CHAPTER
ONE
1.1 INTRODUCTION
Deforestation is the
removal of trees from a natural forest land or vegetation without a conscious
attempt to replacing them. It is prevalent among the rural populace in poor
developing countries in the world including Nigeria.
The effect of
deforestation culminates into drastic environmental changes which are hazardous
and detrimental to lives on earth.
The research harness
towards revealing the interrelationship between the effects, the causes and the
possible solution to ameliorate those effects and restrict or reduce the causes
of the deforestation.
In the same vein,
the relevance of sustainability African green revolution was also a major point
of consideration to ameliorate the effect of deforestation among other
remedies.
1.2 OBJECTIVES
The objectives of this work were:
To establish the relationship between
deforestation, environmental degradation and its implication for sustainability
of African development.
To highlight the possible causes of
deforestation.
To evaluate consequences (effects) of
deforestation on global warming and climate change.
To provide remedies (possible
solution/measures) to (stop or reduce) the problems posed by deforestation.
1.3 DEFINITION OF TERMS
Agriculture:
This
is the cultivation of crops and rearing of animals in a piece of land for the
purpose of producing food for man and feed for livestocks.
Biodiversity: This is the short
form of biological diversity and it refers to the variety of living things
(organisms) and their interaction with the ecosystem.
Climate
change: Climate
change refers to the change in regular pattern of weather condition of a
particular place due mainly to the release of some toxic gases such as
carbondioxide (Co2), chloroflorocarbon (CFC), Methane (CH4)
and carbon monoxide (CO) into the environment.
Deforestation: This is the act of
cutting down or burning the tress in an area (oxford Advance learner’s
dictionary 6th edition). It can also be defined as the removal of trees
from a natural forest land or vegetation without a conscious attempt to
replacing them.
Logging:
This is an act of cutting down the trees from a forest for timber and wood
product.
Farming: Farming is an act of
cultivation of crops on land for the purpose of providing food for human
population Encarta, (2012).
Exploitation: This is the
collection of forest resource in such a way that they can no longer be
reproduced.
Sustainability: This implies the
ability to avoid using up or exploiting natural resources.
Green
revolution: Green
revolution is a system of sustainable modernization of agriculture and rural
development which has major social and biological impacts on inducing reduction
in biodiversity and residual soil quality (Hayami and Kikuchi, 2000). It was a
response to food population crisis developed around 1960s in Asia, Latin America
(Mexico) and in the Middle East, Pray, (1982).
Reforestation:
Planting
trees in an area that has been deforested. It can also be defined as the
restoration (replanting) of a forest that had been reduced by fire or cutting.
It is the natural or international restocking of existing forests and woodlands
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