PEOPLE AND FOREST:
Local community used the forest in particular
flora for a number of different purposes such as a source for medicine, cultural
and spiritual uses, economic activities like making boats, clothing, carving
etc. For example the bark of Antiaris toxicaria produced bright cloth for
use by men while the bark of Lannea welwitschii produced brown cloth
which was favored by women.
The forest is thus not only ecologically
valuable but is also a strong part of cultural heritage with deeply intrinsic
ethno-ecological values which have been respected and maintained throughout
generations producing the valuable but vulnerable forest that we have
today.
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