Forest Research: Open Access
Open Access

Department of Environmental Management and Crop Production, Bowen University, Iwo, Nigeria

Biography

Dr. Timothy O. Ogunbode currently lectures in the Department of Environmental Management and Crop Production Unit, College of Agriculture, Engineering and Sciences, Bowen University, Iwo, Nigeria. Timothy's research areas of interest include Water Resources, Hydro-Climatology and Geography. water quality studies and Environmental Management

Publications

• Research Article   
  Application of Remote Sensing and GIS Techniques in Land Use Changes: A Case Study of a Forest Reserve in the Southwestern Nigeria
  Author(s): Asifat Janet Temitope* and Ogunbode Timothy Oyebamiji
  
  Unabated exploitation of biodiversity and its consequential effects on natural environment has been of a serious concern to stakeholders globally. Thus, this study examines land use changes in Oba Hill forest reserve, Osun State, Southwestern, Nigeria between 1986 and 2016 using remote sensing technique. The study utilised satellite imageries from Landsat TM 1986, ETM 1996, 2006, and ETM+ 2016. The research revealed that the undisturbed forested area declined from 26.169 km2 in 1986 to 15.318 km2 in 2016. Also, the cultivated/disturbed forest land increased from 22.238 km2 to 41.499 km2 in 2016 whereas the built up areas decreased from 12.215 km2 to 3.805 km2. The forested lands were decreasing while the cultivated/disturbed land areas were on the increase. This implies that more of the fores.. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2168-9776.21.10.256

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