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ArticleAssessing the impacts of COVID-19 pandemic on the livelihoods of forest-dependent communities: A case study of communities in Oluwa forest reserve, Nigeria
XV World Forestry Congress, 2-6 May 2022
2022Also available in:
No results found.Though the COVID-19 pandemic is primarily a health crisis, it has a worldwide impact on the communities and economies. This impact has resulted in global socio-economic disruptions and diminished people’s livelihoods. Meanwhile, forests provide economical and livelihood support for many people around the world. For example, one-fifth of the global population depend on forest products for livelihoods and forty per cent of the extreme poor in rural areas live in and on forests. However, restrictions on physical activities as a measure to combat the pandemic also impacted forestry activities, which has put forest-based livelihoods at risk. Quantifying the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on forest-based livelihoods could help to better support and economically empowered people whose lives depend on the forests. Therefore, six communities were randomly selected in and around Oluwa forest reserve, Nigeria and a structured questionnaire was used to collect primary data from respondents using purposive sampling. The data collected was analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics to understand the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the livelihoods of forest-dependent communities in Oluwa forest reserve in Nigeria. The findings from this study could be a valuable resource to rebound from the impact of the crisis. Additionally, this study could potentially strengthen the response to the pandemic and improve the resilience of forest-dependent communities. Keywords: COVID-19; communities; forest-dependents; forest reserve; Nigeria ID: 3623746 -
ArticleAn assessment of community involvement in the Kilum/Ijim forest management project, Mount Oku Region, Cameroon
XV World Forestry Congress, 2-6 May 2022
2022Also available in:
No results found.The increasing dependence on forests for livelihood sustainability to rural communities, has put forests under enormous pressure and threat. In addressing these problem, most governments are involving local communities in conservation programs. This study is focused on the level and extent of local institutions’ involvement after forest management rights were devolved to the communities in the Mount Oku Forest Region. The institutional analysis and development framework were used to study the institutional conditions for effective conservation strategies. The study was guided by; reasons for the creation of the Forest management Project (FMP); level and extent of community involvement; and status of the forest before and after the FMP. Parameters for measuring the level of involvement included: organizing meetings, attending meetings, decision making, participatory project investigation, negotiation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation, project funding, enacting forest protection laws and direct employment; each activity assigned a score of 10%. The extent of involvement included: forest protection, forest utilization, forest greening and forest monitoring; each assigned a score of 25%. Based on the existence of frontline and secondary villages, five Forest Management Institution (FMI) were randomly selected from the tribes that make up the Kilum/ Ijim Forest Project. Selected Participatory Rural Appraisal tools, and FMI registers were employed to obtain relevant data. The population test and Wilcoxon sign rank test revealed a significantly high level of local community involvement in FMP after implementation (t = 31.81, d.f =543, P=0.00; significantly high extent of community involvement in the FMP after its implementation (t= 15.88, d.f =543, P=0.00) and a remarkable difference in forest status before and after the creation of the KIFP ( Z = 12.00,P=0.000).The study concludes that, effective decentralization and devolution of forest management rights substantiate communities’ development needs, regenerates forests and ensures their stability. Keywords: Level of involvement, Extent of involvement, forest regeneration, forest status. ID: 3476570 -
ArticleCommunity capacity for social enterprise development: Empirical evidence from community forest enterprises (CFEs) in Cameroon
XV World Forestry Congress, 2-6 May 2022
2022Also available in:
No results found.Community forest enterprises (CFEs) are emerging as sustainable options for local development, these enterprises trade to meet their social and environmental goals, thus characterizing them as social enterprises. However, knowledge of the capacity of these communities to develop and effectively manage CFEs is not well known. With inspiration from the organizational capacity theory, the asset-based community development (ABCD) theory, a framework for community capacity is developed. Based on data from a sample of 31 communities, principal component analysis, descriptive statistics, and the Pearson correlation test was used to evaluate community capacity and the relationship between dimensions of community capacity. The findings reveal that natural resource availability received the highest score (4.08), thus underlying the fact that these communities are endowed with natural resources that can propel their growth if managed sustainably. However, other dimensions of community capacity are poor, community capacity for partnerships and social networking was the lowest (1.33), followed by infrastructure (1.38), skills and knowledge of members (1.58) was equally very low with significant poor knowledge in enterprise development, marketing, and financial management. The overall sense of community was poor averaging 2.84 on a scale of 5, community capacity for financial management was equally not very good (3.94). Although participation was not very poor in most cases, women, youths, and minority groups need to be empowered further to participate actively in community activities. Correlation analysis reveals that some of these domains are highly correlated, thus when one is triggered, there is a positive spill-over effect on other dimensions. Financial management capacity, participation, leadership, and resource mobilization emerge as key dimensions that when triggered can have significant positive effects on other domains of community capacity. Keywords: Sustainable forest management, Governance, Education, Decent employment, Economic Development ID: 3486804
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