Perception assessment of the impacts of human activities on Stubbs Creek Forest Reserve (SCFR) which is located between latitude 4°32'N and 4°40'N and longitude 7°48'E and 8°20'E (F...Perception assessment of the impacts of human activities on Stubbs Creek Forest Reserve (SCFR) which is located between latitude 4°32'N and 4°40'N and longitude 7°48'E and 8°20'E (Figure 1) distributed into four Local Government Areas-Eket, Esit Eket, Ibeno and Mbo of Akwa Ibom State was carried out. Structural questionnaires to extract the common types of useful plants and animals, status of the protected area, derivable benefits and ways of preserving the SCFR were ministered to Chiefs Priests, Local Chiefs, Elderly People and Farmers who lived at least twenty years in the areas. Convenient sampling method was used to randomly select fifty respondents for the study. Descriptive statistics to summarize feedbacks from respondents presented in the form of tables, charts and histogram in line with the SCFR anthropogenic activities assessment indicators showing percentages and frequencies of such response was employed for data analyses and presentation. The results showed that the Stubbs Creek Forest Reserve have been disturbed and degraded due to uncontrolled human activities. Endangered fauna species including the Giraffa camelopardalis(Giraffe), Hippopotamus amphibious (Hippopotamus), Loxodonta africana (Elephant), Hynas, Kangaroo, Pantherpardus (Leopard), Panther leo (Lion), Porcupine and Tiger were last seen between twenty and thirty five years ago in the forest while some useful plants of huge economic and medicinal values like Irvingia gabonensis(Bush mango) Tetrapleura itraptera, Gambeya albidum, Raphia hookeri (Rafia palm), Garcinia cola (Bitter kola) and Dacryodes edulis (Native pear) etc were last observed about eleven to twenty years ago. The study further revealed that Monkeys and Alligators are still very common in the Forest Reserve. It, therefore, recommends the strengthening and enforcement of regulatory controls on the use of SCFR by relevant authorities and alternative source of firewood to reduce anthropogenic abuses and protect the rich resources of the forest from extinction.展开更多
ISBN-13：978-1630910006 ISBN-10：1630910007 Slack Incorporated出版社2015年12月出版300页$220.00该书系与北美关节镜协会（Arthroscopy Association of North America,AANA）联合出版,由首席关节镜外科医生Byrd、Bedi和Stubbs博士...ISBN-13：978-1630910006 ISBN-10：1630910007 Slack Incorporated出版社2015年12月出版300页$220.00该书系与北美关节镜协会（Arthroscopy Association of North America,AANA）联合出版,由首席关节镜外科医生Byrd、Bedi和Stubbs博士与其国际专家团队合作编写,是关于髋关节镜外科诊断、切除和重建技术最新进展的综合性技术类专著。展开更多
The accession of the Tudor dynasty to the English throne marked England’s transition into the modern age and a confrontation with new challenges both in culture and politics.The growth of a new wealthy middle class b...The accession of the Tudor dynasty to the English throne marked England’s transition into the modern age and a confrontation with new challenges both in culture and politics.The growth of a new wealthy middle class brought about confusion and disorder,threatening the superiority of an aristocracy that had stood the test of time.Throughout the Elizabethan age,when luxurious clothes signified social position and declared an aspiration of rank,apparel proved to be the medium through which such confusion became evident.Moral righteousness was the real concern for both Church and State:homilies against excess in apparel were read in churches,calling for sobriety as a virtue indispensable to the salvation of the soul.Urged through necessity and by preachers like Philippe Stubbes,Elizabeth I’s Parliament passed sumptuary proclamations to restrict clothing and impose social order on the basis of economic income.Convinced that costly attire was a cause of poverty and crime,Elizabeth’s proclamations on apparel were,with the exception of the law passed in 1559,based on Henry VIII’s law of 1533,but were no longer negative or prohibitive in character,simply establishing what the people had to do and wear.展开更多
文摘Perception assessment of the impacts of human activities on Stubbs Creek Forest Reserve (SCFR) which is located between latitude 4°32'N and 4°40'N and longitude 7°48'E and 8°20'E (Figure 1) distributed into four Local Government Areas-Eket, Esit Eket, Ibeno and Mbo of Akwa Ibom State was carried out. Structural questionnaires to extract the common types of useful plants and animals, status of the protected area, derivable benefits and ways of preserving the SCFR were ministered to Chiefs Priests, Local Chiefs, Elderly People and Farmers who lived at least twenty years in the areas. Convenient sampling method was used to randomly select fifty respondents for the study. Descriptive statistics to summarize feedbacks from respondents presented in the form of tables, charts and histogram in line with the SCFR anthropogenic activities assessment indicators showing percentages and frequencies of such response was employed for data analyses and presentation. The results showed that the Stubbs Creek Forest Reserve have been disturbed and degraded due to uncontrolled human activities. Endangered fauna species including the Giraffa camelopardalis(Giraffe), Hippopotamus amphibious (Hippopotamus), Loxodonta africana (Elephant), Hynas, Kangaroo, Pantherpardus (Leopard), Panther leo (Lion), Porcupine and Tiger were last seen between twenty and thirty five years ago in the forest while some useful plants of huge economic and medicinal values like Irvingia gabonensis(Bush mango) Tetrapleura itraptera, Gambeya albidum, Raphia hookeri (Rafia palm), Garcinia cola (Bitter kola) and Dacryodes edulis (Native pear) etc were last observed about eleven to twenty years ago. The study further revealed that Monkeys and Alligators are still very common in the Forest Reserve. It, therefore, recommends the strengthening and enforcement of regulatory controls on the use of SCFR by relevant authorities and alternative source of firewood to reduce anthropogenic abuses and protect the rich resources of the forest from extinction.
文摘ISBN-13：978-1630910006 ISBN-10：1630910007 Slack Incorporated出版社2015年12月出版300页$220.00该书系与北美关节镜协会（Arthroscopy Association of North America,AANA）联合出版,由首席关节镜外科医生Byrd、Bedi和Stubbs博士与其国际专家团队合作编写,是关于髋关节镜外科诊断、切除和重建技术最新进展的综合性技术类专著。
文摘The accession of the Tudor dynasty to the English throne marked England’s transition into the modern age and a confrontation with new challenges both in culture and politics.The growth of a new wealthy middle class brought about confusion and disorder,threatening the superiority of an aristocracy that had stood the test of time.Throughout the Elizabethan age,when luxurious clothes signified social position and declared an aspiration of rank,apparel proved to be the medium through which such confusion became evident.Moral righteousness was the real concern for both Church and State:homilies against excess in apparel were read in churches,calling for sobriety as a virtue indispensable to the salvation of the soul.Urged through necessity and by preachers like Philippe Stubbes,Elizabeth I’s Parliament passed sumptuary proclamations to restrict clothing and impose social order on the basis of economic income.Convinced that costly attire was a cause of poverty and crime,Elizabeth’s proclamations on apparel were,with the exception of the law passed in 1559,based on Henry VIII’s law of 1533,but were no longer negative or prohibitive in character,simply establishing what the people had to do and wear.
