The Effect of Urban Poverty on the Scale of Deforestation: A Case from Dendi District, Ethiopia.
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2009-08
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Addis Ababauniversity
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This paper examines the relationship between urban poverty and
deforestation in the peri-urban region of Ginchi, Ethiopia. This
analysis is carried out through the examination of Participatory
Forestry Management (PFM) using the Five Dimensions of Urban
Sustainability and incorporating them into the stages of
Environmental Planning and Management. Primary research reveals
that the high level of dependency of the urban poor has a direct effect
on deforestation and thus any attempt to address the one problem will
impact the other. However, I also found that the environmental
problem was not exclusive to urban poverty but a result of weakness
in all Five Dimensions. Therefore, Participatory Forestry Management
is dependent on strong macro-level or other lobbying, whose success
would be subject to the given context. In situations where this is not
apparent, a flexible or alternate program must be implemented to
address the environmental problem
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Dendi District, Ethiopia