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Global Fight For A Greener Planet And Sustainable Forest Management

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Introduction FAO (2005) reported that about one half of the forests that covered the Earth are gone. Africa suffers the second largest net loss in forests with 4.0 million hectares cleared annually. At 11.1%, Nigeria 's annual deforestation rate of natural forest is the highest in the world and puts it on pace to lose virtually all of its primary forest within a few years (Rhett, 2005). Many of the environmental problems encountered globally today, are being attributed to deforestation and subsequent conversion of forest lands into other land uses. This has led to a global fight for a greener planet and sustainable forest management.
As such, forestry education is seen as a potent and effective weapon to deal with the menace of dwindling forests resources and environmental degradation; it is seen as a viable tool that can develop individuals, appropriate knowledge, attitudes, skills, motivation and commitment required to take responsible environmental actions that would lead to the protection, conservation and sustainable forests management.
Hence, forestry education (FE) is a learning process that increases people’s knowledge and awareness about the environment and its associated challenges, develops the necessary skills and expertise to address the challenges and fosters attitudes, motivations and commitments to make informed decisions and take responsible actions (United States Federal Register, 1996).
Forestry education involves the development of critical thinking

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