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Table 4 Sustainable livelihood activities
Variable
SA
(5)
A
(4)
IND
(3)
D
(2)
SD
(1)
MEAN
SD
I collect firewood for regular domestic use
32
1
19 15
33
2.84
1.66
I collect firewood from Arakanga F.R
29
1
18 15
37
2.7
1.65
Firewood is the only source of energy for household cooking
9
9
4 31
47
2.02
1.30
I collect firewood to sell in the community from forest reserve
23
0
1 19
57
2.13
1.63
I collect and package firewood for local market
14
1
1 20
64
1.81
1.39
I gather snail from the reserve for regular use
16
4
11 15
54
2.13
1.50
I gather snail from Arakanga F.R
16
3
12 15
54
2.12
1.49
Snail is the only source of protein for my household
0
5
1 20
74
1.37
0.75
I gather snail to sell in the community from forest reserve
8
0
1 16
75
1.5
1.11
I gather snail to sell at local market
4
0
1 18
77
1.36
0.86
I collect medicinal plants from A.F.R
16
1
22 13
48
2.24
1.46
I collect medicinal plants from the reserve for domestic use
16
1
22 14
47
2.25
1.46
Medicinal plants is the only source of health care for my household
10
3
7 19
61
1.82
1.30
I collect medicinal plant from the reserve to sell in the community
7
0
1 18
74
1.48
1.06
I collect medicinal plants to sell at local market
5
0
1 18
76
1.4
0.93
I collect leaves from A.F.R
25
1
9 14
51
2.35
1.67
I collect leaves for domestic use
25
1
9 14
51
2.35
1.67
Leaves are what I use primarily in my household
6
1
2 22
69
1.53
1.04
I collect leaves from the reserve to sell in the community
22
0
1 15
62
2.05
1.62
I collect leaves from the reserve to sell at the local market
20
0
1 14
65
1.96
1.58
I am a staff of A.F.R
23
1
1 14
61
2.11
1.66
A.F.R is my major source of income for me and my household
23
1
1 14
61
2.11
1.66
Besides with working at A.F.R, I involve in other activities to sustain my family
4
1
1 15
79
1.36
0.89
I involve in hunting activities at A.F.R
7
0
4 12
77
1.48
1.09
Hunting is done only for domestic use
3
2
2 16
77
1.38
0.87
I sell the hunted game from the reserve in the community
7
0
2 14
77
1.46
1.07
I sell the hunted games at the local market
4
0
0 14
82
1.3
0.83
I collect geological materials (such as sand, gravel, or stone) from A.F.R
11
0
2 16
71
1.64
1.28
I collect geological materials for domestic use
9
0
2 15
74
1.55
1.18
I collect geological materials to sell at the community
10
0
2 14
74
1.58
1.22
I collect geological materials to sell from the reserve
10
0
3 13
74
1.59
1.23
Conservation efforts should be based on integrated
managements that help to maintain the environment,
offer better socio-economic options that would lead to
an adequate and acceptable quality of life for the
teaming rural and urban poor who depended on forest
and forest products, and at the same time, maintain
biological diversity. An alternative source of energy
should also be made available to the teaming
population who depended on the forest reserve for
firewood collection as source of domestic energy.
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