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Nature and Extent of Forest Resource Extraction from Modhupur Sal Forest by the Community

FMH Nayeem
Department of Agricultural Economics, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh 2202, Bangladesh

MN Hoque
Students Affairs Division, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh 2202, Bangladesh

M Ali
Department of Agricultural Economics, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh 2202, Bangladesh

MM Islam
Department of Agricultural Economics, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh 2202, Bangladesh

S Haque
Department of Agricultural Economics, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh 2202, Bangladesh

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

The study was undertaken to document the nature and extent of forest resource extraction from the Modhupur Sal forest by the community people. It was conducted at Rosulpur village in Muktagachha Upazila which is adjacent to Modhupur Upazila of Tangail district. A total of 60 households were selected for data collection using purposive sampling technique. The collected data through field survey method were analyzed using descriptive statistics. The majority of the forest users was aged between 25 to 34 years and had a literacy status of below secondary school certificate level. Around 30% of the forest users depend on agriculture but forest resource extraction was the subsidiary occupation for most of the households that was done by mostly female members of the respondents’ family. Forty percent of the forest users’ income varies from Tk. 10000 to Tk. 15000 per month. Besides these, majority of them had 0.51 to 1.0 acre of cultivable lands. Though different resources are extracted from Modhupur Sal forest such as timber, fuel wood, medicinal plants, etc, but timber is collected by 100% of the respondents. Number of livestock, level of landholding and labor time spent for forest resources collection were the influencing factors for household’s forest resources collection. The majority of the forest users suggested that government need to invest in awareness building program and enforce rules and regulations so that community people can contribute and participate to conserve the forest.

Keywords: Nature, Sal forest, Management, Community people

Location: Modhupur Upazila of Tangail district.

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Program Area: Conservation and Biodiversity

Commodity: Sal

Objectives:

This study are to identify the socioeconomic profile of the Sal forest users, to identify the nature and extent of forest resource extraction and factors influencing forest resource extraction by the users.

Methodology:

To achieve the objectives, the present study was conducted in Rosulpur village under Muktagacha upazila of Mymensingh district to understand the broad socioeconomic characteristics and nature of forest resources extraction of the forest area. It is situated on the border side of Mymensingh and Modhupur. Data was collected from 60 forest users through purposive sampling technique. Different descriptive statistics (sum, average, mean, percentages, etc.) were applied to examine the socioeconomic characteristics of forest users and to identify the nature and extent of forest resource extraction by the users. In this research, researcher also used qualitative data analysis (QDA) technique which is the range of processes and procedures whereby researcher move from the qualitative data in a systematic way that have been collected into some form of explanation, understanding or interpretation of the people and situations that are under investigation. Regression model have also been used to examine the factors influencing household’s forest resources collection. In statistics, linear regression is an approach for modeling the relationship between a scalar dependent variable y and one or more explanatory variables (or independent variables) denoted X. A regression model relates Y to a function of X and β. Y = f (X, β) Where, βs are the unknown parameters, which may represent a scalar or a vector; and Xs are the independent variables; and Y is the dependent variable. Here, the independent variables are age, household (HH) size, number of livestock, average education of family members, distance between forest and home, level of landholding, labor time spent for collection of forest resources, etc.

Source of Information: Progressive Agriculture 28 (2): 148-155, 2017

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Achievement/Findings:

The preservation of forest can be done through selection cutting method. Participation of the local people would be very essential in that case considering all the influential factors. But the eco-terrorists issue needs to be addressed who normally sell their tree stem in local brickyards. Timber felling, fuel-wood and bamboo collection, collection of house building materials, hunting etc. all are posing threats to the forest and its biodiversity through bringing qualitative and quantitative changes in the habitat and the wildlife they support. Finally, for a sustainable management of the Modhupur Sal forest, appropriate participation of the local people, rules and regulation, active participation of administration, role of law enforcement agency and the government is very vital.

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