ABSTRACT
The main objective of the study was to determine the effects of deforestation on
livelihoods on forest fringed communities along the Yenku and Obotomfo forest reserves
in the Awutu-Effutu-Senya District of the Central Region. These two FRs exhibit
different levels of forest cover.
The study found a high level of livelihood diversification in FFCs along both reserves
with FFCs along the Yenku exhibiting higher standards of living than FFCs along the
Obotomfo. The study found a higher level of capabilities in FFCs along the Obotomfo
whiles levels of assets and asset conversion was not significantly different in FFCs along
the two FRs. However, there was greater level of forest activity in FFCs along the Yenku
leading to a greater level of direct economic benefit form the forest resource than was
present in Obotomfo. .This was regardless of the fact that the Yenku was more depleted
than the Obotomfo. The study therefore concluded that deforestation had actually
improved the economic lives of FFCs along the Yenku whiles an improved forest had
been to the economic detriment of FFCs along the Obotomfo.
The study therefore recommended that other forms of livelihood diversification that are
forest based but sustainable are researched into, eg ecotourism and value addition to
forest products. Also avenues should be created to make better ease of transfer between
and within the three variables of capabilities, assets and activities at FFC level.
DOTTEY, R (2021). Effects Of Deforestation On Livelihoods Of Forest Fringed Communities In The Awutueffutu- Senya District. Afribary. Retrieved from https://tracking.afribary.com/works/effects-of-deforestation-on-livelihoods-of-forest-fringed-communities-in-the-awutueffutu-senya-district
DOTTEY, REBECCA "Effects Of Deforestation On Livelihoods Of Forest Fringed Communities In The Awutueffutu- Senya District" Afribary. Afribary, 15 Apr. 2021, https://tracking.afribary.com/works/effects-of-deforestation-on-livelihoods-of-forest-fringed-communities-in-the-awutueffutu-senya-district. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
DOTTEY, REBECCA . "Effects Of Deforestation On Livelihoods Of Forest Fringed Communities In The Awutueffutu- Senya District". Afribary, Afribary, 15 Apr. 2021. Web. 23 Dec. 2024. < https://tracking.afribary.com/works/effects-of-deforestation-on-livelihoods-of-forest-fringed-communities-in-the-awutueffutu-senya-district >.
DOTTEY, REBECCA . "Effects Of Deforestation On Livelihoods Of Forest Fringed Communities In The Awutueffutu- Senya District" Afribary (2021). Accessed December 23, 2024. https://tracking.afribary.com/works/effects-of-deforestation-on-livelihoods-of-forest-fringed-communities-in-the-awutueffutu-senya-district