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Issues
The issues
common to almost all forests include:
• Insufficient community involvement.
• Lack of unanimity among
the community for protection of
forests.
• Low levels of funds for
the protection of forests.
• Lack of sense of responsibility
for protection of forests.
• Trend to make easy money
through illegal cutting/felling
of forests.
• Inadequate forest supervisory
staff
• No demarction of forests
except the commercial forests
• Timber and firewood taken
by non-residents
• Unsatisfactory level of
pro-active management planning
• Inadequate institutional
capacities and professional approach
• Little understanding of
the relationship between environment,
resources and development.
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