References
- Adekunle V. A. J, Okunlola J. O., Oke D. O. (2011): Management of Forest Ecosystems for Food Security and Rural Livelihoods in Southwest, Nigeria. Final Project Report for 2011 STAAR Grant for Global Change Research in Africa, p 1–143.
- Adetoye A. M., Okojie L. O., Akerele D. (2017): Agroforestry Practices and Carbon Sequestration Cost Estimates among Forest Land Dependent Households in Nigeria: A Choice Modelling Approach. Journal of Earth Science & Climate Change 8: 4–17.
- Adetoye A. M., Adewuyi S. A., Akerele D. (2018): Determinants of Forest Land Use Decisions among Rural Farm Households in South-Western Nigeria. Agricultura Tropica et Subtropica 51: 83–91. http://www.doi.org/10.1515/ats2018-000910.1515/ats2018-0009
- Amusa T. O., Jimoh S. O., Azeez I. O., Awodoyin R. O., Kareem I. (2014): Stock Density and Fruit Yield of African Walnut in Tropical Lowland Rainforests of Southwest Nigeria. Journal of Tropical Forest and Environment 4: 73–81.
- Ajake A. O. (2008): Exploitation and Management of Forest Resources in Cross River State. Unpublished Ph.D. Thesis, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria. 386 p.
- Akinsuyi Y. (2011): Local Government Intervention: Impact in Small-Scale Farming This Day. Retrieved from www.thisdaylive.com on 4th July 2012.
- Borokini T. I., Babalola F. D., Amusa T. O., Ivande S. T., Wala Z. J., Jegede O. O., Tanko D., Ihuma J. O. (2012): Community-based Forest Resources Management in Nigeria: Case study of Ngel Nyaki Forest Reserve, Mambilla Plateau, Taraba State, Nigeria. Journal of Tropical Forestry and Environment 2: 69–76. http://journals.sjp.ac.lk/index.php/JTFE/article/view/571
- Enuoh O. O. O., Bisong F. E. (2015): Colonial Forest Policies and Tropical Deforestation: The Case of Cross River State, Nigeria. Open Journal of Forestry 5: 66–79.
- Forest Archive Document (1952): Extracted from the Archive Library, University of Ibadan. Ibadan, Nigeria.
- FAO (1999): FAO Year Book of Forest Products. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome 20. ISBN 92-5-004544-1. http://www.fao.org/docrep/014/X9310M/X9310M00.htm
- FAO (2016): Forest and Agriculture: Land Use Challenges and Opportunities. State of the World’s Forest. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy. Retrieved from http://www.fao.org/publications/sofo/2016/en/
- Chakravarty S, Ghosh S. K., Suresh C. P., Dey A. N., Shukla G. (2012): Deforestation: Causes, Effects and Control Strategies Global Perspectives on Sustainable Forest Management; In A. Okia (Ed): Global Perspectives on Sustainable Forest Management. Available online: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Gopal_Shukla2/publication/224830694_Deforestation_Causes_Effects_and_Control_Strategies/links/0deec53a13ffa765fc000000/Deforestation-Causes-Effects-and-Control-Strategies.pdf
- Geist H., Lambin E. (2001): What drives tropical deforestation? A meta-analysis of proximate and underlying causes of deforestation based on subnational case study evidence. Land-Use and Land-Cover Change (LUCC) Report Series 4. Louvain La Neuve, Belgium, International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP), (pp1-136). Retrieved from:www.pik-potsdam.de/~luedeke/lucc4.pdf
- Greengrass E. J. (2006): A Survey of Chimpanzees in South-west Nigeria. NCF-WCS Biodiversity Research Programme. Unpublished report.
- Hosonuma N., Herold M., De Sy V., De Fries R. S., Brockhaus M., Vercho L., Angelsen A., Romijn E. (2012): An Assessment of Deforestation and Forest Degradation Drivers in Developing Countries. Environmental Research Letters 7: 4009 http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/7/4/04400910.1088/1748-9326/7/4/044009
- Kaimowitz D., Angelsen A. (1998): Economic Models of Tropical Deforestation: A Review. Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), 140 p. in Bogor, Indonesia. ISBN 979-8764-17-X
- Kissinger G., Herold M., De Sy V. (2012): Drivers of deforestation and forest degradation: a synthesis report for REDD+ Policymakers. Vancouver, Canada, Lexeme Consulting.
- Lambin E. F., Meyfroidt P. (2011): Global land use change, economic globalization, and the looming land scarcity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 108: 3465–3472. available online: www.pnas.org/content/108/9/3465.
- Malhi Y., Adu-Bredu, S., Asare R. A., Lewis S. L., Mayaux P. (2013): African Rainforests: Past, Present and Future. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B368: 2012.0312 (available online: http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2012.0312).10.1098/rstb.2012.0312)
- McFarland W., Whitley S., Kissinger G. (2015): Subsidies to key commodities driving forest loss: implications for private climate finance, pp. 1–52. Working Paper. London, Overseas Development Institute.
- Mfon P., Akintoye O. A., Mfon G, Olorundami T., Ukata U., Akintoye, T. A. (2014): Challenges of Deforestation in Nigerian and the Millennium Development Goals. International Journal of Environment and Bioenergy 9: 76 – 94.
- Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (2005): Ecosystems and human well-being: Synthesis. Washington, DC, Island Press. ISBN 1-59726-040-1
- NBS (2006): National Bureau of Statistics Report, Abuja, Nigeria. www.nbs.gov.ng
- Mgbenka R. N., Mbah E. N. (2011): A Review of Smallholder Farming in Nigeria: Need for Transformation. International Journal of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development Studies 3: 43–54, http://www.eajournals.org/wp-content/uploads/A-Review-of-Smallholder-Farming-In-Nigeria.pdf Accessed May 2016.
- NPF (2006): Approved National Forest Policy Document, Abuja, 2006.
- Ogundele A. T., Oladipo M. O., Adebisi O. M. (2016): Deforestation in Nigeria: The Needs for Urgent Mitigating Measures. International Journal of Geography and Environmental Management 2: 15 – 26.
- Oyekale A. S. (2007): Determinants of Agricultural Land Expansion in Nigeria: An Application of Error Correction Modelling (ECM). Journal of Central European Agriculture 8: 301–310.
- Rademaekers K., Eichler L., Berg J., Obersteiner M., Havlik P. (2010): Study on the evolution of some deforestation drivers and their potential impacts on the costs of an avoiding deforestation scheme. Prepared for the European Commission by ECORYS and IIASA. Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 74 p.
- Rudel T. K. (2013): The national determinants of deforestation in sub-Saharan Africa. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 368: 2012.0405.
- UNFCCC (2015): Adoption of the Paris Agreement, Decision-/CP.21. Bonn, Germany, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) (available at http://unfccc.int/files/meetings/paris_nov_2015/application/pdf/cop_auv_template_4b_new__1.pdf).
- Wahab M. K. A, Adewumi A. A, Ojo S. O. (2014): Assessment of socio-economic activities and sustainable rural development in Oba hill forest reserve, Osun State, Nigeria. E3 Journal of Environmental Research and Management 5: 81–86.