Abstract

The concern of humanity is the need to tackle the increasing challenges of severe degradation of the forest ecosystem and its resources The study examined the critical role of forest tree species in indigenous farming systems on the management of forest resources in the rainforest villages of Cross River State Nigeria The participatory Rural Appraisal PRA method household questionnaire survey field inventory and measurement were used to generate the required data The data were analyzed using statistics such as simple percentage mean standard deviation tables graphs charts and one-way analysis of variance ANOVA The study result indicated that the practice of tree felling during land preparation for farming is a minority attribute of the study population 69 91 percent of the people allow trees on farmlands during land clearance while 31 09 are found in tree-felling