a better understanding of the role of ecosystem services will help in developing forest practices than can lead to improved resilience particularly for forestdependent people there is also a need to raise awareness of the role of forests and trees in supporting sustainable agriculture it explained that while in the s forests were largely viewed only as a source of fuelwood and timber subsequent reforestation programmes emphasized their value for watershed management erosion control and flood protection and policies now also recognize the importance of forests and trees as recreational resources for a largely urban population as well as for biodiversity and climate regulation these include the macroeconomic context trade relationships demographic pressure migration patterns social support policies availability of other natural resources education good governance and institutional capacities