Abstract:
Impact of Community Participation on Natural Resources
:Forest and Range) Management)
A Case Study of White Nile State ED-Duweim Project
The study objective was to assess the contribution of people’s participation in
natural resources (forest and range) management in Ed-Duweim project unit (Plan
.(Sudan) White Nile State (Sudan) between the years ( 1996-2003
The natural resources (forest and natural range) investigated were forest
rehabilitation, natural range rehabilitation, natural forest protection, range land
.protection
The research data was obtained by stratified random sampling with the size of
140 respondents from local people distributed in 10 villages located in the study
area. Moreover the official interviews with Plan Sudan manager and other relative
administrators were held. In addition to interviews with 4 Omdas, 10 villages
Sheikhs and 10 persons in each village from Plan Sudan Villages Development
Committees (VDCs). Descriptive analysis (frequency distribution and
percentages), using the SPSS package. Chi-squire test were employed to analyze
.the research data
:The main findings were
Generally the participants show higher percentage in contribution in natural -
.resources management (forest and range) than non-participants
The participation of people by efforts, always have very large percentages -
.compared to participation by money or ideas
The perception of the people to trees and range plants shows high percentages for -
.people conception to trees and range plants
The results of the people’s participation in management of the forest and range -
activities show a higher percentage for collective work, but the people still need
.more work in the field of the natural resource in the area
The extent of the people’s participation in the project programs showed a high -
involvement by the people in the situational analysis of the problems and
requirements. The percentages then decreased during the statement of the
problems, designing and implementation and ended by the decrease in percentage
.during the monitoring and evaluation
The main obstacles for the community participation in the project activities was -
poverty, followed by the people may have agricultural work timing conflicting
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with the project activities, but the people have a good information about the fields
.of the forest and range
The evaluation reported by Plan Sudan and other relative administrations, some -
.time describes the participation as high in protecting their environment
Finally, the study presented recommendations pertinent to enhancement in
assessment and development of the community participation in natural resources
.management, particularly in the study area and Sudan in general
