Role of community in sustainable management of Mazri forests in district Kech of Makran (Balochistan)
Role of community in sustainable management of Mazri forests in district Kech of Makran (Balochistan)
Muhammad Tahir Laeeq and Maqbool Hassan
ABSTRACT
The study reveals that majority of the people have their own small size of lands which are economically not feasible under mechanized agriculture system and circumstances and force to Mazri leaves collection. Further 50% of the population owned uncultivated area which can be used for cultivation of Mazri to increase their income. Majority of population collects Mazri from their own, private and shamilat lands and not from land under control of Forest Department. There is no proper market mechanism, 86% of raw material is supplied in the market by the contractors. A Mazri plant can produce leaves for fifty years at an average yield of 10 kg per annum, but due to over exploitation, Mazri forests are decreasing at an alarming rate. About 66% of population generates annual income up to Rs.5000 from Mazri products.
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