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International Journal Of Forest, Animal And Fisheries Research(IJFAF)

Motives of Community Attachment to the Valorization of Green Field Potentials in the Urban and Peri-Urban Areas of Bamenda City, Cameroon

Elvis Nsopkwi , Balgah Sounda Nguh , Clarkson Mvo Wanie

Article Info: Received: 10 Aug 2024; Received in revised form: 04 Sep 2024; Accepted: 09 Sep 2024; Available online: 14 Sep 2024

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DOI: 10.22161/ijfaf.8.3.2

Journal : International Journal Of Forest, Animal And Fisheries Research(IJFAF)

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Green field constitute an intrinsic environmental resource which mankind depend on for their socio-economic, cultural and environmental values. Despite their importance, urban green spaces have been depleting as the years go by in Bamenda due to anthropogenic factors. Currently, there exist the lack of evidence needed to fully understand the motives of community attachment to the valorisation of green field potentials in Bamenda. This paper seeks to bring into lamplight the motives of community attachments to the valorization of green field potentials in the urban and peri-urban areas of Bamenda. Through a survey by help of 394 copies of questionnaire, interviews, focus group discussions and field observations, the results showed that socio-economic, cultural and environmental factors do influence population attachments to the valorisation of green field potentials in Bamenda. These green field potentials span through patches of natural expanses, sacred forest, shrines, cemeteries, city gardens, roadside, street line and residential and institutional outdoor green field potentials. The study recommended that the government should promote bottom-up conservation strategies through active involvement of the local population during decision and policy formulation and implementation for holistic conservation of green field potentials.

Community Attachment, Green fields, valorization, Bamenda

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