Interaction between Rural People’s Basic Needs and Forest Products: A Case Study of the Katha District of Myanmar
Table 6
Rural people’s perceptions about activities causing depletion in forest products, the detrimental effects on their livelihoods, and the source of the causes.
Causes of depletion in forest areas
Illegal logging
Mining activities
Fuel-wood collection
Slash-and-burn agriculture
Forest plantation establishment
()
()
()
()
()
Percentage (%) of households citing these causes ()
44%
41%
34%
30%
23%
Percentage (%) of households perceiving the effects on collection of forest products
For subsistence
35 (47%)
35 (50%)
15 (26%)
12 (24%)
21 (54%)
For cash generation
3 (4%)
5 (7%)
1 (2%)
17 (33%)
0
Both subsistence & cash generation
25 (33%)
25 (36%)
9 (16%)
18 (35%)
15 (38%)
Do not know
12 (16%)
5 (7%)
32 (56%)
4 (8%)
3 (8%)
Percentage (%) of households perceiving the source behind forest depletion
