Management of invasive plant species in Nigeria through economic exploitation: lessons from other countries
Invasive alien species, once they made entry into a region or country, often become difficult to eradicate and it appears that they have cometo stay. Worse still, their adverse effects on the native biodiversity are enormous and they are considered ecologically harmful. Agriculturaland economic loss...
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| author | Folaranmi Dapo Babalola Temitope Israel Borokini |
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| description | Invasive alien species, once they made entry into a region or country, often become difficult to eradicate and it appears that they have cometo stay. Worse still, their adverse effects on the native biodiversity are enormous and they are considered ecologically harmful. Agriculturaland economic losses to invasive species are comparatively high. Mechanical control is expensive and difficult in some terrains; chemicalcontrol is also expensive, requires constant application and has its environmental implications, while biological control is mirred with mixedfailures and successes. This paper reviewed that economic exploitation of some notorious invasive species in other countries – such asSudan, Ethiopia, India, Senegal, Mali and the Gambia – and how this had helped reduce the spread of these invasives and at the same time,became source of income to the poor people. It is believed that adopting this concept in Nigeria will create incentives for harvesting invasivespecies with more commitment, while it is an indirect way of controlling them. Furthermore, harvesting could be labour intensive, thuscreating jobs for people, while it provides additional means of income for rural people, which is a key adaptation strategy for climate change. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9bc96692da4349b180da38e112dd42b82022-12-22T03:24:06ZengRegional Euro-Asian Biological Invasions Centre (REABIC)Management of Biological Invasions1989-86492012-12-01314555http://dx.doi.org/10.3391/mbi.2012.3.1.05Management of invasive plant species in Nigeria through economic exploitation: lessons from other countriesFolaranmi Dapo BabalolaTemitope Israel BorokiniInvasive alien species, once they made entry into a region or country, often become difficult to eradicate and it appears that they have cometo stay. Worse still, their adverse effects on the native biodiversity are enormous and they are considered ecologically harmful. Agriculturaland economic losses to invasive species are comparatively high. Mechanical control is expensive and difficult in some terrains; chemicalcontrol is also expensive, requires constant application and has its environmental implications, while biological control is mirred with mixedfailures and successes. This paper reviewed that economic exploitation of some notorious invasive species in other countries – such asSudan, Ethiopia, India, Senegal, Mali and the Gambia – and how this had helped reduce the spread of these invasives and at the same time,became source of income to the poor people. It is believed that adopting this concept in Nigeria will create incentives for harvesting invasivespecies with more commitment, while it is an indirect way of controlling them. Furthermore, harvesting could be labour intensive, thuscreating jobs for people, while it provides additional means of income for rural people, which is a key adaptation strategy for climate change.http://www.reabic.net/journals/mbi/2012/1/MBI_2012_1_Borokini_Babalola.pdfbiological invasionsweed controleconomic exploitationutilizationbioresourceseconomic potential |
| spellingShingle | Folaranmi Dapo Babalola Temitope Israel Borokini Management of invasive plant species in Nigeria through economic exploitation: lessons from other countries Management of Biological Invasions biological invasions weed control economic exploitation utilization bioresources economic potential |
| title | Management of invasive plant species in Nigeria through economic exploitation: lessons from other countries |
| title_full | Management of invasive plant species in Nigeria through economic exploitation: lessons from other countries |
| title_fullStr | Management of invasive plant species in Nigeria through economic exploitation: lessons from other countries |
| title_full_unstemmed | Management of invasive plant species in Nigeria through economic exploitation: lessons from other countries |
| title_short | Management of invasive plant species in Nigeria through economic exploitation: lessons from other countries |
| title_sort | management of invasive plant species in nigeria through economic exploitation lessons from other countries |
| topic | biological invasions weed control economic exploitation utilization bioresources economic potential |
| url | http://www.reabic.net/journals/mbi/2012/1/MBI_2012_1_Borokini_Babalola.pdf |
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