Question

How are local people the most important stake holders of forest?

Answer 1

hello dear here is ur answer


Often at times people think its government agencies with the sole responsibility of management of our natural resources and yet they benefit us all. 

Natural resource management with specific focus on forests is a collective responsibility of every person and so Much as these agencies have mandates and obligations to fulfill, we can’t argue that it’s their sole responsibility. 

All stakeholders for instance civil society organisations, community members, the media, local government, Judiciary, collaborative forest management groups among others all have a role to play in ensuring our forests are conserved. These roles I cluster them into three, Information sharing/ reporting, conservation role, enforcement role. 

On the information sharing role it partakes of each and every one to report any illegalities occurring on the forests  so that immediate action can be taken to halt any forms of degradation which if not undertaken the forests may completely disappear.

Part of the degraded Bugoma forest. Photo/courtesy/ NAPE

 
I applaud the media and civil society for taking lead in reporting these irregularities that happen on our forests and so when such happens, it’s incumbent on the other bodies to take actions which may be deterrent in nature to avoid future forest degradations.

hope it helps u

Answer 2

Local people around forests are referred to as stakeholders for conservation of forests for the following reasons :

 1. Local people are dependent on forest produce

 2. They usually cut down the branches of the trees and pluck their leaves,but do not cut down the whole tree

 3. They also collect green fodder and graze their cattle in the forest