Scholarly works in Wildlife and Ecotourism Management

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    Assesing the knowledge, perception, and attitude of wildlife management students toward biodiversity conservation in Nigeria
    (John Wiley & Sons, 2023) Ajayi, O. O.; Coker, O. M.; Agbon, Z.
    Despite intensified media campaigns and heightened emphasis on classroom instruction, recent international research has reported that young people are still failing to acknowledge biodiversity conservation as an issue of high priority. This study assessed students' knowledge, perception, and attitude toward biodiversity conservation in three Federal Universities offering Wildlife Management course in Southwestern Nigeria. A total of 159 respondents (15% sampling intensity) were surveyed using a structured questionnaire between July and December 2021. The findings revealed that most students had low knowledge of biodiversity conservation. This result is quite shocking given that they were enrolled in wildlife management courses. On the other hand, they had favorable attitudes and perceptions. The result further revealed that students in University of Ibadan had better attitude and perception. We concluded that there is a need to develop and teach programs and curricula that encourage and sustain the interests of wildlife students in biodiversity conservation.
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    Importance of genetics in conservation of biodiversity
    (Wildlife Society of Nigeria, 2017) Coker, O. M.
    Genetic diversity is the centre pillar for species and ecosystem diversities and the main goal of conservation genetics is to apply the knowledge of genetics to reduce the risk of extinction. Unfortunately, it has not received its deserved place in the biodiversity conservation efforts. This review is aimed at highlighting the need for the application of genetics in the conservation of natural resources and as well to assess the successes recorded so far while also identifying some challenges of conservation genetics. Non-invasive DNA sampling have been used to trace the origin of seized ivory tusk, detect hybridization, evaluate social structures in organisms, estimate population size and identify predator of kills. Poor adaptation of captive-bred endangered species when they are reintroduced to the wild, solving the problem of inbreeding and the high cost of conducting researches were identified as some of the challenges in the field of conservation genetics.