This study looked at the perspectives of stakeholders and small ruminant grazers in the Kilum Montane Forest in Cameroon's northwest area on biodiversity management. Respondents were selected from a diverse group of small ruminant grazers as well as stakeholders involved in livestock production and biodiversity protection in the research region. A simple random sampling strategy was used to choose 145 tiny ruminant grazers (SRS). The Ministry of Livestock, Fisheries and Animal Industries (MINEPIA), the Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife (MINFOF), the Ministry of Territorial Administration (MINAT), the Ministry of Environment, Nature Protection and Sustainable Development (MINEPDED), and local non-governmental organisations (NGOs) were among the stakeholders. Semi-structured questionnaires for small ruminant grazers and an interview guide for stakeholders were used to collect data. Data on the socioeconomic status of Data on the socioeconomic characteristics of small ruminant grazers and stakeholder perceptions of biodiversity protection in the research region. SPSS version 16 was used to analyse the data. Descriptive statistics such as means, frequencies, and percentages were used to describe the socioeconomic characteristics of the respondents. A multiple linear regression model was used to examine the perspectives of stakeholders and small ruminant grazers in the research area. All of the small ruminant grazers were found to be men, according to the data (100 percent). The majority of these grazers (55.2 percent) were adults between the ages of 41 and 60, followed by senior males over 61 years (41 percent), and finally, teenagers between the ages of 21 and 40 years, according to the research (13 percent). Respondents' age, educational background, and principal employment all had a substantial impact on their perceived desire to graze small ruminants in the research location. R=3.791, P=0.00; R=2.270...P=0.025; and R=3.026...P=0.003 were the regression coefficients and their significance, respectively. Human-wildlife conflicts are present in the research region, according to the findings. Furthermore, small ruminant grazers exhibit an unfavourable attitude toward biodiversity protection. More efforts should be made to raise community awareness of the advantages of biodiversity protection.
Author(S) Details
Abubakar Ali Shidiki
Department of Forestry, The University of Dschang. B.P 222 Dschang, Cameroon.
Martin Ngankam Tchamba
Department of Forestry, The University of Dschang. B.P 222 Dschang, Cameroon.
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