NATURE CONSERVATION FOR ECO- TOURISM: THE CASE OF CERCOPAN, CALABAR, NIGERIA

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  • F.C. Osefoh, Department of Architecture, Enugu Campus, University of Nigeria, Nsukka

Abstract

Man’s assiduous efforts to interfere on environment enhance his socio-economic development. These quests, however, throw major challenges, which are underpinned by the threat to the ecosystem. Man and other creatures are invariably the recipients of such negative impacts as climate change, land and water degradation, population pressure, extinction (animals and plants), deforestation, desertification, oil spillage, biodiversity loss and other forms of environmental stresses. This paper reports on the research conducted in 2011 in the Centre for Education, Research and Conservation of Primates and Nature (CERCOPAN), Calabar, Nigeria, which deals with rescued, captured and donated primates. Species were quarantined, nurtured, rehabilitated and sent back to protected wild habitats. Findings showed that the environment can be holistically ameliorated through afforestation and conservation.

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2016-12-12

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