My personal comment and observation is that as far as forest is consign to the mind of many including the so called educated elite - forest is an expandable,inconsequential bunch of trees hendering estate/resorts development.that anybody or organisation asking for its protection is anti-development. Add these to the lingering poverty,I believed that any discussion on forest must start with environmental education and poverty reduction to have any meaningful impact and to utilised the many known benefits of forest and its resources. The data gap need to be filled for any positive impact and for any policy to be accepted by the policy makers and the general populace.
Thank.Please keep it up.
Shehu Muhammad Dandago