User:SusuGeo/Impacts of Deforestation on Plant Species Diversity in University of Nigeria

INTRODUCTION

Background to the Study

Logging, which is the felling of trees for timber has been identified as one of the primary occupations that lead to deforestation in the environment (Igben, 2012). Tree loss can also be a natural occurrence that is by completing its lifecycle and dying off, and also anthropogenic process through agricultural practices like shifting cultivation and bush burning.