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Should people be paid not to cut down trees in Uganda? |
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From 2011 to 2013, researchers in the United states conducted and random research where 121 villages in Ugandan regions with high numbers of deforestation and forest degradation. The 60 villages that participated were paid an amount of about 70,000 Ugandan shillings. Less than 20 dollars per hectare to conserve their forests. According to the researchers, during this exercise, there was a decline in the tree cutting in the villages that were paid. Most of the people in Uganda are depending on forests as they cut down trees to get fire wood, burn the trees to get charcoal that helps in the cooking, clearing the forests to also have land for farming. Deforestation is a bad practice and it is contributing a high percentage of the global carbon emissions. All the conservation efforts are aimed at keeping forests such that there is there is slow global warming. However much it is a challenge and it might be hard to stop deforestation in Uganda, I think that that issue of paying people not to cut down trees would actually work for a short time but it is not sustainable. When people are always paid to be become environmental conscience and conserve mother earth, there will be less attachment of people towards conservation because it might turn out o be a source of income for them. People ought to first understand why they are doing a certain practices in order for them to willingly take it in without any pay. If each country starts paying their citizens to have them conserve the environment , I well think other countries will declare bankruptcy. This is a big cause that needs change in the mind set of the public as well as improve their standards of living to prevent them from highly depending in the limited resource. The research could be true but the applicability of the research gets tough. What could be your view towards payment of people to have forests conserved?
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7 Comments
good report
Posted 02-02-2018 15:47
it is better to spread awareness amides people to not to cut tree
Posted 02-02-2018 15:47
Thank you for your views guys!
Posted 06-10-2017 00:08
Hi, Joanita! Thanks for your report on the payment of people to stop deforestation in Uganda. This was a very interesting topic to read about. Although it's obvious that people would be more willing to give up cutting trees when you pay them, it's unclear how long this can be sustained. The government can't keep paying the people forever, and once the payment stops, people won't have any motivation left to stop cutting trees. It's only a matter of time until they return to their old habits. I agree that the most effective and sustainable solution will be for the people to feel attached to the natural environment and take responsibility. I think that this can be achieved by spreading awareness about the environment and conducting various educational programs. Nice work, Joanita!
Posted 20-09-2017 08:13
Hi, Joanita! Personally, I think paying their citizens could stop deforestation temporarily but not sustainably. The government of Uganda should increase environmental cognition of their citizens through providing educational programs or activities and also help them to find out their own way of earning money without cutting down trees not to depend on the government forever. It's a very interesting report for me! Thanks for your report :)
Posted 15-09-2017 13:44
Thank you for sharing this Joanita, in my opinion this is not a very good idea because people will not understand the value of the money they are receiving and the only reason they will not cut the trees is for money while in reality they should understand the reason why they should not be practicing deforestation.
Posted 09-09-2017 19:41
Money is a dirt that easily gets washed away. Instead of giving them direct money, that money can be used to seek new ways of awaring their consiousness in resource conservation and this will be far more sustainable than giving them money.
Posted 08-09-2017 21:43