(Deparment of Geography, Nasarawa State University Keffi, 2004-01-01) Ayuba, H.K.; Aji, Yagana M.; Msheliza, Deborah S.
People’s responses and altitudes toward resource use are conditioned by timd,
place and culture. Culture is file totality of human experience and since there are
wide varieties of cultures, there are wide varieties of cultural responses, even to
the same environment. Every culture creates its own cultural landscape which is a
physical expression of its way of life in the form of housing forms and materials,
land use types, crops grown, animals kept, etc. The knowledge of locality specific
cultural practices that impact on (he environment is very important in
understanding natural resources utilization, conservation and management. This
paper attempts to provide information on indigenous methods of resource use and
management among rural communities in Borno state (Nigeria) and their
changing roles in the economy of the Chad Basin area.