In recent decades, the participation of local populations has become an imperative and a solution in forest management. Mystified and idealized, the participatory approach is seen as the key to sustainable management of this resource. This approach was adopted in Burkina Faso in the mid-1980s, leading to the establishment of the Forest Management Sites (FMS or CAF in french), administrative and technical structures for sustainable forest management involving local populations. However, the area of managed forests has continued to decline at an alarming rate. In such a context, we are tempted to ask whether there really is participation in systems described as participatory forest management, and if the populations have appropriated the approach. This study, carried out among the local populations of Cassou forest management site, attempts to answer these questions. Its aim was to gather local people's perceptions on their involvement in the forest management. To achieve the study's objective, eight (8) focus groups with men and women were organized during July and August 2022 in the villages of Cassou, Vrassan, Kou and Dao. The study analyzed local people's perceptions of the following scales of participation: “consultation, involvement, information sharing, collaboration, decision-making and sharing of economic benefits”. The data analysis using Nvivo 21 software showed that local people felt 100% involved only in sharing economic benefits, while the level of participation on the other scales was barely 20%. These results show the low level of participation of local people in the forests management. The decision-makers therefore need to work towards genuine involvement of local populations in the management of these areas, so that they see them as part of the community heritage to be defended. The socio-political situation in Burkina Faso today proves that this is all the more important given that, in addition to the environmental stakes, forests represent a national security issue.
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Institut for Environment and Agricultural Research, National Centre for Scientific and Technological Research, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso; Laboratory of Rural Studies on Environment and the Economic and Social Development (LRSE/ESD), Nazi Boni University, Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso
Institut for Environment and Agricultural Research, National Centre for Scientific and Technological Research, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Laboratory of Rural Studies on Environment and the Economic and Social Development (LRSE/ESD), Nazi Boni University, Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso
Institut for Environment and Agricultural Research, National Centre for Scientific and Technological Research, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso; Laboratory of Rural Studies on Environment and the Economic and Social Development (LRSE/ESD), Nazi Boni University, Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso
