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| Title: | FACTORS AFFECTING THE KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE OF FOREST DEPENDENT MANJA COMMUNITY TOWARDS FOREST CONSERVATION IN KAFFA ZONE, SNNPR |
| Authors: | TEWODROS, WULETAW |
| Advisors: | Dr. Terefe Degefa, |
| Copyright: | 2008 |
| Date Added: | 24-Dec-2008 |
| Publisher: | Addis Ababa University |
| Abstract: | A significant percentage of the world population has a direct relationship with forest and
trees. Specifically in the developing countries there are communities that live within or
immediately adjacent to forested land and obtain their livelihood directly from the forest.
As part of this the Manja community in Ethiopia, one of the community in the Kefa zone
of SNNPR, inhabits in and around Bonga natural forest and depends on the forest for
their subsistence. This study was conducted to assess and explain factors that influence
the knowledge, attitude and practice of the Manja community towards forest
conservation. 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. Secondary data was obtained from published and unpublished
materials, books, journals, project reports and maps. A total of 422 sample respondents
were identified using simple random sampling technique. The analysis is made at
individual level on the basis of bi-variate and multi-variate methods. The result of bivariate
analysis showed that the demographic and socio-economic factors had
relationship with respondents’ knowledge, attitude and practice. Moreover, large
proportion of the respondents had no knowledge, negative attitude and poor practice of
forest conservation. This situation had been observed across all the demographic and
socio-economic characteristics of the respondents. The multi-variate analysis also
showed that sex, marital status, family size, literacy status, and occupation were found to
be significantly related to knowledge and attitude. However, age, land ownership and
contact with conservation agents were only significantly related to attitude. Based on the
findings, the following points of recommendations were stated: providing environmental
education, improving the social dimension of the Manja community, searching
alternative sources of income and continuing the work done by NGOs. |
| Description: | A THESIS SUBMITTED TO SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES OF ADDIS
ABABA UNIVERSITY IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS
FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE IN POPULATION STUDIES
(POPULATION, ENVIRONMENT, AND DEVELOPMENT) |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1868 |
| Appears in: | Thesis - Population Studies
Thesis - Population Studies
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