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Think globally and act locally: assessing the environmental impacts of the Nigerian threatened native trees project

dc.contributor.authorAwoyemi, A.G.
dc.contributor.authorOlasupo, O.E.
dc.contributor.authorAjayi, A.D.
dc.contributor.authorBown, D.
dc.date.accessioned2024-10-08T09:11:12Z
dc.date.available2024-10-08T09:11:12Z
dc.date.issued2024-06-13
dc.identifier.citationAwoyemi, A.G., Olasupo, O.E., Ajayi, A.D. & Bown, D. (2024). Think globally and act locally: assessing the environmental impacts of the Nigerian threatened native trees project. Societal Impacts, 4: 100067, 1-4.
dc.identifier.issn2949-6977
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/8584
dc.description.abstractThe environmental and socio-economic impacts of the Nigerian Threatened Native Trees Project are presented. This project conducted propagation trials and developed a freely downloadable online Manual of Tree Propagation (MTP) for 55 native tree species, training 146 local experts (32 women and 114 men) during the period (November 2015—December 2022). We used Google Analytics and interviews to assess the impacts of this project from January 2018—July 2023 (iEcology). Results show that the MTP has been downloaded 1013 times, with the star apple Gambeya albida (76), gum tree Tetrapleura tetraptera (65) and bitter kola Garcinia kola (50) topping the list. These downloads were from 15 countries spread across the world. Interestingly, the seven African countries that downloaded the MTP are concentrated in the tropical belt with similar floristic composition. The native range of almost all the propagated species overlaps with these African countries, suggesting the adoption of our MTP, and practically demonstrating the conservation mantra of “think globally, act locally”. In addition, the MTP has been deployed for academic work (i.e., grey literature) and reforestation (e.g., covering c. 1200 ha in Nigeria). By revealing suitable propagation techniques and training local foresters, our approach could boost the utilization of native tree species for reforestation in Africa.
dc.description.sponsorshipThe A.G. Leventis Foundation
dc.description.sponsorshipMorton Arboretum Network
dc.description.sponsorshipDirect Aid Programme of the Australian High Commission
dc.description.sponsorshipBotanic Gardens Conservation International
dc.description.sponsorshipMohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund
dc.description.sponsorshipStanley Smith (UK) Horticultural Trust
dc.format.extent1-4
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectSocioeconomic Aspects
dc.subjectSeed Multiplication
dc.subjectSowing
dc.subjectPlant Propagation
dc.subjectGarcinia
dc.subjectTrees
dc.titleThink globally and act locally: assessing the environmental impacts of the Nigerian threatened native trees project
dc.typeJournal Article
cg.contributor.crpForests, Trees and Agroforestry
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionWest Africa
cg.coverage.countryNigeria
cg.coverage.hubHeadquarters and Western Africa Hub
cg.researchthemeNatural Resource Management
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR Single Centre
cg.iitasubjectForestry
cg.iitasubjectNatural Resource Management
cg.iitasubjectSocioeconomy
cg.journalSocietal Impacts
cg.notesOpen Access Article
cg.accessibilitystatusOpen Access
cg.reviewstatusPeer Review
cg.usagerightslicenseCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
cg.targetaudienceScientists
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.socimp.2024.100067
cg.iitaauthor.identifierDeni Bown: 0000-0002-1654-8308
cg.futureupdate.requiredNo
cg.identifier.issue100067
cg.identifier.volume4


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