Investigation of the Forest Products in Traditional Systems in the livelihoods of Forest Dwellers )Case Study; Kamyaran, Kurdistan Province(

ABSTRACT: In order to determine the degree and role of Non-wood Forest Products (NWFFs) and evaluate the contributions of these products in the livelihood of people in comparison with animal husbandry and agriculture, the total forest dwellers of the city of Kamyaran (3725 households) were selected as the statistical universe of this study. For selecting the statistical samples using Morgan Table, which is customary in social sciences studies, 320 households were randomly selected and scattered in all the villages of the zone with forests as the sample of the study; in the next step, by referring to the region, the questioners prepared were filled out in the form of interviews with the inhabitants of the zones. The feeding and grazing source of the animals in the zone are chiefly forest trees and the vegetation of the forest floors, namely forest and animal husbandry are completely interrelated in the zone. After examining the various income sources of the people of the zone, and comparing each share, it was observed that around 3.8% of the peopleʹs income come from forest by-products most of which belong to Pistachio Gum.