Assessment of dependence of local population on scrub forests in District Jhelum
Assessment of dependence of local population on scrub forests in District Jhelum
Muhammad Hafeez and Muhammad Afzal
ABSTRACT
To estimate the population pressure of the local people
on the Scrub Forests in District Jhelum, a survey was
conducted interviewing 144 households. Considering two
elements, extraction of firewood and grazing of
livestock, as major factors affecting viability of
forests, they were studied with a few basic
socio-economic variables and their ultimate effect on
adjoining forests accounted. It has been concluded that
majority of the people around the Scrub Forests depend
almost entirely on state forests to meet their daily
basic needs of firewood and grazing of livestock.
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June 1989
Vol. 39, Iss. 2
