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| Title: | Refugees and the EnvironmentRefugees Environment: A Case Study of the Uduk Refugees in the Bonga Refugee Camp, Gambela National State, Ethiopia. |
| Authors: | Teketel, Blain |
| Advisors: | Dr. Alula Pankrust |
| Copyright: | 2003 |
| Date Added: | 22-Apr-2008 |
| Publisher: | Addis Ababa University |
| Abstract: | In Ethiopia, the Gambella National State, due to its geographical proximity to the Sudan,
has been host to various groups of Sudanese refugees fleeing their country because of
civil war over the last two decades. As large groups of people are settled in an area, they
exert pressure on the natural environment. The hosting Regional Government as well as
agencies working in the area recognizes the existence of environmental degradation in
areas surrounding these refugee settlements. However the extent of the damage varies
from one settlement to another. In acknowledging the existence of such damage on the
environment, it is important to examine the different factors that contribute to the
situation. According to the UNHCR, the major environmental problems related to
refugee areas are deforestation, soil erosion and depletion and pollution of water
resources.
The main objective of this research is to identify and examine the social, economic,
institutional, cultural and motivational factors contributing to environmental
degradation in and around the Bonga Refugee Settlement in the Gambella National
State, Western Ethiopia. The research looks into the interaction of the refugees with the
natural environment at Bonga along with their views towards the environment and the
environmental protection schemes undertaken in the camp and its surroundings.
According to the findings of this research, a number of factors at the institutional and
community level are currently contributing to the increasing environmental degradation
in and around the Bonga Refugee Camp. These factors mainly include the lack of policy
guideline in refugee affairs at the regional level, the increasing expansion of
agriculture by refugees into the surrounding woodland resulting from their efforts to
supplement their food rations coupled with the failure of the existing environmental
protection schemes to take into consideration the needs of the community. |
| Description: | A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES OF ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTERS OF ARTS IN REGIONAL AND LOCAL DEVELOPMENT STUDIES |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/865 |
| Appears in: | Thesis - Regional and Local Development
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