Local Community groups and Biodiversity conservation in and around Entoto Natural Park
| dc.contributor.advisor | Senbeta, Feyera (PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Bayu, Yishak | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-09-19T08:01:19Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-18T09:56:23Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-09-19T08:01:19Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-18T09:56:23Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2013-07 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Many protected areas for conservation of biodiversity have diversified objectives that may involve various practitioners. There are also different management systems ranging from so le and exclusive authoritarian approach to the more inclusive ones. All in all, local and indigenous people in and around protected areas are usually seen to be neglected from participation and benefits associated with the natural resource being conserved at hand. Numbers of management systems for protected areas were found to exclude the local community from important decisions that can affect their social and economic lives. Indigenous people living in and around conservation sites as ENP haven't been consulted by the park management organ about the program and its objectives. For these reasons, the local community groups have a very limited awareness and a sense of disgust towards the management body and the conservation effort in general. Generally, the type of conservation management system that fails to integrate local peoples' indigenous knowledge and skills into its approach most usually fails on its ultimate objectives too. Consequently, local people may respond in aggression and conflicts may arise putting the conservation endeavor under a huge risk. Thus, th is study aims to propose recommendations by assessing the kind of relationship the local community and the management body of ENP has. In doing so, primary data were gathered from a sample of 107 respondents from two villages that are found inside the park's inner territory. Successive interviews and serious inspection were also used to support the validity of the data gathered through the questionnaires. The data was finally analysized by using descriptive and inferential statistical tools. Accordingly, frequency and percentage distribution, cross-tabulation and correlations were used to see the distribution and relationships of variables. Moreover, a Ch i-Squa re test was also applied to see sign ificance in relationships between the variables and the perception of community groups at the study area. According to the Chi-Square tests, respondents' sex and their level of awareness on the conservation program has a significant influence in affecting their perceptions and ra ise conflicts. Further over, respondents who feel more secured on their land have a better confidence level to claim in an outright manner. A Chi-Square test also shows a positive significant relationship between members of the organization and their acceptan ce to the conservation project as they are assumed to have a better acquaintance about project. Taking the results of the study in consideration, recommendations for different organs are finally proposed for an effective and sustainable conservation effort. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/12345678/12004 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Biodiversity Conservation | en_US |
| dc.subject | Local Community | en_US |
| dc.title | Local Community groups and Biodiversity conservation in and around Entoto Natural Park | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |