期刊名称：African Journal of Criminology and Justice Studies
电子版ISSN：1554-3897
出版年度：2016
卷号：9
期号：1
页码：141-153
出版社：African Criminology and Justice Association
摘要：The problems facing the rich forest belts in Nigeria have become so intense inrelation to the unemployment dilemma ravaging most youths in several urbanand rural settlements as well as the wide-ranging negative impacts onenvironmental crime in South-West Nigeria. This study examines the dynamicsof forest exploitation, youth adaptability and survival strategies in the nation’sforest belt. Data collected for the study was basically qualitative, among ahundred and twenty-five (125) respondents in Ondo-Edo forest belts. It wasdiscovered that a strong network of syndicates often (local and foreign)capitalized on the prevailing surge of unemployment in the country to lureyoung, unemployed and able-bodied men and women into criminal survivalstrategies and environmental crime of illegal logging of precious woods (Iroko,Mahogany and Obeche). The study concludes that illegal activities ofunemployed youths should be curtailed by providing agro based industries in theforest belt as well as adequate security to stop the illegal and indiscriminatelogging of woods by local and foreign syndicates
关键词：Unemployment; forest exploitation; social network; laundering;syndicates
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