Environmental Impacts of the irrational Use of Pesticides in the Villages Bordering the UNESCO World Heritage Site, Monts Nimba Biosphere Reserve-Republic of Guinea
Keywords:
Environmental impacts, irrational use, pesticides, heritage siteAbstract
The general objective of this work is to inventory and characterize the risks of non-rational use of pesticides on human health and the environment in order to propose prevention and mitigation measures. Thus, the Accelerated Participatory Research Method (MARP) was used to collect data from resource persons, through semi-structured interviews based on survey sheets. Word and Sphinx Plus V5 software allowed us to process the data collected. Approximately 42 phytosanitary products including 21 herbi-total (95.5%), 11 herbi-selective (61.4%) and 9 insecticides were encountered in the localities surrounding the site. Agriculture (40.8%) is the most practiced activity followed by livestock breeding (19.4%), hunting and gardening (9.7%), fishing (7.8%), carbonization (6.8%). The lowlands remain the cultivation area par excellence (42.9%) followed by the hills (38.1%) and the plains (19.0%). The Lola and N’Zoo markets (32.1%) supply products followed by the Bossou and Gbakoré markets (10.3%), as well as fungicides and fertilizers, subject to order. The March-April period (39.2%) is the period of heavy use while June-August (29.7%) and May-June (24.3%) are the periods of weeding with selective Herbi; on the other hand, September-December (6.8%) is the period devoted to market gardening activities. The effects on the ecosystem are noted, but there are no mitigation measures; the biotope and the biocenosis are frequently polluted and the animals are contaminated and removed from their natural habitats.
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