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Chris-valentine Ogar Eneji - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Indigenous Cultural Practices and Natural Resources Conservation in Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria
Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal, 2019Co-Authors: Chris-valentine Ogar Eneji, Charles Nnaji Ogundu, I. A. OjeladeAbstract:This study was designed to examine how indigenous socio-cultural practices contribute to the Conservation and management of Natural Resources in Owerri, Imo state, Nigeria. The major purpose of this paper is to investigating the extent to which totemism (forbidden items), creation of protected areas (evil forest, sacred grooves, burial ground), shrines and sanctuaries as indigenous socio-cultural practices contribute to Natural Resources Conservation in Owerri, Imo state, Nigeria. Three research questions and three commensurate null hypotheses were formulated for the study.. The population of the study consisted of farmers, carvers, traders, civil and public servants, Conservation organizations among others. The multi-stage sampling techniques, was used to select a sample of 240 respondents from a population of about twelve thousand persons from 12 selected autonomous communities. A structured questionnaire divided into two sections with the modified four point Likert scale response option was the major instrument for data collection. The researcher with the help of trained community secretary administered the instruments and there was a 100% instrument return rate. Pie chart and simple percentage were used to answer the research questions, while Pearson Product Moment Correlation Analysis was used to test the relationship between the sub variables which makes up indigenous cultural practices and the Conservation of Natural Resources at 0.05 significant levels at 238 degree of freedom. The result of the analyses of all the hypotheses were significant indicating that each of the sub-variable constituting indigenous cultural practices contributes to the Conservation of Natural Resources in Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria. It was recommended among others that modern Conservation activities should purposely design strategies to incorporate indigenous socio-cultural practices for the Conservation of Natural Resources in the study area and beyond.
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Ethical Basis of African Traditional Religion and Socio- cultural Practices in Natural Resources Conservation and Management in Cross River State, Nigeria
2012Co-Authors: Chris-valentine Ogar Eneji, Gu Ntamu, J. O. Ajor, C. B. Ben, J. E. Bassey, J. J. WilliamsAbstract:This paper x-rays the role of African Traditional Religion and socio-cultural practices in the Conservation of Natural Resources management in Cross River State. The authors examined some of these religious and cultural practices ranging from their way of worship, the rites of initiation, and the invocation of the powers of the supreme beings, which they hold as sacred, and how these gods communicate their will to humans through their agents (chief priest) and how the gods are atoned if provoked. The tenets of African religious and cultural practices is premised on the ascription of psychic powers to some or part of the environment as the abodes of the gods of the land and how these abodes are protected. The protection of the abodes of the gods from entrance, utilization and exploitation does latently encourage Conservation and management of Natural Resources. Some of these abodes of the gods are nicknamed sacred pond, evil forest, forbidden forest, sacred stream or river, sacred grove, and burying grounds amongst others. Largely, these forbidden areas contributed immensely in Natural Resources Conservation and management in Cross River State and indeed Nigeria as a whole. But unfortunately, this all important strategies for Natural Resources Conservation and management based on these religious belief systems and socio-cultural practices have almost been completely eroded away by the acculturation and enculturation of almost all African communities by the coming of Christianity with their western type of education. This Christian way of religion, worship system and education saw nothing good in African traditional religious practices we came to belief and held on to. The authors used literature review and personal interview for the study. The authors recommended that there should be an urgent need for a revisitation of the principles of traditional African religion and other socio-cultural practices. It was also recommended that modern Conservation programs should integrate traditional /indigenous knowledge systems into their activities in the Conservation and management of our Natural Resources for the wellbeing of Nigerian and indeed the world at large.
Alaba Lawrence - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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The Attitudes of Biology Teachers and Students toward the Conservation of Natural Resources in Ekiti State, Nigeria
2014Co-Authors: Joseph Oba, Alaba LawrenceAbstract:The study investigated the attitudes of Biology teachers and students toward Conservation of Natural Resources in Ekiti State. The participants for this study were 50 Biology teachers and 100 Biology students. The selection was based on purposive sampling technique which involved 10 secondary schools. Data collected from teachers’ and students on Conservation of Natural Resources Questionnaire were analyzed using frequency counts, percentage, mean, standard deviation and t-test. The findings indicated that both teachers and students had a good knowledge of Natural Resources Conservation concepts. The attitudes of both teachers and students point more to positive than negative. On a general note, the teachers had higher mean scores than the students indicating that teachers tended to have more favourable attitudes than the students toward Natural Resources Conservation. It is recommended therefore, that the Federal and State environmental protection agencies should continue to make schools their principal focus in their bids to create, promote and sustain public awareness of the importance of Natural Resources Conservation to mankind.
Alaba Lawrence Aladejana - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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The Attitudes of Biology Teachers and Students toward the Conservation of Natural Resources in Ekiti State, Nigeria
Journal of Education and Practice, 2014Co-Authors: Joseph Oba Fatoba, Alaba Lawrence AladejanaAbstract:The study investigated the attitudes of Biology teachers and students toward Conservation of Natural Resources in Ekiti State. The participants for this study were 50 Biology teachers and 100 Biology students. The selection was based on purposive sampling technique which involved 10 secondary schools. Data collected from teachers’ and students on Conservation of Natural Resources Questionnaire were analyzed using frequency counts, percentage, mean, standard deviation and t-test.The findings indicated that both teachers and students had a good knowledge of Natural Resources Conservation concepts. The attitudes of both teachers and students point more to positive than negative. On a general note, the teachers had higher mean scores than the students indicating that teachers tended to have more favourable attitudes than the students toward Natural Resources Conservation. It is recommended therefore, that the Federal and State environmental protection agencies should continue to make schools their principal focus in their bids to create, promote and sustain public awareness of the importance of Natural Resources Conservation to mankind. Keywords: Attitude, Conservation, Natural resource.
Joseph Ignatius - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Traditional African Religion in Natural Resources Conservation and Management in Cross River State, Nigeria
Environment and Natural Resources Research, 2012Co-Authors: V O Eneji, U Ntamu, C Unwanade, B Godwin, E Bassey, J Willaims, Joseph IgnatiusAbstract:This article assessed the roles Traditional African Religion can play in the Conservation and management of Natural Resources especially forest Resources in Cross River State Nigeria. Some religious practices in the African Traditional Religion like methods worship, initiation rites, and the invocation of the sacred powers of the supreme beings, how these gods communicate their will to humans through the chief priests and how the gods are atoned if provoked were examined. The stronghold of African religion rests wholly on the ascription of psychic powers to any part of the Natural environment as the abodes of the gods and goddesses of the land and the protection of these abodes of the gods/goddesses. The protection of the abodes of the gods from entrance, utilization and exploitation overtly or covertly encourages Conservation and management of Natural Resources. Forbidden areas associated with worship contribute to Natural Resources Conservation and management in Cross River State. These African traditional religious strategies for Natural resource Conservation and management have somehow been eroded by acculturation and enculturation of most African communities through the introduction of Christianity as a modern way of worship. The use of literature review and personal interviews was adopted by the authors for the study. The authors recommended a re-visitation of the principles of traditional African religious practices where modern Conservation programs could integrate traditional knowledge systems into their activities in the Conservation and management of our Natural Resources.
J. J. Williams - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Ethical Basis of African Traditional Religion and Socio- cultural Practices in Natural Resources Conservation and Management in Cross River State, Nigeria
2012Co-Authors: Chris-valentine Ogar Eneji, Gu Ntamu, J. O. Ajor, C. B. Ben, J. E. Bassey, J. J. WilliamsAbstract:This paper x-rays the role of African Traditional Religion and socio-cultural practices in the Conservation of Natural Resources management in Cross River State. The authors examined some of these religious and cultural practices ranging from their way of worship, the rites of initiation, and the invocation of the powers of the supreme beings, which they hold as sacred, and how these gods communicate their will to humans through their agents (chief priest) and how the gods are atoned if provoked. The tenets of African religious and cultural practices is premised on the ascription of psychic powers to some or part of the environment as the abodes of the gods of the land and how these abodes are protected. The protection of the abodes of the gods from entrance, utilization and exploitation does latently encourage Conservation and management of Natural Resources. Some of these abodes of the gods are nicknamed sacred pond, evil forest, forbidden forest, sacred stream or river, sacred grove, and burying grounds amongst others. Largely, these forbidden areas contributed immensely in Natural Resources Conservation and management in Cross River State and indeed Nigeria as a whole. But unfortunately, this all important strategies for Natural Resources Conservation and management based on these religious belief systems and socio-cultural practices have almost been completely eroded away by the acculturation and enculturation of almost all African communities by the coming of Christianity with their western type of education. This Christian way of religion, worship system and education saw nothing good in African traditional religious practices we came to belief and held on to. The authors used literature review and personal interview for the study. The authors recommended that there should be an urgent need for a revisitation of the principles of traditional African religion and other socio-cultural practices. It was also recommended that modern Conservation programs should integrate traditional /indigenous knowledge systems into their activities in the Conservation and management of our Natural Resources for the wellbeing of Nigerian and indeed the world at large.
