DOI: 10.11648/j.ajaf.20261404.14 ISSN: 2330-8591

Local Perception of Urban Forestry in Mbour Municipality, Senegal

Papa Faye, Aliousseyni Ly, Omar Faye, Assane Ka, Elhadji Faye
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The world's population continues to grow up, and the urban population has quadrupled from 1950 to the present day. This urban growth has given rise to serious problems such as environmental degradation, which is worrying, even dramatic, in most of Senegal's municipalities. The Mbour’s municipality, is certainly not spared from this phenomenon. The aim of this study on local perceptions of urban forestry is to identify the importance of trees for local population . To achieve this, three methodology approaches were engaged: the preparatory phase, which included a literature review, the development of data collection tools, sampling and a pre-survey. The data collection consisted of field surveys and the data processing for data integration and analysis. The results show a decline in floristic diversity linked to urbanization and drought, among other factors. People are interested in trees; through the financial flows they came up to generate through young seedlings and the care they take with their growth. Trees play a couple of roles in people's daily lives: family meetings, beautification, medicine, entertainment, small trades and food in the city. However, the shade service makes trees more popular. The forestry service is the key player in urban forestry.

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