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ArticleContribution of forest resources to the livelihood of adjacent communities around forest concessions: The case of Eyumojock area, southwest region of Cameroon
XV World Forestry Congress, 2-6 May 2022
2022Also available in:
No results found.The expectation of a healthy and buoyant future of the forests remains a mirage until community dependence on the forest is effectively compensated. Forest communities depend greatly on the forest for food, income, shelter and medicine, and will always agitate once their livelihood is greatly threatened. Objectively quantifying and sufficient compensation of community dependence on the forest is a key challenge faced while trying to balance forest use with conservation. This paper quantifies livelihood strategies for rural households, assesses the proportion of household income obtained from the forest, and explore the relationship between the quantities of NTFPs exploited and the household non-forest income in the Southwest Region of Cameroon. 471 households in Eyumojock area were sampled using semi-structured questionnaires and PRA tools. Descriptive and inferential (OLS) statistics were used for data analysis. The results reveal Agriculture (Cocoa, Plantain, Cassava), Forest (Irvingia, Bushmeat, Gnetum), Animal rearing (Pigs, Goats and Poultry) and Petty-trade as diverse income sources in order of priority (75%,17%, 1% and 7%). With a Gross annual household income in the range 420 – 51,410 $ and mean gross annual household income of 5,792 $, 81.7% of households have a gross annual income in the lower ranges of 3,636 - 7,272 $. Increase in the quantities of (Irvingia sp) Bush mango (QIV),and (Gnetum sp) Eru (QER) collected will increase household income from non - forest sources (GINF). On the other hand, increase in gross non-forest income (GINF) will reduce the quantities of Garcinia kola, Irvingia sp, Gnetum africanum, Ricinodendron heudelotii, Afrostyrax lepidophyllus, Piper nigrum L and Bushmeat significantly contribute to gross household income (p<0.05), with the quantity of Bushmeat having the greatest influence. Focusing on education and skill-building programs that will offer locals better employment opportunities, improve crop production and enhance the domestication of major NTFPs is a better option forsustainable forest management efforts. Keywords: Agriculture, bushmeat, forest concession, household income, non-timber forest product. ID: 3490013 -
DocumentLocal climate mediates spatial and temporal variation in carabid beetle communities in three forests in Mount Odaesan, Republic of Korea
XV World Forestry Congress, 2-6 May 2022
2022Also available in:
No results found.Global environmental change can dramatically alter the composition of floral and faunal communities, and elucidating the mechanisms underlying this process is important for predicting its outcomes. Studies on global climate change have mostly focused on statistical summaries within wide spatial and temporal scales; less attention has been paid to variability in microclimates at narrower spatial and temporal scales. The microclimate is the suite of climatic conditions measured in a local area. Environmental variables at the microclimatic scale can be critical for the ecology of organisms inhabiting each area. We examined the effect of spatial and temporal changes in the microclimate on the ecology of carabid beetle communities in three sites on Mount Odaesan, Korea. Our results demonstrate the importance of regular surveys of communities at local scales. Such surveys are expected to reveal an additional fraction of variation in communities and underlying processes that have been overlooked in studies of global community patterns and change. Keywords: Research ID: 3622034 -
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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