A.C.  Otieno, R.A.  Kapiyo, B.O.  Oindo, Buyinza  Mukadasi, 
    Local Communities and Compliance with the Forestry Policy: Perspectives from South Busoga Central Forest Reserve, Mayuge District, Eastern Uganda,
    Research Journal of Applied Sciences,
    Volume 7,Issue 8,
    2012,
    Pages 397-408,
    ISSN 1815-932x,
    rjasci.2012.397.408,
    (https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=rjasci.2012.397.408)
    Abstract: The Uganda Forestry Policy, 2001 provides a panacea for formal 
  conservation of forest resources in the country but since its inception like 
  other previous and cohort policies, the forest resources have been disturbingly 
  petering out even in the government managed central forest reserves, South Busoga 
  Central Forest Reserve (SBCFR) epitomizes this policy failure manifested in 
  illegalities in the forestry docket country wide. A total of 344 local communities 
  engulfing SBCFR and 31 conservationist with vested interest in SBCFR reveled 
  that their perception on factors leading to non-compliance were strongly correlated 
  at r = 83 which was at (>0.65<0.85) segment of the strength of correlation 
  at a 0.05 level of significance. This therefore meant that soil fertility in 
  the forest reserve, poverty and population pressure were the main driving forces 
  to non-compliance. Using Chi-square statistic value it was clear that none of 
  the possible aspects viz., individual concern at (&#967;<SUP>2</SUP> = 27.9); 
  self reporting at (&#967;<SUP>2</SUP> = 85.0); criminalising failure to report 
  and submission of false report at (&#967;<SUP>2</SUP> = 69.8) and lenient treatment 
  of self reporting at (&#967;<SUP>2</SUP> = 94.2) was statistically possible 
  in the compliance with the forestry policy at (df = 2 at 0.01 = 9.210) at SBCFR, 
  Mayuge district. A Likert scale attitude index revealed that the local communities 
  were somewhat willing to stop illegalities at an attitude index of 360 and very 
  much willing to stop illegalities at an attitude index of 270. This therefore 
  was positive towards compliance with the forestry policy, 2001. The researchers 
  therefore recommended family planning to ease population pressure; agro-forestry 
  skewed towards soil fertilization as a local community detachment with the forest 
  reserve and collaborative forest management.
    Keywords: De-legitimization;illegalities;non-compliance;policy;proximity;self reporting