Of course the people who live on the lands must be respected, and invited to be totally involved in any decision making. Outsiders can also be ignorant of some of the realities of the lands. Only co-operation, respect, and fairness can be instituted here.

I would like to know how nature friendly conservation and not so friendly conservation are measured, what is the criteria?

People who live adjacent the forest are the one who devoted their land for the forest. They should be considered in forest governance and management. Involving the local community in decision making is of paramount important.

Involving local community in forest management has shown positive impacts on forest resources in many forest sites were they practiced it. Furthermore number of studies conducted in Tanzania including Amani Nature Reserve (ANR) has shown that involving local people in forest management have positive impacts on both forest resources and local livelihood. The study revealed increase of average household income, improved housing standards and reduced women’s’ workloads through time saved from collection of firewood of adjacent communities living around Amani Nature Reserve (ANR). In the process adjacent community were trained on conserving forest and practicing agroforestry. In general this management approach opens the way for individual/ local community on adapting and mitigating climate change