Contact Information:
Department of Forestry and Wood Technology,
Federal University of Technology,
P. M. B. 704, Akure, Nigeria.
Postal Code 340001. Phone: +234-803-445-5805 Email:vajadekunle@yahoo.com
Biotechnology Development and Threat of Climate Change in Africa: The Future of Human Livelihood. Humboldt International Conference held at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria between 6th and 10th September, 2009.
Measurements in Complex Tropical Forest Ecosystem. Conference organized by the Forest and Forest Products Society of Nigeria in collaboration with International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) Working Group 4.01.03 held at the Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria between 9th and 11th June, 2009.
Formulation of Medicinal Plants for Crop and Animal Production in Nigeria: Realities and Challenges. The Humboldt Kellog / Fifth Annual National Conference of the School of Agriculture and Agricultural Technology, Federal University of Technology, Akure held on 21st to 23rd April 2009.
Plant Invasion and Forest Ecology: Concerns and Solution. International Conference organized by the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) Working Group 8.02.04 (Ecology of Alien Species) and 4.02.02 (Multipurpose inventory), Dayanand National Academy of Environmental Sciences and Panjab University held at Panjab University, Chandigarh, India between 16 – 18 March 2009.
Climate Change and Sustainable Renewable Natural Resources Management. 32nd Annual Conference of the Forestry Association of Nigeria held at General Agunyi Ironsi Conference Centre, Umuahia, Abia State, Nigeria between 20th and 24th October, 2008.
Landscape Ecology and Forest Management: Challenges and Solutions. IUFRO International Conference held at California Garden City Motel, Chegdu, Sichuan, P.R. China between September 16th and 22nd , 2008.
Food Health and Environmental issues in Developing Countries: the Nigerian Solution, Conference (Humboldt Kollege) sponsored by AvH, Germany held at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria between 3rd and 7th August, 2008.
Agriculture in Nigerian Wetlands. The 4th Annual National Conference of the School of Agriculture and Agricultural Technology, Federal University of Technology, Akure held on 22nd to 24th May, 2008.
Research for development in forestry, forest products and natural resources management, The 1st National Conference of the Forest and Forest Products Society held at the Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria, 16th – 18th April, 2008.
International Symposium on Underutilized Plant Species for Food, Nutrition, Income and Sustainable Development held at Ngurdoto Mountain Lodge, Arusha, Tanzania between 2nd and 8th March, 2008.
First Global Workshop on improving Forestry Education in Africa Under the auspices of International Partnership on Forestry Education, ICRAF Campus, Nairobi, Kenya, 25 – 27 September 2007
Medicinal plants in agriculture: the Nigerian experience. The third Annual National Conference of the School of Agriculture and Agricultural Technology, Federal University of Technology, Akure / Humboldt Kellong held on 16th to 19th April , 2007.
Forestry at Crossroads in Nigeria. 31st Annual National Conference of Forestry Association of Nigeria held at T.S. Tarka Hall, High Level, Makurdi, Benue State -Nigeria, 20th-25th November 2006.
Agricultural Research for Development in Nigeria. Second Annual Conference of the School of Agriculture and Agricultural Technology, Federal University of Technology, Akure. Nigeria held on 24th May 2006.
Project Consolidation Workshop organized by the African Forest Research Network (West and Central Africa Node) at Kwame Nkruma University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana between 17th and 20th May, 2005.
Development in Agriculture and Biological Sciences. First Annual Conference of School of Agriculture and Agricultural Technology, Federal University of Technology, Akure. 27th April 2005.
Plant Taxonomy, Systematics and Indigenous Bioresources Management Workshop Jointly Organized by the National Biotechnology Development Agency and the United Nation University, Institute for Natural Resources in Africa (UNU-INRA), Tokyo, Japan held at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka between 15th November and 3rd December 2004.
Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture/The Essential Electronic Agricultural Library Workshop organized by Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nation (FAO) and partnership with Cornell University’s Albert R, Mann Library held at the University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, 21st – 24th Sept. 2004.
Challenges of Environmental Sustainability in A Democratic Government 11th Annual National Conference of the Environment and Behaviour Association of Nigeria held at Akure-Nigeria, 26th - 27th Nov. 2003.
Community Forestry and Stakeholders’ participation in Sustainable Development. 29th Annual Conference of the Forestry Association of Nigeria held at Calabar-Nigeria, 6th-11th Oct. 2003.
Environment and Poverty Alleviation. 10th Annual Conference of the Environment and Behaviour Association of Nigeria (EBAN) held at Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Oyo State Nigeria (26-28 Nov. 2002).
Forestry and Challenges of Sustainable Livelihood. 28th Annual Conference of Forestry Association of Nigeria held at Akure-Nigeria, 4th-8th Nov. 2002.
Recent Advances in Forestry Research and Capacity Building in Forestry Research (CBFR) Training Workshop and Symposium, Hotel Du Independence, Dakar, Senegal (3rd – 8th Dec., 2001).
Inventory Techniques and Models for Yield and Tree Species Diversity Assessment in Ala and Omo Forest Reserves, S. W. Nigeria. Ph. D. Thesis, 2002.
An Analysis of the Socio-Economic Imparts of Forest Reserves on their Rural Communities M.Sc. Thesis, 1995.
Agro-Ecological and Socio-Economic Factors Affecting Farm Forestry in Ondo State, Nigeria. B.Agric. Tech. Project Report, 1992.
Books, Editorships and Technical Reports
Okoko, E. Adekunle, V.A.J.,and Adeduntan, S.A. – Editors: Environmental Sustainability and Conservation in Nigeria – Book of Readings published by the Environmental Conservation and Research Team, Federal University of Technology, Akure. ISBN 978 – 37981 – 0 – 3, 2005.
Onibi, G. E., Agele S. O. and Adekunle V. A. J. – Editors: Development in Agriculture and Biological Sciences. Proceedings of the First Annual Conference of the School of Agriculture and Agricultural Technology, Federal University of Technology, Akure. 2005.
Adekunle, V.A.J., Okoko, E. and Adeduntan, S.A. – Editors: Challenges of Environmental Sustainability in A Democratic Government. The book of proceedings of the 11th Annual National Conference of the Environment and Behaviour Association of Nigeria. ISBN: 978-060-748-X November, 2003.
Refereed Journal Articles
Adekunle, V. A. J., Olagoke, A.O. and Ogundare, L.F. (In press): Logging Impacts in Tropical Lowland Humid Forest on Tree Species Diversity and Environmental Conservation Accepted for publication by the Journal of Sustainable Forestry, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, New Haven, USA.
Adekunle, V.A.J. 2009. Diversity and abundance of lesser-known plant species of food and ethnomedicinal potentials in tropical rainforest ecosystem of southwest Nigeria. Acta Hort. (ISHS) 806:685-694 (http://www.actahort.org/books/806/806_85.htm).
Adekunle, V. A. J. and Olagoke, A. O. (2008): Diversity and Biovolume of Tree Species in Natural Forest Ecosystem in the Bitumen-Producing Area of Ondo State, Nigeria: A baseline Study. Biodiversity Conservation (2008) 17:2735–2755 DOI 10.1007/s10531-007-9279-y.
Adekunle, V. A.J. (2007) Ecological And Environmental Implications of National Development: A Case Study of Obanla Natural Forest, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria. Research Journal of Environmental Science Vol. 1(4): 127-140.
Adekunle, V.A.J. (2007): Non-Linear Regression Models for Timber Volume Estimation in Natural Forest Ecosystem, Southwest Nigeria. Research Journal of Forestry Vol.1 (2): 40 – 54.
Adekunle, V A. J. (2006) Conservation of Tree Species Diversity in Tropical Rainforest Ecosystem of Southwest Nigeria. Journal of Tropical Forest Science (Malaysia) 18(2): 91-101
Adekunle, V. A. J. and Ige, p. O. (2006): Logging And Logging Residues of Some Selected Economic Tropical Hardwood Timber Species in Free Areas of Ondo State, Nigeria. Applied Tropical Agriculture Vol. 11. (2): 81-92, 2006.
Adekunle, V. A. J., Dafiwhare, H.B. and Ajibode, O. F. (2005). Microbial population and diversity as influenced by soil pH and organic matter in different forest ecosystems. Pakistan Journal of Biological Science Vol. 8 (10): 1478-1484.
Adekunle V.A.J. and Ajao, K. (2005). Contributions of edible mushroom (A Non-timber Forest Product of Tropical Forest Ecosystem) to rural livelihood in Oyo State, Nigeria. Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences Vol.3 (5): 809-812.
Adekunle V.A.J. (2005). Trends in Forest Reservation and Biodiversity Conservation in Nigeria. In: Environmental Sustainability and Conservation in Nigeria, Okoko, E., Adekunle, V. A. J. & Adeduntan, S. A. (Editors); Environmental conservation and Research Team, Federal University of Technology, Akure Nigeria 82-90.
Adekunle V.A.J. and Y. Bakare (2004) Rural Livelihood Benefits from Participation in Taungya Agroforestry System in Ondo State Nigeria. Journal of Small-Scale Forest Economic, Management and Policy Vol. 3(1) 131-138.
Adekunle V.A.J. and O.V. Oyerinde (2004): Food Potentials of Some Indigenous Wild Fruits in Lowland Rainforest Ecosystem of South West Nigeria. Journal of Food Technology Vol. 2 (3): 125-130.
Adekunle V.A.J, S. O. Akindele and Fuwape J. A., (2004) Structure and Yield Models for Tropical Lowland Rainforest Ecosystem of SW Nigeria. Food, Agric and Environment Vol. 2(2): 395-399.
Adekunle V. A. J. and S. O. Akindele (2002): Evaluation of three sampling techniques for timber yield assessment in Ala Forest Reserve. Nigeria Journal of Forestry Vol. 32 (2): 88-94.
Fuwape J. A., J. C. Onyekwelu and V.A.J Adekunle (2001): Biomass Equation for Gmelina arborea and Nauclea didderrichii in Akure Forest Reserve. Biomass and Bioenergy: 21(2001) 401-405.
Adekunle V.A.J. (2001): Utilization of forest resources for food and health care delivery by rural sectors. Journal of Science, Engineering and Technology. Vol.8, No. 2 pg 3241-3254.
Olufemi, B. and Adekunle, V.A.J. (2000): Problems and Prospects of Landscaping and Environmental Beautification of Nigerian Houses. In: Effective Housing In The 21st Century Nigeria, Akinbamijo, O. B., Fawehinmi, A. S., Ogunsemi, D. R. and Olotua, A. (Editors), Environmental Forum; School of Environmental Technology, FUTA, pg 81-88.
Adekunle V.A.J. (2000): Comparative Studies of Growth Characteristics of Gmelina and Teak Stands and their volume equations. Journal of Applied Sciences Vol.3(4): 1498-1514.
Adekunle V.A.J. (1999): The Socio-economic Impacts of Forest Reserves on Rural Communities. International Journal of Ethno-Forestry vol. 2 (1): 81-89.
Adekunle V. A. J. (1999): The Role of Biomass Energy in Rural Development. International Journal of Environment And Development vol.3 (1): 17-22.
Papers in National and International Conference Proceedings
Adekunle V.A.J. and Alo, A. A. (2005). The yield of Gmelina arborea in two large Scale Aforestation Projects in Southwest Nigeria. In Onibi, G. E., Agele S. O. and Adekunle V. A. J.(Editors), Development in Agriculture and Biological Sciences. Proceedings of the First Annual Conference of the School of Agriculture and Agricultural Technology, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria. 54-57.
Adekunle V. A. J. (2003): Agro-Ecological and Socio-Economic Factors Affecting Community and Stakeholders’ participation in Forestry Development in Nigeria. In Community Forestry and Stakeholders’ participation in Sustainable Development (Akindele, S.O. and Popoola, L. Editors) Proceeding of the 29th Annual Confrence of Forestry Association of Nigeria held at Calabar-Nigeria, 6th-11th Oct. 2003, pg 207-216.
Adekunle, V.A.J. and Ajakaye, O. (2003): Renewable Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation through Fetish Grooves. In: Challenges of Environmental Sustainability in A Democratic Government (Adekunle, V.A.J., Okoko, E. and Adeduntan, S.A. - Editors) Proceedings of the 11th Annual National Conference of the Environment and Behaviour Association of Nigeria held at Akure-Nigeria, 26th – 27th Nov. 2003, pg 257-261.
Adekunle V. A. J., S. O. Akindele and J. A. Fuwape (2002): Impact of over exploitation on biodiversity and sustainable use of tropical rainforest ecosystem (a case study of Omo Forest Reserve, Nigeria). In Forestry and Challenges of Sustainable Livelihood (J. E. Abu, Oni, P.I. and Popoola, L. editors). Proceeding of the 28th annual conference of Forestry Association of Nigeria held at Akure-Nigeria, 4th-8th Nov. 2002, pg 252-263.
