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
have to work with parents and local schools to get everyone to visit forest and building local
The affect of environmental issues occur everyday and in particular deforestation is becoming a highly ranked subject. From animals to the human race, the alacrity of trees that are cut down affects every individual in a variety of ways. Not only do people need to help the planet but they need to help themselves and further generations to come, such as children and grandchildren because these natural resources that are being taken away from society are as well shaping the future. For comprehensible reasons, forests use to make up the world, until man made creatures started to destroy and destruct the most important supply to human kind which are trees. Trees are crucial to every living entity for the reason of providing oxygen to all.
Forest schools test the children’s abilities, for example, they are taking part in activities in a supervised risk environment, they will be able to explore the environment and build dens, etc, this will also develop their physical development and their social development. When forest school takes place the children take risks in a controlled environment to enhance their development and learning, however parents may not want their children to attend forest school because of the risks involved and the chances of the children being hurt, they may feel nervous about letting their child attend forest school. In conclusion, forest school is a very good part of the children’s education as they develop new skills and their development and learning are enhanced, even though it is a risk the children enjoy it, it also helps with their ‘risk and play’ the children are able to learn from the mistakes they make. There are more pro’s to a forest school than cons. Forest schools are an important key issue to play because ‘Children are at risk
However, forests around the world are under threat from deforestation, jeopardizing these benefits. Deforestation comes in many forms, including fires, clear-cutting for agriculture, ranching and development, unsustainable logging for timber, and degradation due to climate change. This impacts people’s livelihoods and threatens a wide range of plant and animal species. Some 46-58 thousand square miles of forest are lost each year, which is equivalent to 36 football fields every minute.
Deforestation is the destruction of a wide area of forest land into a cleared land that is used for a variety of reasons. The impact on the environment from cutting down, burning and damaging forests is very detrimental and there are severe consequences for the environment and future generations because of deforestation. According to the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization approximately 7.3 million hectares of forests are being destroyed per year in the world (Bradford, 2015). In this essay, I will explore the impact that deforestation on the environment and I will also look at the actions that are being taken to prevent deforestation. There are various reasons why deforestation is occurring despite its negative effects on the environment. Deforestation can cause very serious environmental problems such as climate change, flooding, loss of habitats as well as others.
Clear cutting forests can be proven to be an unstable way of practising forestry as its long term affects to an environment target the climate, soil conservation, biodiversity and hydrological regimes. Depleting forest resources will be given strict and serious punishment as it affects society as a whole and not
Lastly, one of the biggest benefits of the Wisconsin’s Managed Forest Law at the state level has been its effects on Wisconsin’s forests’ ecosystems. Within forests, the MFL has helped to provide wildlife habitat for game and threatened/ endangered species, maintain forest ecosystem health and vitality, conserve and maintain water and soil resources on and around forestland, and promote forest conservation and biological diversity (Gass 10). To help aid in creating sustainable forest environments, the Wisconsin MFL requires that landowners follow mandatory practices including: releasing trees from competing vegetation, reforesting land to meet minimum forest density standards, performing pre and post harvest treatments to insure forest regeneration,
Forest school is an outdoor education for children where they are permitted to visit local forests and woodland areas where children are given a
The eco-schools programme offers environmental education that benefits the pupils by developing the skills in them that will help them live a morally responsible life.
which may be achieved by allowing children to go into the woods and let them
Deforestation is one of the most significant issues of our time; considerable measures must be taken to prevent further pillaging of our unique forest resource.
I am looking into the career opportunities that a degree in forestry leads to and trying to use the reasons I like forestry to help narrow my search down to something that I personally find interesting. I have always been an outdoors kind of kid. I’d rather be outside doing something than being stuck inside playing games or watching a show on TV. So when I came to college I knew that I wanted to go into something that would allow me to have time outside being active, and knowing that the forestry program here is great it made sense to look into it and see what kind of careers I could find. In this paper I will focus on jobs in forestry or ones closely related, and see what they pay, and where I can find these jobs in the United States.
I am appealing to you as a conservationist. I believe that the natural resources of the forest can be of great help to us. As we experience this oil and gas crisis in the US, we are forced to import oil from foreign countries. Thus causing the cost of
Deforestation is a major global problem with serious consequences to the planet. These consequences have a negative effect on the climate, biodiversity, the atmosphere and threatens the cultural and physical survival of life. Deforestation is the permanent destruction of indigenous forests and woodlands. It has resulted in the reduction of indigenous forests to four-fifths of their pre-agricultural area, so that now indigenous forests cover only 21% of the earth's land surface. The world Resources Institute regards deforestation as one of the worlds most pressing land use problem.
Students, parents, guardians, individuals and agencies invest in educationon the understanding that it brings enlightenment and helps theindividuals to develop profitable skills needed for development. On thisnote, the Nigerian national policy on education had aimed to inculcatenational consciousness and the right type of values and attitudes for thesurvival of the individual and the Nigerian society as a whole; to train themind to understand its environment and the world around; and toencourage the acquisition of appropriate skills, abilities and competencies needed to live in and contribute to development (Okeke, 1981; 2001). Theforestry profession has enormous potential for satisfying theaforementioned needs and the craze for non-forestry jobs is unjustified inlight of Nigerian problems and priorities.Akande and Larinde (2004) depicted a dim future for forestry education inNigeria unless some reform agenda are put in place. Their survey showedthat the schools demonstrating significant aggressiveness in student recruitment efforts have employed defined strategies ofbroadening their programme base while establishing specialized schoolsto administer the programmes. This brought in greater dynamism andcredibility as students can identify better with programmes adopting environment, rural development, toxicology, ecotourism, horticulture, landscaping etc as market attractants rather than when institutions stick to orthodox