Agricultural Science·Community-based natural resource management · NSSCO 6.2
Conservation of community forests
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The mopane woodland near your home is not just trees — it is firewood, marula fruit, medicine, thatching grass and grazing for a whole community. In this lesson we learn what a community forest is, how a Namibian community sets one up and registers it with the Directorate of Forestry, the benefits it brings, and how deforestation and the loss of biodiversity threaten it — and what farmers can do to protect the forest for good.
What you'll learn in this lesson
By the end you should be able to (NSSCO Agricultural Science 6.2):
- Explain the meaning of community forests and the role of traditional authorities in forest management
- Describe the main steps for the establishment of community forests by interested communities in Namibia
- Discuss the benefits obtained by communities from well-managed community forests
- Discuss the requirements for communities to obtain rights to register community forests
- Discuss the causes and consequences of the loss of biodiversity, including the causes and problems of deforestation
- Discuss the role of farmers in the conservation of forest resources
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