scholarly journals Socio-Economic Characteristics and Level of Awareness and Perception on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation Programme (REDD+) by Rural Communities in Akure Forest Reserve, Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 24 (11) ◽  
pp. 1909-1915
Author(s):  
OA Adekugbe ◽  
OV Oyerinde ◽  
TV Oluwajuwon ◽  
TR Abisoye ◽  
TA Atanda
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Household Survey ◽  
Forest Degradation ◽  
Forest Resources ◽  
High Rate ◽  
Forest Reserve ◽  
Key Informants ◽  
Household Heads

Rural communities around Akure forest reserve depend mostly on forest and its products for their livelihoods, which results in its high rate of deforestation. Meanwhile, the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation programme (REDD+), one of the international forest-governance initiatives to address sustainable forest  anagement and climate change mitigation has been introduced to the reserve. This research investigated the socio-economic status of the communities in Akure forest reserve, level of dependence on the forest resources and their level of awareness and perception about the REDD+ project. Six communities were selected randomly from around the reserve which were in the readiness phase of the REDD+ project. Data were collected through household survey with the use of semi-structured questionnaire administered to 120 respondents (household heads) selected randomly from the communities as well as information from 6 key informants (village heads). Descriptive Statistics and Chi Square test were used in the analysis of the data and the result showed that the main income-generating activity in the communities was farming accounting for 70.8% of the respondents. This affirms that the high level of the households’ dependence on forest resources is traceable to their socio-economic characteristics. Considering the level of awareness of REDD+ project, results revealed that the level of awareness of the key informants about REDD+ was very high (83.3%) while it was very low at the local community level with only 35% of the respondents being aware of the REDD+ project among which 23.3% found it beneficial. Therefore, to enhance the level of effectiveness of REDD+ project implementation, there should be an increase in the level of awareness in the communities. Keywords: Forest Communities, Awareness, REDD+ Project, Rural livelihood, Deforestation

scholarly journals Contribution of Joint Forest Management in Improving Conservation and Local Livelihood in Rufiji District, Tanzania

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 183
Author(s):  
Wilhard Tarimo ◽  
Japhet Ringo
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Household Survey ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Joint Forest Management ◽  
Forest Reserve ◽  
Equal Distribution ◽  
Key Informants ◽  
Local Livelihood

This paper attempts to explore the contribution of Joint Forest Management in improving conservation<br />and local livelihood in Rufiji District. The study was carried in three villages (Mkupuka, Mangwi and<br />Muyuyu). Household survey, key informants interviews, focus group discussions, and archive<br />information were used to collect data. A total of 90 households, 10 key informants, and 9 Focus Group<br />Discussion members were involved. Results indicate that 57% of the respondents had the view that<br />local communities around Ngumburuni Forest Reserve did not realize direct benefits from JFM<br />practices. Findings have also revealed that 82.2% of the respondents perceived the increased trend of<br />deforestation after the introduction of JFM, a feature that does not promise sustainability of the forest<br />reserve. Findings indicate that challenges hindered effective management of forest reserve include the<br />increase of human population, expanding agriculture, and insufficient fund. The study concludes that,<br />JFM has failed to show substantial contributions towards enhancing conservation and livelihood of<br />local communities in the study area. It is recommended that for sustainable management of the forest<br />resources there is a need to strengthen the JFM in improving conservation and enhancing local<br />livelihood through conservation awareness, involvement of the local community in implementation of<br />the JFM strategies, to ensure equal distribution of benefits realized from forest conservation, and<br />strengthening patrol of the forest resources.

scholarly journals Analysis of Indigenous Communication Channels for Disseminating Agricultural Information: The case of North Gondar Zone

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (07) ◽  
Author(s):  
Birhanu Melesse ◽  
Yenesew Sewnet ◽  
Beyene Derso ◽  
Tigst Petros
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Information Dissemination ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Effective Means ◽  
Communication Channels ◽  
Household Survey ◽  
Educational Status ◽  
Household Heads ◽  
North Gondar Zone

In Ethiopia, information reaches to farmers mainly through indigenous and exogenous communication channels which include social gatherings, training, meetings, and conferences followed by learning through direct observation. Indigenous communication channels provides an effective means for rural communities to access various types of information related to their farming and day-to-day life. However, the practices and prospects of indigenous communication channels need policy-oriented research to analyze and facilitate meaningful interventions in the areas of agricultural information dissemination.  This study was initiated with the objective of identifying existing indigenous Communication Channels used by farm households, assess farmers perception of indigenous Communication Channels utilization to exchange agricultural innovation, analyze the challenges related to exchanging and disseminating of agricultural information with respect to indigenous knowledge and assess indigenous agricultural knowledge preservation practices in the North Gondar Zone. Data were collected from 120 sample household heads, 30 focus group discussants and key informants and both primary and secondary data were used for the study. Household survey, focus group discussion and key informant interview were used to triangulate and strengthen the data collected sample household heads. For the purpose of data analysis, descriptive statistics (frequency & percentage), and inferential statistics (chi-square test T-test) were used. The results of the study showed that 70% of the respondents highly preferred indigenous communication channels than exogenous communication channels. The most regularly preferred and utilized channel was Church (47.5%), followed by public meeting organized by the community (22.5%) where as village meeting  organized by the community (11.7%) and neighbors (6.7%) occupied the third and fourth position in the ranking. It was also indicated that the utilization of indigenous communication channels determined by age and educational status of respondents. In this regard elder and illiterate household heads preferred and utilized indigenous communication channels than exogenous communication channels. Based on the findings, the researchers recommended that indigenous communication channels utilization should be incorporated in the plan of Agricultural Extension Agents,  indigenous communication channels should be form as part of agricultural information dissemination package to encourage and facilitate exchanging of information by rural people, Policies, strategies and good practices with respect to indigenous communication channels have to be developed with active participation of primary stakeholders to utilize it effectively.

scholarly journals Cropland Abandonment in the Community-Forestry Landscape in the Middle Hills of Nepal

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 136-150
Author(s):  
Rajesh Bista ◽  
Qi Zhang ◽  
Rajan Parajuli ◽  
Rahul Karki ◽  
Bir Bahadur Khanal Chhetri ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Community Forestry ◽  
Household Survey ◽  
Forest Edge ◽  
Community Forest Management ◽  
Essential Information ◽  
Household Level ◽  
Cropland Abandonment ◽  
Household Heads

AbstractCropland abandonment has been a major land-use concern, threatening food security globally. Understanding the factors contributing to cropland abandonment advances land-use change science and provides essential information for policy making, both of which aim to improve agriculture land management. Despite many studies conducted on this topic, we still lack in-depth understanding on how feedbacks from the natural system influence cropland-use decisions at the household level in the human system. We fill this knowledge gap by conducting this study in the Middle Hills of Nepal, where community forestry is an integral part of the land-use system. We collected qualitative data through focus-group discussions, key-informant interviews, and review of local community-forest management documents, and we collected quantitative socioeconomic data through a household survey of 415 households. We geolocated 1264 cropland parcels owned by these households and recorded their use statuses. We found that there is an increasing trend of cropland abandonment that is due to multiple socioeconomic, ecological, and biophysical factors. A higher likelihood of cropland abandonment is linked to households that have more out-migrants, female heads, nonagricultural occupation of the household heads, and larger areas of agriculture landholding. The study also found that cropland parcels that are far from the households, close to the forest edge, and on steeper slopes are more likely to be abandoned. These findings provide key information for policy makers to devise effective measures on managing cropland and developing sustainable agriculture in rural Nepal.

scholarly journals STRENGTHENING THE POSITION OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE IN THE MANAGEMENT OF THE FOREST BY SUBSQUENT OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT DECISION OF REPUBLIK INDONESIA NO.35/PUU-X/2012 TO SUPPORT OF REDD+ INDONESIA

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anti Mayastuti
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous People ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Forest Degradation ◽  
Land Ownership ◽  
Forest Resources ◽  
Customary Law ◽  
Access To Justice ◽  
Constitutional Court ◽  
Reduce Emissions ◽  
The Government

<p><em>The problems of disputes over land ownership of forest between the government (in this case is the state) and the community, has been occured tens of years ago, but the increase was higher along with just an era of reform. A possession of forest resources has been dominated by large employers with the strength of their capital, while the local community (in this case of indigenous people) who rely on forest resources for generations before this country stood, their fate was even more marginalized. In fact, the existence of indigenous people with local wisdom value, plays an important role in forest management, as recognized in Act No.41 of 1999 about Forestry. </em><em>Inequality of distribution of forest resources this mastery was seen as a base for real social conflict happens in the life of the community law. Furthermore it was published constitutional court’s verdict of RI No.35/PUU-X/2012 to provid e access to justice for indigenous people over the mastery of the forest. This recognition is strengthened by the existence of a REDD + Program aims to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation that requires the existence of a customary law society active participation through the empowerment of local wisdom values.</em></p>

scholarly journals Assessment of Forest Resource Exploitation in the Rural Communities of District Jhelum, Pakistan

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 16-21
Author(s):  
Rubab Zafar Kahlon ◽  
Ibtisam Butt
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Energy Production ◽  
Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
Animal Husbandry ◽  
Forest Degradation ◽  
Forest Resources ◽  
P Value ◽  
Forest Resource ◽  
Resource Exploitation ◽  
Awareness Campaigns

18 October, 2019 Accepted: 25 October, 2019Abstract: Forest resources are deteriorating and experiencing decline around the globe due to unsustainable use andover exploitation. The present study was an attempt to determine the relationship between human activities, forestresource utilization, extraction methods and practices of forest resource exploitation in the district Jhelum of Pakistan.For this purpose, primary sources of data were used which were collected from 8 villages through structuredquestionnaire and tabulated in Microsoft Excel 365 and SPSS 22 was used for multiple linear regression analysis. Theresults revealed that farming, wood cutting, animal husbandry and agro-forestry were the major occupations in thestudy area. Most commonly used resources included timber 26%, fuelwood 25% and fodder 19%. Methods used forresource extraction included gathering 49%, plucking 34% trapping 11% and cutting 6%. Population growth, increaseddemand of fuelwood and land conversion were the main reasons behind forest degradation. Results for multiple linearregression revealed that Forest based activities, sources of energy production, methods used for wood harvesting andresource extraction and use of fuelwood for energy production contributed significantly towards extensive forestresource exploitation with p value <0.5 within the study area. The study suggests that effective measures should betaken by forest department to control the unsustainable use of forest resources by stringent management interventionsand awareness campaigns in Jhelum district.

scholarly journals Assessment of Forest Resource Exploitation in the Rural Communities of District Jhelum, Pakistan

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 16-21
Author(s):  
Rubab Zafar Kahlon ◽  
Ibtisam Butt
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Energy Production ◽  
Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
Animal Husbandry ◽  
Forest Degradation ◽  
Forest Resources ◽  
P Value ◽  
Forest Resource ◽  
Resource Exploitation ◽  
Awareness Campaigns

18 October, 2019 Accepted: 25 October, 2019Abstract: Forest resources are deteriorating and experiencing decline around the globe due to unsustainable use andover exploitation. The present study was an attempt to determine the relationship between human activities, forestresource utilization, extraction methods and practices of forest resource exploitation in the district Jhelum of Pakistan.For this purpose, primary sources of data were used which were collected from 8 villages through structuredquestionnaire and tabulated in Microsoft Excel 365 and SPSS 22 was used for multiple linear regression analysis. Theresults revealed that farming, wood cutting, animal husbandry and agro-forestry were the major occupations in thestudy area. Most commonly used resources included timber 26%, fuelwood 25% and fodder 19%. Methods used forresource extraction included gathering 49%, plucking 34% trapping 11% and cutting 6%. Population growth, increaseddemand of fuelwood and land conversion were the main reasons behind forest degradation. Results for multiple linearregression revealed that Forest based activities, sources of energy production, methods used for wood harvesting andresource extraction and use of fuelwood for energy production contributed significantly towards extensive forestresource exploitation with p value <0.5 within the study area. The study suggests that effective measures should betaken by forest department to control the unsustainable use of forest resources by stringent management interventionsand awareness campaigns in Jhelum district.

scholarly journals Challenges to Sustainable Forest Management and Community Livelihoods Sustenance in Cameroon: Evidence from the Southern Bakundu Forest Reserve in Southwest Cameroon

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 226 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ewane Basil Ewane ◽  
Ewane Bertrand Olome ◽  
Heon-Ho Lee
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Local Population ◽  
Forest Degradation ◽  
Forest Monitoring ◽  
Transport Systems ◽  
Forest Reserve ◽  
Forest Law ◽  
Key Issues

Sustainable forest management in Cameroon is being plagued with many challenges directly related to key issues in the areas of forest law enforcement and governance. This study used questionnaires to examine the major community livelihood activities undertaken in the SBFR causing deforestation and forest degradation and to explore the localized trigger forces, and their implications for sustainable forest management in Cameroon. The authors found that the rated localized forces triggering indiscriminate human activities in the Southern Bakundu Forest Reserve (SBFR) are scarcity of farmland outside the forest reserve land, population growth, poverty and the more fertile nature of the forest reserve land than the limited, overused, and degraded community farming land. In addition, the authors found that forest monitoring activities in the field by forestry officials were plagued with complicity by some corrupt forestry officials, forces of law and order, administration, local management committee leaders, and disgruntled local population in the apprehension of illegal forest exploiters, besides inadequate resources. The strategies to address the above issues have not been prioritized. Based on the results, this paper argues that the governance failure to prioritize more and better investment in modern agriculture, non-wood domestic cooking energy and reliable rural transport systems, amongst others, including building institutional capacity and physical infrastructure compromises sustainable forest management in Cameroon at both the national and local community levels. In this light, a set of holistic and comprehensive strategic programmes are recommended as the way forward to guaranteeing sustainable development in forest management in Cameroon.

Adoption Decision and Sustainable Utilization of Soil Conservation Technologies: Empirical Evidence from North West Ethiopia

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 1853-1863
Author(s):  
Kassaye Gurebiyaw Legese ◽  
Taye Melese ◽  
Tadie Mire ◽  
Abebe Birara ◽  
Kefale Eniyew
Keyword(s):  
Water Conservation ◽  
Soil Conservation ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Household Survey ◽  
Ecological Processes ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Severe Problem ◽  
North West ◽  
Household Heads ◽  
North Gondar Zone

Soil is a crucial and precious natural resource that govern numerous ecological processes. However, in Ethiopia particularly in north Gondar zone, soil erosion is a severe problem and a major cause of the decline of agricultural productivity. The adoption and diffusion of soil and water conservation practices (SWC), as a way to tackle this challenge, has become an important issue in the development policy agenda in the zone. Therefore, this study was to identify factors affecting Soil conservation investments in the North Gondar zone. Data was collected through interviewed schedule, filed observation and focus group discussion. The multistage sampling technique was employed to select 206 sample households.  Both descriptive and econometrics model was used to analyze the collected data. A multivariate profit (MPV) model was used to analyze the effect of demographic, socioeconomic, market, institutional and biophysical related factors on the interdependent investment decisions of SWC practices using household survey. The MPV model analysis indicates that farmers invest a combination of practices at parcel level by considering substitution and complementarity effects of the practices. The results also revealed that age of household heads, literacy status of household heads, off-farm activity, distance of farmlands from homesteads, tropical livestock unit, and access to training were influence farmers’ investments in SWC practices. The overall results indicate that the identified physical, socioeconomic, and institutional factors influence promote or hinder investments in SWC practice so, policymakers should take into consideration these various factors in designing and implementing SWC policies and Programmers.

scholarly journals Umbilical cord care through community-based distribution of chlorhexidine in rural Sindh, Pakistan

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (Supplement_4) ◽  
Author(s):  
M Shah ◽  
Q Jamali ◽  
F Aisha
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Umbilical Cord ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
High Rate ◽  
Cord Care ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Sindh Province ◽  
At Home

Abstract Background Unsafe practices such as cutting umbilical cord with unsterilized instruments and application of harmful substances, are in practice in many rural areas of Pakistan, and associated with high risk of neonatal sepsis and mortality. Methods We conducted an implementation research in 2015 in Tharparkar district, in Sindh province of Pakistan to understand the feasibility and acceptability of community-based distribution of chlorhexidine (CHX) in rural Pakistan. For this cohort group-only study, 225 lady health workers (LHWs) enrolled 495 pregnant women. Enrolled women received 4% CHX gel and user’s instructions for newborn cord care. The LHWs also counseled women on the benefits and correct use of CHX. Study enumerators collected data from CHX receiving women 3 times: at around 2 weeks before delivery, within 24 hours after delivery, and on the 8th day after delivery. We implemented this study jointly in collaboration with Ministry of Health in Sindh province, Pakistan. Results Among enrolled participants, 399 women (81%) received only the first visit, 295 women (60%) received first two visits and 261 women (53%) received all three visits by enumerators. Among 399 women, who received CHX gel, counseling on its use and were respondent to the first round data collection, 78% remembered that the CHX gel to be applied to cord stump and surrounding areas immediately after birth; but less than a third (29%) forgot the need to keep the cord clean and dry. Among 295 respondents in the first two rounds of data collection, who delivered at home, 97% applied CHX to cord stump on the first day. Conclusions Community-based CHX distribution by LHWs, along with counseling to recipient women, resulted in a high rate of cord care with CHX among newborn delivered at home. Results from this study may help program implementers to consider expanding this intervention for improving newborn cord care on the first day of life in Pakistan. Key messages Community-based distribution of chlorhexidine for newborn cord care appears as highly acceptable and feasible in rural communities in Pakistan. Relevant program policy supporting community-based CHX distribution along with counseling by LHW may help expanding coverage of newborn cord care in rural communities in Pakistan.

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