CASE STUDY

Abstract: This research is to aim to determine the problems and challenges that can be considered
in developing and managing forest, wildlife and especially human being.

1. Introduction
Forest and wildlife provide peoples with wood and other plant products for food, construction
and income, and ecosystem services such as fresh water, soil protection and climate regulation.
Forest is a major habitat for wildlife.

2. Threats to Forest and Wild life

 Wildlife harvested for bushmeat includes endangered species.

 International Trade in wildlife
 Illegal logging.
 Illegal hunting
 Illegal Mining
 Overgrazing of woodlands
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3. Climate change – increasing the pressure on forest and forest wildlife

Storing about half the total carbon contained an land ecosystems, forest host the majority of
terrestrial biodiversity, mainly in the tropics and subtropics. Even moderate climate change
puts some of this biodiversity at considerable risk. As global average temperatures continue to
rise, it is important to develop strategies to conserve species and habitats that are unable to
adapt. More radical measures for adapting forest and wildlife t climate change include
modifying or newly creating habitats, translocating whole animal and plant communities and
moving boundaries of protected areas.

4. Three clusters of potential benefits from ecotourism by Eagles, Mc Cool and HAYNES (2002)

- Enhancing economic opportunity

- Protecting the natural and cultural heritage.
- Enhancing the quality of life

5. Conclusion

Ecotourism generates economic benefits for local guides and tour operators, and cultural and
spiritual benefits for the national and international tourist who enjoy the experience.
Immemorial people have benefited in a diversity of ways from forest and forest wildlife, but in
the contemporary world much damage has been done to both forest and wildlife through
unsustainable resources use. Experience suggest that breaking the supply chain is an effective
way of reducing illegal and unsustainable exploitation of forest wildlife.