Widelife: FUTA VC Calls For Effective Conservation Policies

The Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Prof. Adenike Oladiji, Prof. Akure (FUTA), has decried the escalating planetary threats to wildlife and emphasised the urgent request for effectual conservation policies.

Oladiji said the planetary wildlife trade, with nonstop exports valued astatine astir $1.8 billion, earnestly threatens biodiversity.

The VC stated this connected Thursday during the Wildlife Society of Nigeria (WISON) 7th yearly conference, which is being held astatine the FUTA field successful Akure, Ondo State.

Oladiji, represented by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic), Prof. Timothy Amos, said, “Broader economical analyses estimation the planetary interaction of wildlife exploitation to beryllium betwixt 4 and 20 cardinal dollars annually, a staggering fig with profound implications.”

At the league themed “Globalisation and Wildlife Trade: Trends and Impacts connected Conservation,” Prof. Adenike highlighted the captious challenges posed by the clash betwixt wildlife conservation and economical exploitation.

Declaring the league open, the VC decried the unsafe struggle betwixt the thrust to make income from wildlife done commercialized and the imperative to conserve earthy habitats and carnal populations.

She stressed that over-exploitation remains 1 of the astir important hazards facing planetary conservation efforts today.

Warning that unchecked exploitation could imperil ecosystems’ survival, the Vice-Chancellor reinforced the technological community’s telephone for urgent and coordinated action.

Appreciating the prime of league theme, Prof. Adenike described the lawsuit arsenic a captious forum to foster affluent discussions that equilibrium economical realities with biology stewardship.

She, however, expressed anticipation that the conference’s result would spur applicable policies to safeguard wildlife for aboriginal generations.

She says, “The league astatine FUTA marks a timely and important measurement toward addressing the analyzable challenges globalisation imposes connected conservation and reinforces the university’s committedness to advancing probe and argumentation solutions that support Nigeria’s and the world’s earthy heritage.”

Earlier, Prof. Anthony Adekunle Ogunjinmi, president of the Local Organising Committee, encouraged the participants to beryllium not lone passive attendees but besides progressive participants.

Ogunjinmi urged them to “engage successful the sessions, inquire challenging questions, link with your peers during the breaks, and physique relationships that volition widen acold beyond these walls.”