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| Village
life −Work １ |
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the village people just live on subsistence agriculture and utilization
of rich natural resources of the forest. Therefore, many households get
meager cash income, which does not allow them to sufficiently buy medicines
or clothes. Only government workers, park staff, and merchants earn hard
cash, but they have a lot of family members, as is well known for African
people, and have to provide or lend them money. They always claim their
salary finish very quickly. |
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| He was
back from hunting in the forest with a game meat of duiker. Normally they
keep a part of meat for personal consumption, and sell the rest in the
market. They also use traps and nets for hunting, but they say a game
killed with a gun tastes better. |
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He is
head of a family, cutting a primary forest by himself for cultivation.
To cut a primary forest is really a hard work as there are many old and
big trees left. He did it all by hand! But words of praise did not please
him and he complained just it was exhausting. |
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| They burn fields after
long-term drought in dry seasons. Surrounding forests do not get fire
as every night they get moist with drew even in the dry season. |
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After burning fields,
they remove burnt branches of trees and start planting corns, cassava
stems and seeds of vegetables. All are carried out by hand. |
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| Women's group is harvesting
peanuts in their cooperative field. Cooperative cultivation is getting
popular as it is more efficient and less tireless. |
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In a certain period
in a dry season, it is allowed to catch fish in dried swamp in the national
park for personal consumption. Women are going to make a two week trip. |
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Weaved
palm leaves, called Ndele. They are used for roofs. |
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They
are logging with a chain saw. Around the park there is no concession of
commercial logging, and they take the minimum wood for park facilities.
Only a few chain saws are possessed in the village. |
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