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ArticleSMART Global Ecosystems an academic-industrial partnership to integrate artificial intelligence in forestry
XV World Forestry Congress, 2-6 May 2022
2022Also available in:
No results found.SMART Global Ecosystems is an alliance between the University of Valladolid and the technological company SNGULAR to promote research and training in the area of artificial intelligence and sustainable environmental data science through information and communication technologies (ICTs) and big data analysis. ICTs, together with massive data analysis, open a world of opportunities to implement training, research, and social awareness actions to develop data science and artificial intelligence methods and products that facilitate sustainable ecosystem management. Through the development of ecosystem monitoring, analysis, and management methods based on data science and artificial intelligence, the aim is to ensure Sustainability, Mitigation, Adaptation, Resilience to Global Change, and Trade-offs of Ecosystem Services (SMART) globally. Promoters, professors and researchers at the University of Valladolid (campus at Palencia) and the data and artificial intelligence team from SNGULAR, have been collaborating for twenty years in the development of programs and algorithms for ecosystem management. Through different collaborative projects developed with students from master DATAFOREST (University of Valladolid) and from Vietnam National University-University of Science (VNU University of Science), we have generated a set of lessons learned on the detection of singular trees by using ground and remote sensing data and artificial intelligence. Keywords: Innovation, Partnerships, Monitoring and data collection, Research, Learning by doing. ID: 3623999 -
ArticleFarmer-managed natural regeneration (FMNR) on Nigeria's drylands: the influence of changing climate on agroforestry trees management
XV World Forestry Congress, 2-6 May 2022
2022Also available in:
No results found.In Northern Nigeria, prolonged drought critically affects parkland tree regeneration and reduces land productivity and income. However, documentation of parkland trees management in extreme climatic conditions is scarce in the region. Hence, the need to evaluate the management via tree preferences by farmers on Nigeria’s dry agroecological zones (AEZ). To address this, field surveys were conducted in nine villages along a north-south transect, with precipitation increasing southwards through three AEZ of Nigeria: Sudan Savannah (SS), Northern Guinea Savannah (NGS) and Southern Guinea Savannah (SGS). Using Open Data Kit (ODK), information from 92 respondents and 4 focused groups relating to tree regeneration management were collected and aggregated. These include the abundance of the most preferred trees on farms, their regeneration potentials, management and propagation status, as well as usage and land-use constraints. Results showed drought- tolerant species (Parkia biglobosa and Mangifera indica) topped the dominant trees list across the three AEZ, both having 50% more than other agroforestry trees. Though farmers’ management strategies were highly relevant to regeneration and productivity, they did not differ across the zones (P<0.05) except at cropping outside tree canopy cover between SGS and SS using the Kruskal-Wallis test. Positive associations (0.5-0.8) between functions and preference for trees on farms for dominant agroforestry species. Farmers’ adaptation strategy to minimise risk to climate drivers and increase dry forests landscapes resilience made the driest AEZ (SS) had most species on farms and positively impacted the locals' livelihoods. Keywords: Trees, Drought, Farmers, Regeneration, Parklands ID: 3486501 -
ArticleWhere are the foresters? The influx of forestry graduates to non-forestry jobs in Nigeria
XV World Forestry Congress, 2-6 May 2022
2022Also available in:
No results found.Foresters play important roles in the sustainable management of forest resources in many countries. In Nigeria, hundreds of forestry students graduate from various forestry schools annually. However, the high unemployment situation in Nigeria has left millions of gradutes from higher education institutions jobless. Recent research shows that a major challenge facing forestry students and graduates in Nigeria is difficulty getting jobs and poor prospects for career achievement in the forestry (and forestry-related) sector. Our case study research is based on a survey of a cohort of 56 forestry students who graduated from the Federal University of Technology Akure – FUTA, Nigeria (a top-ranking forestry school in Nigeria), in 2016 to understand the cohort’s job experiences five years after leaving school. First, our research shows that 84% of forestry graduates from the cohort were in non-forestry-related jobs, and the remaining 16% were in forestry-related, academic jobs as lecturers, researchers, and graduate students. Second, an estimated 90% of respondents acknowledged that forestry graduates were moving to non- forestry jobs mainly because of the lack of job opportunities in the forestry profession. Other reasons included earning a living, lack of interest/passion in the forestry profession, or the respondent being compelled externally to study forestry. Our research offers insights into the post-graduation experiences and current job engagement of forestry graduates in Nigeria with suggestions on the way forward. Keywords: forestry jobs; foresters; forestry education; unemployment; Nigeria ID: 3602387
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