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Greener Journal of Environmental Management and Public Safety Vol. 7 (1), pp. 001-006, January 2018.
ISSN: 2354-2276
Research Article
Manuscript Number: 122017179
(DOI: http://doi.org/10.15580/GJEMPS.2018.1.122017179)
Influence of Conservation Education Advocacy on Career Attractiveness among the Youths in South-South Nigeria: Boki, Cross River State Experience
Koko Sunday DANIEL1*; Emem Bassey INYANG2 and Edisana Emmanuel ITUEN1
1Department of Forestry and Natural Environmental Management , University of Uyo, Uyo.
2Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension, University of Uyo. Uyo.
Abstract
This study was designed to evaluate the influence of
conservation education advocacy on the youths with regards to career
attractiveness. The study adopted a two - stage sampling technique in selecting
one hundred and fifty seven (157) respondents from three secondary schools
within the operational base of the PANDRILLUS FOUNDATION. The results indicated
that majority (49.7%) of the respondents were in Senior Secondary Two (SS2),
59.2% of the respondents were male while 52.2% were within the age bracket of
17 – 19years. Conservation Education (CE) messages with high index scores above
0.700, profiled by the respondents included impact of deforestation,
agroforestry, afforestation/ enrichment planting, land rotation, and global
warming/ climate change. Over 75% of the respondents professed that the
conservation education has positive impact on them, 99.4% of the sampled
respondent showed attitudinal deposition towards career in environmental
conservation related discipline. Environmental management, Forestry,
Horticulture and landscaping, Veterinary medicine, and Wildlife
conservation/management, had well above 50% embrace by the respondents.
Development of environmental extension programme, use of methods that motivate
listenership and programme evaluation were among the recommendations advanced
to enhance the efficiency of governmental and nongovernmental institutions
involve in environmental management
Keywords: Attitudinal Disposition, Environment, Impact Profile, Programme
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