Oluwa Forest Reserve

Oluwa Forest Reserve
Map showing the location of Oluwa Forest Reserve
Map showing the location of Oluwa Forest Reserve
Map of Nigeria
LocationOndo State, Nigeria
Nearest cityOre
Coordinates6°49′23″N 4°40′26″E / 6.823°N 4.674°E / 6.823; 4.674[1]
Area829 km2 (320 sq mi)
Bebearia omo in Omo Forest

Oluwa Forest Reserve is located in Ondo State, Nigeria and covers over 829 km2 (320 sq mi).[2] It is part of the Omo, Shasha and Oluwa forest reserves, although it has become separated from the Omo and Shasha reserves (which are still connected as of 2011). The three reserves contain some of the last remaining forest in the area. Although they are biologically unique, they are threatened by logging, hunting and agriculture.[3][4] The natural vegetation of the area is tropical rainforest.[5][6] However, the natural vegetation of the area except for the areas devoted to forest reserve has now been reduced to secondary regrowth forest and fallow regrowth at varying stages of development or replaced by perennial and annual crops.[7][failed verification]

  1. ^ "Oluwa Forest Reserve". protectedplanet.net.
  2. ^ World Database on Protected Areas
  3. ^ Laurance, William F.; Useche, Diana C. (2009-11-24). "Environmental Synergisms and Extinctions of Tropical Species". Conservation Biology. 23 (6): 1427–1437. doi:10.1111/j.1523-1739.2009.01336.x. ISSN 0888-8892. PMID 20078643. S2CID 7175589.
  4. ^ Bennett, Elizabeth L.; Gumal, Melvin T. (2001-12-31), "16. The Interrelationships of Commercial Logging, Hunting, and Wildlife in Sarawak: Recommendations for Forest Management", The Cutting Edge, Columbia University Press, pp. 359–374, doi:10.7312/fimb11454-021, ISBN 9780231114554, retrieved 2023-10-21
  5. ^ Orimoogunje, Oluwagbenga O. I. (2014-11-20). "Forest Cover Changes and Land Use Dynamics in Oluwa Forest Reserve, Southwestern Nigeria". Journal of Landscape Ecology. 7 (2): 25–44. doi:10.2478/jlecol-2014-0014. ISSN 1805-4196. S2CID 56056071.
  6. ^ Adekunle, V. A. J.; Olagoke, A. O. (2007-11-17). "Diversity and biovolume of tree species in natural forest ecosystem in the bitumen-producing area of ondo state, Nigeria: a baseline study". Biodiversity and Conservation. 17 (11): 2735–2755. doi:10.1007/s10531-007-9279-y. ISSN 0960-3115. S2CID 29171799.
  7. ^ Omo-Oluwa-Shasha Forest Reserve Conservation Retrieved 2011-10-04. Archived 24 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine

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