Analysis of City Greening Approach to Sustainable Ecosystem Management in Ondo State

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See, stats, and : https : / / www. researchgate. net/ publication / 275228769 Analysis Sustainable State Article DOI : 10 . 5296 / emsd . v4i1 . 7047 CITATIONS 0 READS 11 2 : Grace Ekiti , Ado 16 SEE Olalekan Federal , Akure 3 SEE All . The . All - text and , letting . Abstract The study was carried out to access the " City Greening : A House a Tree " programme of the Ondo state government . Multistage and simple random sampling techniques were used to select 80 respondents utilized for the study while frequency counts and percentages , as well as Pearson Product Moment Correlation , were used in data analysis . The study shows that most of the respondents interviewed were young , married , literate and dominated by Male headed households . Most of them were aware of the tree planting programme through Government officials / Agricultural Extension agents . The various levels of participation include obtaining seedlings from Ministry of Environment (MOE) , Sensitization and Mobilization , Planting of trees , watering of trees and given moral support . Tree species mostly planted are Step by step (Terminalia mentabris) and Tropical Almond (terminalia catapa) . Others are meilgna tree (Gmeligna arborea) , fruits / Oranges , (thuja orientals) and Masquerade tree (polyathia longifolia) . Most of them planted three to six seedlings , and the rate of survival was very high . The benefits derived from the trees includes : protecting the building from been blown off by wind and reducing excessive environmental heat . It also helped in reducing erosion , creating the opportunity for pleasure and providing food for man / animals respectively . The highest constraints to the survival of tree planting programme in Ondo state is destruction by domestic animals , followed by lateness in obtaining seedlings from the MOE . The study established a significant relationship between city greening program and sustainable ecosystem Environmental Management and Sustainable Development ISSN 2164 - 7682 2015 , Vol . 4 , No . 1 www . macrothink . org / emsd 150 management . The study recommends continuous promotion of the program through the use of extension agents , television and radio programmes and the enforcement of Legislations for sustainable ecosystem management .