[ Atouts et faiblesses d’une gestion autonome des forêts classées impliquant les populations locales au Burkina Faso ]
Volume 44, Issue 2, September 2019, Pages 195–200
Joachim BONKOUNGOU1, Jérôme Compaoré2, Farid TRAORE3, Passingbamba SAMA4, Boureima SAWADOGO5, and Nanawindin ZABRE6
1 INERA/CREAF Kamboinsé, 01 BP 476 Ouagadougou 01, Burkina Faso
2 Chercheur INERA/CNRST 04 BP 8645 Ouagadougou 04, Burkina Faso
3 INERA/CREAF Kamboinsé, 01 BP 476 Ouagadougou 01, Burkina Faso
4 Consultant, BERACIL, Burkina Faso
5 Département de Biologie et Physiologie Végétales, Unité de Formation et de Recherche en Sciences de la vie et de la Terre, Université de Ouagadougou, 03 BP 7021 Ouagadougou 03, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
6 Master 2 géographie, Université de Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Original language: French
Copyright © 2019 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Burkina Faso has 14% of its territory covered by classified forests. The state ensures an increasingly participative management. However, the trend of degradation and deforestation continues and these classified forests play little part in the fight against poverty. A joint diagnosis made it possible to measure the ardent need of local populations to be more involved, which could lead to real ownership. The paper investigated the strengths and weaknesses of empowering forest management involving local people. After a literature review, the study conducted individual surveys and focus group interviews with local populations, technical agents, and forest management groups (FMGs), customary authorities and local elected officials. The empowerment of management for the benefit of local people can be based on various contracts between the state and the private sector and / or communities. FMGs do not report to local people and seem to be the only local beneficiaries of this centralized state management. In order to put an end to this trend of degradation and to make local people benefit from their forests, an involvement towards empowerment is essential, especially in this context of climate change.
Author Keywords: Governance, protected areas, empowerment, climate change, Burkina Faso.
Volume 44, Issue 2, September 2019, Pages 195–200
Joachim BONKOUNGOU1, Jérôme Compaoré2, Farid TRAORE3, Passingbamba SAMA4, Boureima SAWADOGO5, and Nanawindin ZABRE6
1 INERA/CREAF Kamboinsé, 01 BP 476 Ouagadougou 01, Burkina Faso
2 Chercheur INERA/CNRST 04 BP 8645 Ouagadougou 04, Burkina Faso
3 INERA/CREAF Kamboinsé, 01 BP 476 Ouagadougou 01, Burkina Faso
4 Consultant, BERACIL, Burkina Faso
5 Département de Biologie et Physiologie Végétales, Unité de Formation et de Recherche en Sciences de la vie et de la Terre, Université de Ouagadougou, 03 BP 7021 Ouagadougou 03, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
6 Master 2 géographie, Université de Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Original language: French
Copyright © 2019 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
Burkina Faso has 14% of its territory covered by classified forests. The state ensures an increasingly participative management. However, the trend of degradation and deforestation continues and these classified forests play little part in the fight against poverty. A joint diagnosis made it possible to measure the ardent need of local populations to be more involved, which could lead to real ownership. The paper investigated the strengths and weaknesses of empowering forest management involving local people. After a literature review, the study conducted individual surveys and focus group interviews with local populations, technical agents, and forest management groups (FMGs), customary authorities and local elected officials. The empowerment of management for the benefit of local people can be based on various contracts between the state and the private sector and / or communities. FMGs do not report to local people and seem to be the only local beneficiaries of this centralized state management. In order to put an end to this trend of degradation and to make local people benefit from their forests, an involvement towards empowerment is essential, especially in this context of climate change.
Author Keywords: Governance, protected areas, empowerment, climate change, Burkina Faso.
Abstract: (french)
Le Burkina Faso a 14% de son territoire couvert par des forêts classées. L’Etat y assure une gestion de plus en plus participative. Mais la tendance à la dégradation et à la déforestation se poursuit et ces forêts classées participent peu à la lutte contre la pauvreté. Un diagnostic conjoint a permis de mesurer le besoin ardent des populations riveraines d’être plus impliquées, ce qui pourrait conduire à une appropriation réelle. L’article a investigué les atouts et les faiblesses d’une autonomisation de la gestion des forêts impliquant les populations locales. Après une revue documentaire, l’étude a mené des enquêtes individuelles et des entretiens de groupes cibles avec les populations riveraines, les agents techniques, les groupes de gestion des forêts (GGF), les autorités coutumières et les élus locaux. L’autonomisation de la gestion au profit des populations locales peut s’appuyer sur les contrats divers entre l’Etat et le privé et/ou les communautés. Les GGF ne rendent pas compte aux populations locales et semblent être les seuls bénéficiaires locaux de cette gestion centralisée de l’Etat. Afin de mettre fin à cette tendance à la dégradation et faire profiter les populations locales de leurs forêts, une implication allant vers l’autonomisation est indispensable, surtout dans ce contexte de changement climatique.
Author Keywords: Gouvernance, aires protégées, autonomisation, changement climatique, Burkina Faso.
How to Cite this Article
Joachim BONKOUNGOU, Jérôme Compaoré, Farid TRAORE, Passingbamba SAMA, Boureima SAWADOGO, and Nanawindin ZABRE, “Strengths and weaknesses of autonomous management of classified forests by local populations in Burkina Faso,” International Journal of Innovation and Scientific Research, vol. 44, no. 2, pp. 195–200, September 2019.
