Restoration of Ala Forest Reserve
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Ala Forest Reserve, encompassing approximately 45,000 hectares, stands as one of the degraded forest reserves in South West Nigeria. Over the years, it has endured significant degradation from unsustainable logging, bushfires, overgrazing, and inadequate management practices. This project, with local communities, has undertaken the initiative to restore a portion of this degraded forest, commencing with 2,000 hectares as a starting point.
Fast growing and soil fertilizing species
These trees are strong and easy to grow. Commonly planted in large quantities, they build the base of a plantation system.
Acacia mangium
Forest Mangrove
Moringa oleifera
Drumstick tree
Gmelina arborea
Beechwood
Neolamarckia cadamba
Cadamba
Terminalia superba
Limba or African Limba
Eucalyptus pellita
Eucalyptus
Ceiba pentandra
Kapok tree
Fruit and medicinal species
These trees produce the most delicious fruits or very useful ingredients for cosmetic and medicinal purposes.
Theobroma cacao
Cocoa tree
Mangifera indica
Mango
Rare and magnificent species
Some trees impress by their sheer size or longevity, while others hold their particular beauty from their inner fight against the threats of extinction that loom upon them.
Terminalia ivorensis
Black Afara
Khaya grandifoliola
African Mahogany The Gem of African Forests
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