The document discusses findings from a research study on forest resource dependency. It explains that households located farther from forests and with more private land were less reliant on collecting forest resources. This is consistent with other research finding those nearer to forests depend more on forest products. The results also show firewood makes up 52% of forest income. Negative relationships between other incomes and forest distance/land ownership indicate higher non-forest incomes can reduce dependency. Overall recommendations include creating new jobs and improving socioeconomic conditions to lessen reliance on natural resources while raising awareness of conservation.

1. Discussion ………..
1) Explain your findings & Compare
• Give reasons or explanation for the findings
• Explain the scenario during the data collection period which might have some influences on
the results of the research
• Explain the results based on the limitation or constraints during the data collection period
Example: own landholding and distance to the forest had a negative association with forest resource
dependency, indicating that households located far from the forest and have more own landholding
are less inclined to collect forest resources. Results are alike with the results of (Ali and Rahut,
2018). The possible reason would be that the household near the forest is likely to depend on more
forest products.

2. Discussion ………..
2) Evaluate the result
• provide assessment of the findings
• decide if the results is negative or positive, successful or otherwise
Example: According to our estimation, among the various forest resources, firewood contributes the
highest share in forest income amounted to 52%. On the other hand, the observed negative
relationship between agriculture income, livestock income, off-farm income, distance to forest, own
landholding and forest dependency provides a supportive insight. Thus, the results confirm that off-
farm income, agriculture income and livestock income will reduce forest dependency.

3. Discussion ………..
2) Infer from the findings

4. Discussion ………..
2) Infer from the findings
Example: In summary, government organizations should create new jobs opportunities to improve
the socioeconomic conditions of the local communities to reduce their dependency on natural
resources of the area so the situation may be transformed in sustainable resource use. Finally, the
overall priority policy recommendation is the creation of awareness about the natural resources
conservations amongst all stakeholders followed by a wide-ranging participatory natural resource
management and development policy.

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