plant species inventory was undertaken. Shannon– Wiener diversity index (H’) was used to analyse the data. The result of Shannon–Wiener diversity index, shows that the diversity indices of the plant species for the two sites were 3.20 (Mbom) and 3.95 (Amangwu) respectively. The people of Bende and Ohafia LGAs employ some traditional laws to ensure conservation of woody plant species so as to achieve goal 15th of the SDGs. This paper advocates sustenance of those traditional laws that encourage conservation of woody plant species in the study area with enforceable sanctions to deter defaulters.

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