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A Professor of Forest Inventory and Ecology at the Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA), Victor Adekunle, has raised the alarm on the uncontrolled exploitation of the countrys forests resources through extraction of timber and non-timber forest products, farming, mining, and other human activity especially reckless development of housing estates, which may endanger the life and growth of such forests. Professor Adekunle gave the submission while delivering the 186th inaugural lecture of the institution recently. Speaking on the topic: ” The Nigerian Unprotected Protected Areas: Forest Conservation and Assessment, the Condito Sine Qua Non”, he canvassed the enforcement of Protected Areas, PAs, tracks of forest land demarcated as reserved areas, and proper regulation of forest preservation. He stated that natural resources such as forests are indispensable...