Effects of Charcoal Production on Environmental Degradationin Shabe Sombo Woreda,Jimma Zone,Oromioa Regional State, Ethiopia
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2024-08
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Addis Ababa University
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Charcoal is impure form of graphite carbon produced from wood under high temperature and low Oxygen. Charcoal has been an essential part of human life for thousands of years. It’s fascinating to think that the earliest cave drawings, dating back over 30,000 years, were created using charcoal. Charcoal production can lead to environmental issues such as deforestation, water shortages, and loss of biodiversity. This study set out to understand how charcoal production affects the environment in Shabe Sombo woreda of Jimma Zone, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia. A combination of explanatory and descriptive methods, including surveys of 154 charcoal producers from five different kebele were used. Data were collected through questionnaires and interviews with local household, development agents, and the woreda agriculture experts and then analyzed by different statistical methods such as frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviations. Notable 38.9% informants agreed that charcoal producers degrade vegetation cover by cutting fuel wood with an average of 2.62 and standard derivation of 1.24 .Coefficient of 0.736 (p<0.01), a robust a relationship where increases in deforestation are associated with overall environmental degradation. The regression of sum of square is 71.33, the predictor’s water and air pollution, soil erosion, deforestation, drought and deforestation have strong collective impact. The increased production of charcoal results in increased forest degradation i.e. deforestation and drought played significant roles in the degradation of the ecosystem. Provide training for households about the environmental downsides of charcoal production, promoting a forestation or planting trees to replace those that are cut down could help mitigate the negative effects of charcoal production and support environmental recovery.
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Charcoal, Deforestation, Desertification, Drought, Land Degradation and Soil Erosion