Firewood use in Bulamogi County, Uganda: species selection, harvesting and consumption patterns

Tabuti, John R. S.; Dhillion, Shivcharn S.; Lye, Kaare Arnstein

doi:10.1016/s0961-9534(03)00052-7

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“…They are also of low education background (Tab. 1) hence natural resources become the obvious sources of livelihood (Aguilar and Condit 2001;Tabuti et al 2003) in the rural areas where live.…”

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Ethno-Botanical Uses of Ugandan edible wild fruit species

Onen

Oryem‐Origa

2017

Environ. Earth Ecol.

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Edible wild fruit tree species are known to provide enormous products and services to several rural communities worldwide. Products derived from such edible wild fruit tree species and related conservation issues are not adequately documented. The objectives of this study were to document the uses/products derived from five most preferred edible wild fruit tree species of Gulu district; how their products are harvested; how they are locally managed; if there are any constraints to cultivation and local strategies for conservation. The five edible wild fruit species used in this study (Vitellaria paradoxa Gaertn, Vitex doniana Sweet, Borassus aethiopum Mart, Tamarindus indica L. and Annona senegalensis Oliv.) were earlier identified from household heads in Gulu district as most preferred. Data on these were collected using questionnaires, interview guides, field visits, home observation and photography. The main uses and products which were established included fruits, fuel-wood, charcoal, medicinal, timber among others. Modes of harvests varied with each product. No management system was in place for any fruit tree species. Wild fruits have several products not yet documented. Willingness to cultivate these fruit trees is low. It is, therefore, important to raise awareness on the demises of mismanaging these tree species, set and implement adequate conservation measures.

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Ethno-Botanical Uses of Ugandan edible wild fruit species

Onen

Oryem‐Origa

2017

Environ. Earth Ecol.

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“…In Van Gujjar community, both genders had contact with the resource. In research studies conducted in other regions, the practice of gathering has shown differences regarding gender (Tabuti et al 2003;Ramos et al 2008). All of the households cook their food on kutcha chulha.…”

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Fuelwood consumption patterns by semi-nomadic pastoralist community and its implication on conservation of Corbett Tiger Reserve, India

Hussain

Dasgupta

Bargali³

2016

Energ. Ecol. Environ.

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The local folk of Himalaya have natural coexistence with the forests and depend on these bounty natural resources for their livelihood. The present study was carried out on semi-nomadic pastoralist for the study of forest use patterns. The main source of livelihood was found to be homogeneous (pastoralism) within each settlement. The study records 26 tree species preferred for fuelwood consumption. Overall average fuelwood consumption was 20.09 ± 0.7 kg day -1 family -1 . The average per capita fuelwood consumption was 2.77 kg day -1 . Average fuelwood consumption by very large families is significantly higher than small families. The principal component analysis explain lopping, extraction and anthropogenic activities for biomass extraction as a major factor of disturbance in forests. We also examined the present forest wood consumption rate and its implications in terms of potential deforestation and emission of greenhouse gases. The findings in the paper could form the basis for designing appropriate technologies and management policies in the region.

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“…Fuel is required to prepare food, and in most rural communities without access to electricity or cooking gas, fuel can be readily found in the form of fuel wood just nearby in the protected area. In Africa, the exploitation of fuel wood results to the killing of trees and the destruction of the general vegetation (Ribot 1993, Tabuti et al, 2003. Some food items are found in the wild and are collected and eaten by the locals (Harris & Mohammed 2003).…”

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Biodiversity Conservation: Why Local Inhabitants Destroy Habitat In Protected Areas

Ikpa¹,

Dera²,

Jande³

2010

Science World Journal

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This review identifies some intrinsic and extrinsic factors that tend to drive the destruction of habitat, game poaching and unsustainable utilization of plants products by communities surrounding many protected areas around the world, leading to wildlife and plant species decline. Intrinsic factors are basic needs of the locals; those needs are intricately tied to land and poverty. Other factors also exist such as increased population, trade in endangered species and deforestation that are extrinsic and not the immediate needs of the local communities in protected areas but nevertheless contribute in forcing the communities to abandon the path to sustainable utilization of natural resources in protected areas leading to habitat fragmentation, depletion and loss of wildlife and plants species

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Firewood use in Bulamogi County, Uganda: species selection, harvesting and consumption patterns

Cited by 156 publications

References 13 publications

Ethno-Botanical Uses of Ugandan edible wild fruit species

Ethno-Botanical Uses of Ugandan edible wild fruit species

Fuelwood consumption patterns by semi-nomadic pastoralist community and its implication on conservation of Corbett Tiger Reserve, India

Biodiversity Conservation: Why Local Inhabitants Destroy Habitat In Protected Areas

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