SYNOPTIC REVIEW OF FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS TRADE AND PRODUCTION IN AFRICA
Abstract
Aims to valuate Africa's forestry and forest products, namely Wood Forest Products (WFPs) and Non-wood Forest Products (NWFPs) in the sixteen (16) West African countries.The study identified a systematic assessment of the most common forest products (wood and non-wood forest products) considering the available data on the national forest reserves of the selected countries in West Africa. The study also revealed the need for biodiversity conservation of the available forest reserves to help mitigate the impact of global warming targeting the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goal 13- Climate Action. This is focused on integrating climate change mitigation, adaptation, impact reduction, and early warning signs into the national policies, improving forest planning and management education, awareness-raising, and institutional capacity within the sub-region.
Keywords: Forestry; Forest Management; Forest Products; Land-Use; West Africa.
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HASSELBERG, Astrid Elise, Inger Aakre, Joeri Scholtens, Ragnhild Overå, Jeppe Kolding, Michael S. Bank, Amy Atter, and Marian Kjellevold. "Fish for food and nutrition security in Ghana: Challenges and opportunities." Global Food Security 26 (2020): 100380. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2020.100380.
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JEKAYINFA, Simeon Olatayo, Joseph Ifeolu Orisaleye, and Ralf Pecenka. "An assessment of potential resources for biomass energy in Nigeria." Resources 9, no. 8 (2020): 92. https://doi.org/10.3390/resources9080092.
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RODRIGUES, Thaisa, and Aldo Braghini Junior. "Technological prospecting in the production of charcoal: A patent study." Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 111 (2019): 170-183. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2019.04.080.
ROME, Italy. World soil resources report NO, 103, 67-97. http://hdl.handle.net/10068/310015.
SAMBE, L. N., T. N. Tee, and A. E. Okwoche. "Timber Trade Species Analysis in Benue State, Nigeria." Journal of Agriculture and Ecology Research International (2018): 1-9. https://journaljaeri.com/index.php/JAERI/article/view/3683.
SANTOS, Sueli de Fátima de Oliveira Miranda, and Kazuo Hatakeyama. "Sustainable charcoal production process focusing the environmental, economical, social and cultural aspects." Production 22 (2012): 309-321. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0103-65132012005000010.
SCHMIDT, Goran. "Industrialized bamboo in East Africa: Resource, production process and the market entrance of a novel scriber composite." PhD diss., Staats-und Universitätsbibliothek Hamburg Carl von Ossietzky, 2020. https://ediss.sub.uni-hamburg.de/handle/ediss/8720.
SHACKLETON, Sheona, and Davison Gumbo. "Contribution of non-wood forest products to livelihoods and poverty alleviation." In The Dry Forests and Woodlands of Africa, pp. 73-101. Routledge, 2010. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781849776547.
SHAFFER, Kimberly. "US Geological Survey (USGS) Water-Use Data and Research (WUDR) program overview and status as of October 22, 2020." (2020). https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/70224320.
SULE, Isaiah Majin, and Mary Oluwatobi Odekunle. Landscapes of West Africa: A Window on a Changing World. CILLS: Landscapes of West Africa: A Window on a Changing World. US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, EROS 47914, 252nd Street, Garretson, SD 57030, United States, 2016. http://repository.futminna.edu.ng:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/9123.
SUNDERLAND, T., D. Apgaua, Cristina Baldauf, Reuben Blackie, C. Colfer, A. B. Cunningham, K. Dexter et al. "Global dry forests: a prologue." International Forestry Review 17, no. 2 (2015): 1-9. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1505/146554815815834813.
WORLD BANK. Scaling-up access to clean cooking technologies and fuels in sub-Saharan Africa. World Bank, Washington, DC: 2012. Available athttp://siteresources. _AFREA_AFTEG_ESMAP_FINAL.pdf.
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ADESINA, Adekunle John; ZHU, Jiangang.
SYNOPTIC REVIEW OF FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS TRADE AND PRODUCTION IN AFRICA.
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