Impact Of Quarry-Dust And Rock Excavation On Vegetation And Slope In Isuikwuato Local Government Area, Abia State, Nigeria

ABSTRACT

The reason for this staggering increase in world population  is simply that the number of people born is regularly higher than the number that (lies. due, to better sanitation, iniproved liv ienc and iiicdical aticiitiun tins is heI!,hlen('d iiy the (Ii lhctilty ol inducing a lower birth rate in tire poorer and rnrore crowded countries of India i1i(l tropical African countries, ( Madu, 2tJ() I) A niotig such people iai ge ía mu cs are regarded not as an excessive drain on the reSourceS of the Crivriollilicllt. hut as a naiL of prestige and social standing Peoples lives centre in their 1ami lies. I ',ducat ion nnay releaSe them from this over-riding dependence on traditional modes of helravrotrr. Rut tire illiteracy rate is often high, SO that piintcd means of persuasion are ineffective.