Research activities

Research activities

Research is a core responsibility of Academic Staff of FOREM. Several National and International Research grants won and completed by staff of the department are eloquent testimonial of the research orientation of the Department. The Departmental Board which is consisted of the HOD (as Chairman), and all Professors and academic staff in the Department with a Department’s Assistrar Registrar as the Secretary, has the Committee on Research as one of her activity-based committees. This Committee is responsible for coordinating the funding and quality control of the various researches carried out within the Department by the Academic staff and Postgraduate students. Some of the departments research focus and activities include the following:

  1. Domestication of endangered indigenous tree species such as Okoubaka sp., Entandrophragma cylindericum, E. utile, E. angolense, Milicia excelsa, Triplochyton scleroxylum and Cola sp.
  2. Domestication of Archachatina marginata, Achatina achatina, Thryonomys swinderianus (glasscutter), Duikers
  • Evaluation of carbon storage potentials of indigenous tree species such as Milicia excelsa, Brachystegia euricoma, Ceiba pentandra, Afzelia africana,
  1. Estimation of carbon storage in forests, plantations and agroforestry systems.
  2. Budding of some tree species such as Treculia africana, Monodora myristica, Irvingia gabonensis, Pentaclethra macrophylla, Xylopia aethiopica, Dennettia tripetala, Dacryodes edulis, Canarium schweinfurthii, etc.
  3. Studies on the biology and socio-economic importance of fauna diversity and in various ecologies.
  • Forest and nursery soil fertility management technologies including techniques for the management for various soil types and polluted/degraded sites.

Several grant sponsored research projects are completed or ongoing in the department.  The Department staff are constantly undergoing trainings to enhance their capacity in line with the vision of the Department. Within the last four (4) or five (5) years, a good number of the Department’s academic staff-in training completed their PhD research/programmes resulting in significant improvement in our academic staffing disposition. Few others are at different stages of completion of their various programmes in choice Universities around the world.