It is common knowledge that trees contribute to the world’s water cycle. However, very few people look at a tree and think to themselves, “there is my water source.” It is much easier to think of them as carbon sinks maybe because of their very visible green leaves which actively absorb the carbon molecule from the atmosphere and use it to make food. A scientific fact well known even to junior scientists. It is therefore more likely that someone will look at a tree and say , ” oh look, there is my source of food.” This I believe is because most trees will produce food visible to the human eye but never will human eyes physically observe a tree supplying water to the world. It takes scientific study under critical observations to reveal this fact. The knowledge is passed on to communities and slowly communities are starting to appreciate the tree even for that role. They take up the role of protecting forests as they now understand that the trees in those forests are a great resource vital for human existence. Forests managed by Communities are slowly becoming a common feature of many chiefdoms among smallholders’ settlement areas. This, if sustained, is quite a great resource.