Pressure of Local Communities on Gugu Mountain Forest Region. South Eastern Oromia, Ethiopia
| dc.contributor.advisor | Senbeta, Feyera (PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Tsega, Demissie | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-08-06T08:26:47Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-18T09:56:10Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-08-06T08:26:47Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-18T09:56:10Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2012-06 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Deforestation is the chronic problem in Elhiopia, particularly in the study area. This study was done on Gugu A10untain forest area which is located in the Arbagugu District Forest alld Wildlife Entzrprise (ADFWE) of Oromid nati6nal regional state, Ethiopia. The ultimate goal of the ~tudy was to aSS2SS drivers of deforestation. To collect information relevant to the study .I J 2 household heads, experts and elders were used as sources of della. Systematic random sampling metllod was employed to select household heads Fom selected keheles. QI"estionnaires. key informant interview, FGDs and document analysis were Ihe major tools employed to collect data. Data were analyzed lIsilig binOlJI logistic regression, dzscriplivr: statistics (pcrcel1lages, frequency, mean and standard deViation), and content anaZi'sis. Accordingly, the finding or this St"'ZF indicated that the longer residence time near/in farest region, absence of expert visir, smaller grazing land, lac!: oj knowledge oJforcst border and lo',v educmion status o/hollsehold were ~'ignifical1tly cOl2tributingJor clearil)g more than or equals to a hectare oj Jorest catchr.Jent to include in their Jarm plots. Sampled household5 reliance on .lorests to acqUire fire wood (83%); construction materials (94.6%); occurrence. of forest fire and po.licy related issues had also a s~gnificant role Jo,. destruction eJ Gugu mountain Jorest. ImpDsing responsibility on government bodies to crmtrol ongoing deforestation 0!1d preserve existing Jorest, and weak linkage between local conur;ullities andADFWE on jorest issue which was. caused mainly due to absen.cc of su.lJici~n; experts at district b;et, logistic problem, remoteness of an area alld absence oj decentralized administrative unit within district fares! crmcessirm areas l Fete also contribute their OW''/l shere Jor deJorestation. FinalZv, recommendations were given in flu: con/ext qfthe !Jtlldy area | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/12345678/11021 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Local Communities | en_US |
| dc.title | Pressure of Local Communities on Gugu Mountain Forest Region. South Eastern Oromia, Ethiopia | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |