Research
Management Objectives for Ecosystem Services Protection in Nigeria
People are increasingly confronted with starker choices in resource distribution to competing applications and users. At the local level, for example, land and water allocation for agricultural, industrial, municipal, recreational, and conservation operations is frequently a zero-sum game. This is evidenced by the widespread loss of water and land from natural habitats to farms and, increasingly, to urban and industrial uses. From both an ethical and a practical standpoint, these choices are getting increasingly complex and difficult to reconcile. The Ecosystem Services Framework combines the biophysical and social aspects of environmental preservation in a way that has a lot of promise for dealing with the environmental catastrophe that will most certainly peak in the twenty-first century. A quick description of this framework was presented here, along with a suggestion for immediate action.
Primate Population Census and Feeding Preference in Bagale Forest Reserve of Adamawa State, Nigeria
This study was carried out to determine the absolute densities and food preference of primate species in Bagale forest reserve of Adamawa State. The King Census model was used for determination of absolute densities while the frequencies of utilization of food materials was used to determine preference ranking. Result of the study indicate that absolute densities for Patas monkey (Erythrocebus patas), Tantalus monkey (Cerlopitecus tantalus)and Baboon (Papio anubis) were 0.28/km2, 0.21/km2 and 0.07/km2 respectively. Fruits of Vitex doniana, Anona senegelensis, Ziziphus maurit/ana and Detarium microcapum were found to be preferred by the primates in the study area.
