WHY LOCAL RESIDENTS HARVEST NATURAL FOREST? DETERMINANTS FACTORS IN THE MOUNTAINS OF KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA
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Fazli Rabbi
Shahid Ali
Umar Hayat
Zia Ullah
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| Abstract | This paper empirically examines households’ forest biomass extraction behavior in three forest areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It further identifies the determinant factors of three types of resources that have implications for forest cover. These include the extraction of fuelwood, cutting of timber, and free grazing of goats in the forests. We use the primary data collected from 180 households in three forest areas (Miandam, Lalkoo, and Bamburet in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The data was gathered in three Miandam, Lalkoo, and Bamburet using a two-stage sampling technique. The results showed that as insecurity of forest ownerships, family size, and age of the households increases, households are more likely to opt for fuelwood harvesting from the forests. On the contrary, as education of the household head, no of crops grown in a season distance to market, use of substitute fuel, and plantation on private land outside forest and livestock assets increases, households are less likely to harvest fuelwood from the natural forests. We also find that there cross-regional variation in the tendency to harvest fuelwood from the forests. The results also reveal that, households' tendency to graze in the forest decreases as households’ off-farm income share increases in total households' annual income. The government forest policy and conservation efforts need to prioritize the provision of alternative fuel sources, community plantations. Policy strategies are needed to regulate the free grazing of goats socially in the state-owned natural forests in the province. The areas in the periphery of the natural forests should be supplied with sources of energy from substitute sources such as hydroelectric powers, launch community plantation programs vis-à-vis legislate to resolve the issue of a dispute of forest ownership to realize the goal of sustainable utilization of forest and socio-economic development of the mountains regions. |
| Keywords | Forest, Insecurity, Harvest, Socioeconomic Development |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Type | Short Report |
| Recognized by | Higher Education Commission of Pakistan, HEC | Category | "Y" | Journal Name | IBT Journal of Business Studies | Publisher Name | ILMA University | Jel Classification | O40, O44, O18 | DOI | http://dx.doi.org/10.46745/ilma.jbs.2017.13.01.05 | ISSN no (E, Electronic) | 2409-6520 | ISSN no (P, Print) | 2416-8393 | Country | Pakistan | City | Karachi | Institution Type | University | Journal Type | Open Access | Type of Review | Double Blind Peer Reviewed | Format | Paper Link | http://ibtjbs.ilmauniversity.edu.pk/journal/jbs/13.1/5.pdf | Page | 59-72 | Reference | Adhikari, B., Difalco, S., and Lovett, C.J. (2004). Household’s Characteristics and Forest Dependency: Evidence from Common Property Management in Nepal. Ecological Economics, 48(2): 245-257. Adnan, M., Khan, A.A., Latif, A., and Shinwari, Z.K. (2006). Threats to the Sustainability of Ethno-medicinal Uses in Northern Pakistan. A Case Study of Miandam Valley District Swat, NWFP Province, Pakistan. 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