Daniel Etongo

TL;DR: Analysis of perceptions of resource persons from three stakeholder groups on the benefits, challenges and opportunities offered by joint forest management in the Ziro province of Southern Burkina Faso reveals that resource persons perceive the positive aspects of JFM to outweigh the negative aspects.

TL;DR: Examination of factors influencing smallholders’ tree planting activities in four villages in the Ziro province, Southern Burkina Faso finds that farm households that were relatively poor, had smaller workforces and smaller farm sizes were not willing to continue tree planting.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyzed the drivers of deforestation in Ziro province of Southern Burkina Faso and found that land tenure insecurity and low agricultural production expressed in the sizes (areas) and ages of farms led to increased deforestation.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the relationship between participation, mobilization, and financial contributions in water user's committees (WUCs) and found that the majority of even those households that were mobilized made a payment only occasionally and specifically when the source broke down.

TL;DR: The multiple uses of this specie based on TK systems for uses such as food, income, medicine, etc. is an indication that G. erubescens if sustainable managed could form an important safety net especially for rural households in Burkina Faso that are highly dependent on trees and forest resources.