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might think that more wealthy households tend to specialize more, but suchrelationships were not found.7.2.2 Forest environment activitiesIn terms of environmental resources, there are generally three ways of use; (1) supportof current consumption referring to regular use in support of livelihoods, (2) safetynet functions referring to the role forest can play under periods of hardship, and (3)poverty reduction referring to diversified forest strategies, specialized forest strategiesand payment for environmental services.Out of the total sample size, 98 % were dependent on the forest. From this, 81 % arefor subsistence use and 19 % are sold, thus representing cash income. In the studyarea, households depend on a variety of different forest products. These can begrouped under five different categories, namely Charcoal, firewood, poles and timberand Non Timber Forest Products (NTFP). Their contribution to local livelihoods isdescribed in Table 30.Table 30: Environmental outtake/dependence (%), Kilosa District, Tanzania,2010Forest products Lunenzi Nyali Masugu TotalCharcoal* 3 8 40 17Firewood 98 97 97 98Poles and Timber* 0 12 32 15NTFPs 72 80 83 78N = 180, * indicates significantly difference between locations (p < 0.05)78 % of the respondents said that they were using NTFP. Almost all householdsreporting that they collected such, used it for own consumption. Only the minority(six households) sold NTRPs and the income from it was small, with an average ofaround $10 for those households. This tells us that the dependence on NTFP is high inthe study area, although it was difficult to capture the extent of this use due to highuse for own consumption.Firewood is the collected and consumed by 98% of the population on a regular basisand is the main source of daily energy needs in all villages. It is thus also collected188