THE SOCIO-ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF FORESTRY ACTIVITIES, A STATISTICAL APPROACH IN ARIES AREA

The awareness of the socio-environmental effects of forest exploitation is essential for better resource management and a sustainable management system for forestry. We started the present research with a theoretical documentation based on the knowledge of the legislation in the field and a descriptive analysis of the evolution of the forest fund of our country and the analyzed area. We strengthen the results of this research through the information obtained based on empirical research in the upper Aries river basin. For our statistical approach, we choose the questionnaire as a relevant research tool. The analysis was made using SPSS program, and statistical variables, including crosstable, the Spearman's correlation coefficient and the chi(2) (chi-square) test to test the relationship between two variables, both measured on a categorical scale. Through the qualitative analysis and interpretation of information obtained from the processing of questionnaires we indent to identify the main socio-environmental effects of forestry activity, the need to implement programs to exploit forest resources, the main factors that prevent exploitation of forest resources and also obtain relevant conclusions regarding measures needed to improve the area studied.