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1998 WAEC Geography Theory (a) Outline any three factors which favour lumbering in Nigeria (b) Highlight any four contributions...

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WAEC 1998

(a) Outline any three factors which favour lumbering in Nigeria

(b) Highlight any four contributions of lumbering to economy of Nigeria

(c) State any five problems facing lumbering in Nigeria 
 

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Explanation

 (a) Factors that favour lumbering in Nigeria:

(i) High rainfall

(ii) Presence of forests with many species of  timber

(iii) High demand for wood as fuel

(iv) Presence of roads for transportation

(v) Presence of rivers (Niger and Ethiope) for easy evacuation of timber

(vi) High demand for timber within and outside Nigeria

(b) Contributions of lumbering to Nigerian economy:

(i) Wood for fuel

(ii) Source of employment

(iii) Income for workers

(iv) Raw materials for home and industries

(v) Facilitates infrastructural development

(vi) Timber exported for foreign exchange

(vii) Source of revenue for government

(viii) For construction

(c) Problems facing lumbering in Nigeria; 

(i) Transportation difficulties resulting from seasonal roads

(ii) Inadequate capital

(iii) Trees are closely planted and so difficult to fell

(iv) Low level of technology

(v) Trees with buttress roots make their felling costly

(vi) Difficulty of searching for desired type among many species of trees

(vii) Transportation difficulties resulting from seasonal roads

(viii) Activities of illegal lumbermen

(ix) Logging difficulties resulting from dense undergrowth. 


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