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Plate 3: A rubber plantation in the study area
Conclusion
Indiscriminate logging, unsustainable extraction of
non-timber forest products, oil palm and rubber
plantations establishment and agricultural conversion
of the forest ecosystem in Ikot Uso Akpan community
forest is on the increase. Although there are still
pockets of forest fragments in the area, a continuous
logging in the area if unabated will claim even more
of the habitat which is so essential for the primate
species and all other local wildlife species. Presently,
the area has lost a sizable population of the Sclater’s
guenon population in the past 10 years due to habitat
alteration and destruction. This therefore calls for
appropriate action to save the species from extinction
through efforts that will prevent a further decline of
primate population.
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