Protecting forests acting on farms: study practices, uses and representations of stakeholders in the forest to develop strategies for restoration in the Mabira Forest Reserve, central Uganda
Foreaim European project aims at the restoration of the degraded forests of Eastern Africa and Madagascar, by ameliorating the incomes of the rural inhabitants through seven work-package. The work-package 1 corresponds in search of practices, uses and representations linked to the tree and the forest. The present study tries to present the different stakeholders as well as representations, the levels of dependency and possible resolutions for forest restoration. In collaboration with CIRAD and the University of Makerere, this job was performed around Mabira Forest Reserve, located between two biggest cities of Uganda near the lake Victoria. It is based on a socio-economic survey by interviews and a forest inventory. First of all, there were studied the lawful system, positive and customary, linked to the tree in farms and the forest. It was shown that the boundary of the forest was not subjected to large attacks of agricultural cleaning and that deterioration was more diffuse (charcoal, disappearing of overexploited species). Then, we were approached the practices of the farmers linked to planting trees on farms The forests' use by the enclaves' inhabitants depended on the size of the land, on their incomes and on the distance between the forest and their house. It was possible to define three main types of farmers: the big wood-self-sufficient landowners, owners with a partial dependence on the forest, and the small owners depending broadly on the forest. Other threats influenced the forest, the urban coal consumer and the industrial project of deforestation. An inventory, accomplished near the places of interviews displayed another form of representation, pointed out that the forest remains dense on important sectors (600 stems / hectare and 30 m ² / hectare on average) but that degradation was visible in the form of invasive species (e.g. Broussonetia papiriféra). Thanks to these different factors, it was possible to determine the levels of dependency of the stakeholders, their uses and the impact on the forest Then it was given some suggestions to understand the reasonings of different types of stakeholders, in the subsequent act to restore Mabira forest.
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| Format: | thesis biblioteca |
| Language: | eng |
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Makerere University
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| Subjects: | K01 - Foresterie - Considérations générales, P01 - Conservation de la nature et ressources foncières, A01 - Agriculture - Considérations générales, |
| Online Access: | http://agritrop.cirad.fr/577017/ http://agritrop.cirad.fr/577017/1/Memoire_Hervo_encadrement_Sibelet-Protecting_forests-MEM_2007.pdf |
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| Summary: | Foreaim European project aims at the restoration of the degraded forests of Eastern Africa and Madagascar, by ameliorating the incomes of the rural inhabitants through seven work-package. The work-package 1 corresponds in search of practices, uses and representations linked to the tree and the forest. The present study tries to present the different stakeholders as well as representations, the levels of dependency and possible resolutions for forest restoration. In collaboration with CIRAD and the University of Makerere, this job was performed around Mabira Forest Reserve, located between two biggest cities of Uganda near the lake Victoria. It is based on a socio-economic survey by interviews and a forest inventory. First of all, there were studied the lawful system, positive and customary, linked to the tree in farms and the forest. It was shown that the boundary of the forest was not subjected to large attacks of agricultural cleaning and that deterioration was more diffuse (charcoal, disappearing of overexploited species). Then, we were approached the practices of the farmers linked to planting trees on farms The forests' use by the enclaves' inhabitants depended on the size of the land, on their incomes and on the distance between the forest and their house. It was possible to define three main types of farmers: the big wood-self-sufficient landowners, owners with a partial dependence on the forest, and the small owners depending broadly on the forest. Other threats influenced the forest, the urban coal consumer and the industrial project of deforestation. An inventory, accomplished near the places of interviews displayed another form of representation, pointed out that the forest remains dense on important sectors (600 stems / hectare and 30 m ² / hectare on average) but that degradation was visible in the form of invasive species (e.g. Broussonetia papiriféra). Thanks to these different factors, it was possible to determine the levels of dependency of the stakeholders, their uses and the impact on the forest Then it was given some suggestions to understand the reasonings of different types of stakeholders, in the subsequent act to restore Mabira forest. |
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