Browsing by Author "Mba, E.H."

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    Assessment of Commercial Charcoal Production Effect on Savannah Woodland of Nasarawa State, Nigeria
    (Department of Environmental Management, Nasarawa State University Keffi, 2020-04-03) Ekpo, Salamatu Abraham; Mba, E.H.
    Charcoal is used as fuel in cooking for household, large food consumption and also in some industries especially those involved in casting bronze and other metals. It can be produced year round which involves woodland exploitation that contributes to deforestation with various negative consequences like loss of valuable resources and environment, drives climate change through the release of greenhouse gases, it also reduces the bio-productivity of ecosystems by disrupting the habitats of thousands of species, transforms forest lands into barren deserts and exposes bare surfaces which are susceptible to soil erosion, thus making the entire ecosystem unstable. These are among the major threats to forest reserves and-contributes highly to deforestation with 0.038 hectare of savanna woodland depleted for production of a single 15 kg capacity bag of charcoal in the study area and this had led to forest degradation which 96.2% of the respondents atteste ’. The study was to determine the impacts of charcoal production to the forest reserves and also the public perceptions of the environmental effect of unplanned cutting of tree for Charcoal Production and it recommended awareness, prudent forest management and getting involve the | private unciors. combined with proactive actions and policies.______________
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    Assessment of Traditional Palm Wine Tapping Practice Effect on Vegetation in Nasarawa State, Nigeria
    (Department of Environmental Management, Nasarawa State University Keffi, 2019-12-12) Mba, E.H.; Ekpo, Salamatu Abraham; Emmanuel, Ozim Chukwunonso; Olufemi, Oladeinde Stephen
    Palm wine is an alcoholic drink obtained by the natural fermentation of the sap of various type of palm trees, it produced and consumed in various part of the country and beyond. This rich beverage is been used for different traditional practices not only for occasional consumption, so it is of high demand product. The tapping process starts from traditional dealers known as Palm Wine Tappers, that climbs to the top most part of the palm trees, cut it open from the side or middle, or cut down the tree for the liquid sap and this produces lactic-alcoholic-acetic fermentation that is conducted by the lactic acid bacteria (LAB), yeast and acetic acid bacteria (AAB). The tapping process practiced in difference part of the country are; burning/falling, pruning and trimming. They poses a threat to palm trees that serves other environmental, economic, health and nutritional benefits to human and the ecosystem. This practice renders high number of palm trees less productive or dead in a society with no food security, shaky economy, poor environmental practico/=wvareness and tree planting habit. Due to high demand for the product, 4 out of 10 palm ♦rpps a. is 'been converted to palm wine production source, this implies that the palm tree can not palm tre^i f"1 's more °f high economic benefits and also contributes to the shortage of Photos serves as a good absorbent of carbon and gives out oxygen through enviro ^ neSIS Process. a measure that adds value to living organism and reduces warming of the the t ™S ?tud^ recommends proper public awareness especially to the people involve in -nr4 e, Pa'm Wine Tappers" and introduction of more sustainable way of tapping, monitoring and emphasis on tree planting.