International Science Community Association International Research Journal of Biological Sciences 2278-3202 9 1 2020 02 10 Status, socio-economic contribution and conservation constraints of gum and resin bearing species in East Africa - A review 40 46 EN Torres Hannah 1 Biology Department, Negros Oriental State University, Main Campus, Kagawasan Avenue, Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental, Philippines Kinamot-Bantoto Venus 2 Biology Department, Negros Oriental State University, Main Campus, Kagawasan Avenue, Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental, Philippines Subhranshu Shekhar 1 ITM University Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India Chitranshu Pandey 2 R&D, MRD Life Sciences Pvt. Ltd., Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India Pallavi Sharma 3 R&D, MRD Life Sciences Pvt. Ltd., Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India Shashikala Mishra 4 Department of Chemistry, Sacred Heart Degree College, Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh, India Jebarubi E. 1 St. Xavier′s College (Autonomous), Palayamkottai, Tamil Nadu, India Leon Stephan Raj T. 2 Plant Molecular Biology Research Unit, Department of Botany, St. Xavier′s College (Autonomous), Palayamkottai, Tamil Nadu, India Vasudha Lingampally 1 Department of Zoology, Nizam College (A), Osmania University, Hyderabad,Telangana, India V.R. Solanki 2 Department of Zoology, Nizam College (A), Osmania University, Hyderabad,Telangana, India D.L. Anuradha 3 Department of Zoology, Nizam College (A), Osmania University, Hyderabad,Telangana, India Sabita Raja S. 4 Department of Zoology, Nizam College (A), Osmania University, Hyderabad,Telangana, India Chandan Kumar Pati 1 Department of Botany, Saldiha College (Affiliated to Bankura university), Saldiha-722 173, Bankura, West Bengal, India Amit Kumar 1 Department of Zoology, Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra, Haryana, India Sarita Rana 2 Department of Zoology, Institute of Integrated and Honours Studies, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, Haryana, India Juma M. Hussein 1 Department of Systematic Biology, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University, Norbyvägen 18D, SE-752 36 Uppsala, Sweden and Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Dar es Salaam, P.O. Box 35179, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Donatha D. Tibuhwa 2 Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Dar es Salaam, P.O. Box 35179, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Abera Getahun 1 Bahir Dar Environment and Forest Research Centre, Ethiopian Environment and Forestry Research institute, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia Yared Kebede 2 World Agroforestry (ICRAF), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia > Review Paper 2019 8 24 2020 02 10 Various papers published on the theme related to gum and resin bearing species in different journals and proceedings were collected and strictly assessed to fetch relevant information. The aim of this paper was reviewing the growing knowledge on the status, constraints associated toresource development and conservation and the collection techniques of gum and resins in woodland forests and their importance to support the livelihood and national income in Ethiopia. Gum and resins are important resources for securing a rural livelihood and marketed for earning cash income in the international market and create considerable job opportunities for communities. However, the population of gum and resin bearing trees are under high pressure due to continuous tapping, fire, intensive tapping, overgrazing, shifting cultivation and inappropriate land use system. But, they can be propagated by vegetative or by seed. Gum and resins are collected by tapping and natural oozing. Tapping enhances yield and quality of gum and resins. Inaccessibility of the area where the gum producing species grow, deforestation, overgrazing, improper tapping, resettlement, harvesting for fuel wood and land use change are constraints for conservation and development of the habitat of gum and resin species. Copyright@ International Science Community Association