Forests

Major T hreats to Forest Res our ces
Habitat degradation
Unsustainable uses (illegal logging and harvesting of NWFPs )
Institutional and Management threats
lack of reliable data on which to base forestry
planning and development
The overexploitation of primary forest gives w ay to
agricultural l and and forest d erivatives w ith species
that are of l esser economic value and i mportance for
bi odiversity conservation.