Community Attitude About the Effects of Corruption on Forest Governance--A Case of Malakand District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan

This research paper focused on finding links between poor forest governance and corruption. A sample size of 357 respondents was proportionally allocated to each union council and then randomly selected. Chi-square test was used to test the association between the variables. The result shows that f...

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Main Authors: Taimoor Khalid, Asad Ullah, Mussawar Shahand, Nayab Ali
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: National University of Sciences and Technology 2021-01-01
Series:NUST Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities
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Online Access:https://www.njssh.nust.edu.pk/index.php/njssh/article/view/48
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Summary:This research paper focused on finding links between poor forest governance and corruption. A sample size of 357 respondents was proportionally allocated to each union council and then randomly selected. Chi-square test was used to test the association between the variables. The result shows that forest governance had a significant association with the power elite get illegal management benefits from the forest (P=0.000). Moreover, the political influence on the distribution of benefits received from forest productivity was found significantly associated with forest governance, in addition, the association of the inter-connection of corruption mafia was found significant (P=0.000) with forest governance. Depoliticizing the forest department, establishing rule of law and implementation of the laws in its true spirit without any discrimination can improve forest governance.
ISSN:2520-503X
2523-0026