The Role of Community on Forest Management in Ethiopia: The case of Yotyet/Yewezera Community Forest (original) (raw)
Related papers
American Journal of Environmental Protection, 2019
Managing forest through local participation is a phenomenon that emerged over recent decades as a remedial measure to the old (top down) form of forest management. One of the core concepts in this Participatory forest management (PFM) is improving sense of ownership by empowering forest dependent communities as both developer and beneficiaries of forest resources. Accordingly this research was under taken on Jello forest in Western Hararghe zone, Oromia regional state, with the objective of studying local communities' attitude towards PFM approach and improvements in the forest dependent communities sense of ownership toward the forest. A total of 172 sampled respondents were randomly selected from both non-PFM and PFM member households. Data were collected from sampled households using Household survey questionnaire, key informant interview and focus group discussion. Qualitative data were analyzed using content and discourse analyses; whereas quantitative data were analyzed by descriptive statistics using R-statistical software. Accordingly the result of household survey, focus group discussion and key informant interview were revealed that local communities have positive attitude towards PFM and after the PFM was introduced local communities' sense of ownership toward the forest has significantly improved. About 70% of non-PFM and 85% of PFM members were strongly agreed that the establishment of PFM has improved local communities' sense of ownership towards the forest. Based on the findings of this study it could be concluded that PFM is effective in improving local communities sense of ownership towards the forest an effectively compensate the short comings of centralized forest management system.
Making forest conservation benefit local coMMunities : participatory forest ManageMent in ethiopia
2015
Making forest conservation benefit local coMMunities: participatory forest ManageMent in ethiopia acknowledgements: Over the past 30 years, Farm Africa has been privileged to work with many funding and delivery partners to develop our PFM approach. We would like to thank the European Union, the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Ethiopia, the Mitsubishi Corporation Fund for Europe and Africa, the UK Department for International Development and other funders for their financial support. We would also like to thank SOS Sahel who have partnered with us throughout the development of our forestry programmes in Ethiopia. This support has been invaluable to developing and challenging our approaches to constantly improve our forestry work. We would also like to thank the Government of Ethiopia and the Government of Tanzania for their partnership, facilitation and leadership. Farm Africa is solely responsible for the content of this report.
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, 2017
The study was conducted to assess and explain indigenous knowledge and factors related to practice of forest conservation among forest dependent community in the three kebeles in Dawuro Zone, Tocha District. The communities involved were Malla and Manja. In light of this, both primary data and secondary data were used. Primary data was obtained through structured questionnaire, key informant information and focus group discussion while secondary data was obtained from published and unpublished materials, books, journals and project reports. A total of 162 sample respondents were identified using simple random sampling technique. According to the binary logit analysis age, religion, extension service and education were one of socio-economic factors found to be significantly related to the practice of forest conservation while sex, marital status, family size, ethnicity, occupation and residence to forest were not significantly related. The communities’ awareness about the general fun...
Global Journal of Human-Social Science Research, 2017
The study was conducted to investigate the indigenous knowledge and institutions contributing natural forest conservation in Yayo and Gechi woredas in Iluabbabor zone, Oromia regional state, southwest Ethiopia. To this end survey was conducted with 120 randomly selected household heads. Moreover, in-depth interviews were employed with informants to collect information required for the study. Quantitative and qualitative data was collected and analyzed using percentages and thematic analysis. The findings of the study indicated that the studied communities have special meaning and value for natural forests in their surroundings. Generally, forest is considered as A¢â‚¬A“a source of lifeA¢â‚¬Â for these communities as almost all basic requirements for human being stem from their natural forests. Consequently, the communities had been providing special care and protection for their natural forests through their indigenous knowledge and institutions. Delineation of intact sacred groves...
Community natural resource management: the case of woodlots in Northern Ethiopia
Environment and Development Economics, 2003
This paper examines the nature of community management of woodlots and investigates the determinants of collective action and its effectiveness in managing woodlots, based on a survey of 100 villages in Tigray, northern Ethiopia. Despite limited current benefits received by community members, the woodlots contribute substantially to community wealth, increasing members' willingness to provide collective effort to manage the woodlots. We find that benefits are greater and problems less on woodlots managed at the village level than those managed at a higher municipality level, and that the average intensity of management is greater on village-managed woodlots. The factors that do significantly affect collective action include population density (higher collective labor input and lower planting density at intermediate than at low or high density), market access (less labor input, planting density and tree survival where market access is better), and presence of external organizatio...
Challenges in the Governance of Community-Managed Forests in Ethiopia: Review
Sustainability, 2022
A large proportion of the rural population in Ethiopia depends on community-managed forests for food security and livelihoods. However, the government and development partners have paid little attention to the governance challenges which limit the contributions of community-managed forests to food security and livelihoods. Also lacking is a synthesis of evidence relating to the requirements for improved governance to support the efforts of decision makers and practitioners. This paper attempts to review and synthesize the available evidence with the aim of identifying the requirements to achieve improved governance in community-managed forests. The results revealed that failure to devise benefit-sharing mechanisms which consider the heterogeneity of rural communities was prevalent. Interference of local authorities and elite capture in decision-making processes of forest and landscape restoration also compromised the willingness of rural communities to engage in collective action. R...
Community Based Forest Management (CBFM) in Ethiopia: Progress and Prospects
2019
This paper critically reviewed the status of Participatory or Community Based Forest Management (CBFM) in the case of Ethiopia. Ethiopia is located in the Horn of Africa between 3o and 15o North latitude and 33o and 48o east longitude. The country covers 1.13 million square kilometers, with a wide altitudinal variation ranging from 110 meters below sea level (b.s.l.) in Kobar Sink (Dallol) to 4,620 meters above sea level (a.s.l.) at Ras Dashen (Ras Dejen). The Great African Rift Valley runs diagonally across the country from northeast to southwest separating the western and southeastern highlands. This physiographic feature enabled the ecosystems to host a great diversity of flora and fauna resources. The flora of Ethiopia is estimated to comprise about 6,500-7,000 plant species; 12 per cent of these plant species considered as endemic. Forests provide numerous ecosystem services, products for human consumption, and habitat for countless species. Unfortunately, deforestation has occ...
African Journal of Agricultural Research, 2019
This research has made an endeavor to analyze the practices of community based participatory forest management and its impacts on the incomes of the forest user groups and the forest cover of Chilimo forest, Dendi District, Ethiopia. 380 households were selected from seven peasant association proportionally and simple random sampling was adopted to choose the sample households from each peasant association. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze and interprete the data. The income of forest user groups and the Chilimo forest cover were enhanced as a result of community based participatory forest management. Forest revenue and the introduction of some agricultural activities are attributed to the income improvement of the forest user groups. The statistical test result showed that there is a significant income difference (U=10078.5, P=0.00) between forest user group and non-forest groups. The magnitude of land use in general and forest cover change in particular was drastically changed between 1990 and 2010 at Chilimo forest. A significant forest cover change variation (P=0.00) within 1900-2010 has been observed. Plantation of seedlings and protection of existing trees are the major factor for the regeneration of the forest cover. A better outcome of participatory forest management can be achieved if the government supports the forest user groups to ensure its sustainability and expand the forest user group income generating activities into the whole cooperatives.
2014
Participatory Sustainable management of communal forest is the key to manage forests for the long terms and to certify that all uses derived from the forest meet present day need without affecting the ability of future generations to satisfy their own requirements. However, the communal forests are degraded due to human interferences, and the management practices were not attaining the goal anticipated. In this study, the constraints to the sustainable management of communal forest were assessed. Purposive sampling techniques were employed to reach at the final unit of sample size. Similarly sample kebeles were selected by employing purposive and proportional quota. The required data for this study were obtained from both primary and secondary data sources. The finding indicated that the current condition of communal forest is heavily disturbed and increased; causes for the removal of communal forest were identified as agriculture, fuel wood, sustainable management of communal fores...