Table 2 Mangrove wood products used in different sites. Comparisons in mangrove uses for fuelwood, house construction and service wood are made within and between the two regional sites.
Sites | # Question-naires | Mangrove uses | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fuelwood | Construction | Service wood | Medicinal | Chemical | ||
LITTORAL REGION | ||||||
Cameroon estuary | ||||||
Youpwe | 20 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Bois de Singes | 16 | 6* | 0* | 0* | 0 | 0 |
Epassi | 24 | 24 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 3 |
Total | 60 | 46* | 26* | 21* | 3 | 3 |
SOUTHERN REGION | ||||||
Mouth of Nyong River | ||||||
Milende | 12 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
Ngueh | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Bwabe | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Kribi | ||||||
Mpalla | 25 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 3 |
Total | 50 | 16 | 4 | 15 | 8 | 4 |