The Role of Communities in Closed Area Management in Ethiopia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13906512 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tefera Mengistu (Medical Products Agency, corresponding author), Mengistu Tefera, Demel Teketay (0000-0002-6716-6975), Teketay Demel, Håkan Hultén (Medical Products Agency), Yonas Yemshaw |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 44-50 |
| Publication date | 2005-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Mountain Research and Development (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0276-4741 • E-ISSN: 1994-7151 |
| Publisher | International Mountain Society (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.1659/0276-4741(2005)025[0044:trocic]2.0.co;2 |
| OpenAlex | W2107961498 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 4 |
Much of the Earth is degraded, is being degraded, or is at risk of degradation. Dry Afromontane forests in Ethiopia are one of the ecosystems affected by this phenomenon. This study focuses on assessment of community perceptions of experiences with, and benefits from, enclosure practices meant to prevent or mitigate land degradation. Communities around Biyo-Kelala and Tiya enclosure areas, in central and northern Ethiopia respectively, were used for the study. The assessment was carried out on the basis of a semi-structured questionnaire survey and focus group discussions. Results showed that an overwhelming majority of the people have a positive attitude about enclosures and feel that they have gained benefits. However, people prefer not to ensure private ownership, but favor maintaining the existing communal (village level) management system instead. This demonstrates that groups emerge to manage common property when they live close to the resource. Yet the issue of benefits and their equitable distribution among community members was found to be the basis for developing a sense of security for ownership and hence the success of enclosures. The other finding was that rehabilitation of deforested lands provides economic benefits by supplying raw material to meet the local demand for wood, reducing the pressure on the remaining forests and supplying various non-timber products. Nevertheless, it is not possible to design a national model for the management of this practice: the design of management rules is specific to a particular locality
Agriculture · Business · Distribution (mathematics · Economics · Environmental planning · Environmental resource management · Focus group · Geography · Land tenure · Local community · Political science · Resource (disambiguation · African history and culture analysis · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management · Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology · Marketing
Woody species regeneration through exclosure and perception of local community on mountain Damota, Wolaita, Ethiopia
Low public participation and weak rules threaten exclosure sustainability in Tigray, Northern Ethiopia
An assessment of tangible community benefits from exclosures in Tigray, northern Ethiopia
Informal institutions as mechanisms to address challenges in communal grazing land management in Tigray, Ethiopia
The effectiveness of village bylaws in sustainable management of community-managed exclosures in Northern Ethiopia
Performance of common pool resources management in the mixed farming system in Goncha district, northwest highlands of Ethiopia
Does one size fit all? Heterogeneity in the valuation of community forestry programs
Contingent valuation of community forestry programs in Ethiopia
Regeneration Response of Juniperus procera and Olea europaea subsp cuspidata to Exclosure in a Dry Afromontane Forest in Northern Ethiopia
| Unique citing works | 9 |
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| Citations per year | 0,53 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2023 (15) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |