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Figure 5 in particular illustrates the increase in the number of owners of PGFs from those who are already active in community development projects (7 PGFs), those who are in favour of employing a community development officer (11 PGFs), and those who would be willing to participate together with other PGFs (10 PGFs). Although still weak, this trend should be viewed positively in the long term as it reveals a declared interest (although it remains yet to be verified if the declaration will be translated practically on the ground) of PGFs to be involved in local community development and, possibly, to formalise such involvement by employing a development officer.
FIGURE 5: TREND OF ON THE RELATION OF INVOLVEMENT OF PGFS IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IMPLICATIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
As noted, “there is a real need for all game ranchers and managers to foster a new social consciousness regarding the life prospects of all the rural communities in their vicinity whose survival potential directly influences the livelihood and environmental sustainability of the game
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