Forest Canopy Cover Assessment and Tree Benefits in Okomu National Park, Nigeria | Journal of Scient

The importance of forest canopy functions and benefits cannot be overstated. As a result, an assessment of forest canopy cover and tree benefits in Nigeria's Okomu National Park is required. Different land cover types were assessed, forest trees and the environmental services they provided were quantified, and the monetary value of the forest's environmental services was estimated. The ‘Define Project Area' tool was determined using the Okomu National Park shapefile, and Google Mapmaker was used to determine and cross reference the boundary. The tree canopy coverage in Okomu National Park, Nigeria, was analysed using the i-Tree Canopy software. This research derived eight (8) distinct categories of tree canopy data, including annual benefits calculated using canopy cover percentages. Carbon monoxide (CO), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), ozone (O3), particulate matter less than 2.5 microns (PM2.5), sulphur dioxide (SO2), particulate matter greater than 2.5 microns but less than 10 microns (PM10*), carbon dioxide sequestered annually in trees (CO2seq) was 369,974.94T, and carbon dioxide stored in trees (CO2stor) was 9,291,459.06T. With 33.33T, carbon monoxide (CO) has the smallest amount of tonnes. Particulate matter less than 2.5 microns (PM2.5) had a higher monetary value (USD523,66835) than particulate matter greater than 2.5 microns but less than 10 microns (PM10*), which had a monetary value of USD183,90714.

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