This study of population dynamics and vegetation change in Benue
State was carried out primarily to analyse the trends in population
growth and how the population increase has influenced vegetation
degradation/change in the State. The data for the study were sourced
and collected through direct field and visual observation and materials
from journals, books, extracts from NPC's Office Makurdi. The study
revealed that though records about vegetation degradation and
population dynamics were less documented in the State yet vegetation
is one of the primary suppliers of resources for human use in the State.
Hence population size and its composition generate the demands for
these resources and then impacting on the vegetation resources
negatively. Finally, the study concluded that human population
increase and non-sustainable production coupled with consumption
patterns, is placed at the centre of vegetation change in the State.