Role of Forest Resources to Local Livelihoods: The Case of East Mau Forest Ecosystem, Kenya

Table 2

Reported sources of forest products by of households ().

Product	Sources (% households)
	Public forest	Own farm	Neighbours	Market
Firewood	72.9	21.6	3.4	2.1
Timber	58.0	16.6	6.2	19.2
Charcoal	67.3	8.2	7.6	16.9
Honey	51.6	13.8	9.7	24.9
Medicine	49.9	18.7	5.0	26.4
Poles	35.7	21.7	14.0	28.6
Thatch grass	30.6	35.0	6.2	28.2
Fruits	34.0	22.3	9.7	34.0
Animal fodder	66.7	31.2	1.8	0.3
Agricultural tools	42.8	18.9	1.3	37.0
Forest soils	45.2	21.8	7.3	25.7
Building stones	41.2	20.3	9.3	29.2
Mushrooms	49.3	14.4	8.1	28.2
Fibres	54.8	19.3	10.6	15.3
Meat	47.1	3.6	2.3	47.0