Assessment of Households’ Perception Towards Participatory Forest Management the Case of Heban Arsi Woreda, Ethiopia
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Community, Forest Conservation, Forest Degradation, Participatory Forest Management, Perception
Abstract
Understanding communities perceptions and attitudes towards participatory forest management (PFM) is crucial to successful PFM improvement. However, there is a lack of research evidence on the perception of local communities for PFM program intervention. The purpose of the study was to exmine local community perceptions and attitudes towards PFM intervention. In this study, 131 households were surveyed and data were collected through the household survey; key informant interviews (KIIs), focus group discussion (FGD). Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the data. Results show that the households perceived that there is no deforestation after PFM intervention. This increased species diversity, forest coverage, productivity of the forest, number of valuable species and address environmental degradation. Respondents that PFM program has opportunities to change a negative attitude to a positive through giving of power to the local community, enables to exclude non-PFM members, and creates a sense of belongingness to use and conservation of forest. The finding demonstrated that households generate their incomes from different sources and the share of forest income is the second. The different actions such as better protection of existing forests, access to alternative livelihood, access to better knowledge were suggested to increase the existing benefits and management of PFM. The finding of the study suggests further improvement of local communities’ perception and attitudes as well as providing alternatives to improve forest conditions and livelihood.
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Tadesse, S. A. and B. P. Kotler (2016). Attitudes of Local People Towards the Mountain Nyala (Tragelaphus buxtoni) in Munessa, Ethiopia. African Journal of Ecology, 54(4); 488–499
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Tesfaye, S. (2017). Assessment of Local Community Perception of and Attitude Towards Participatory Forest Management (PFM) System and its Implications for Sustainability of Forest Condition and Livelihoods: The Case of Chilimo-Gaji Forest in Dendi District, West Shewa Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia. Journal of Earth Science & Climatic Change, 8(1)
Tesfaye, Y., A. Roos, and F. Bohlin (2012). Attitudes of Local People Towards Collective Action for Forest Management: The Case of Participatory Forest Management in Dodola Area in the Bale Mountains, Southern Ethiopia. Biodiversity and Conservation, 21(1); 245–265
Teucher, M., C. B. Schmitt, A. Wiese, B. Apfelbeck, M. Maghenda, P. Pellikka, L. Lens, and J. C. Habel (2020). Behind the Fog: Forest Degradation Despite Logging Bans in an East African Cloud forest. Global Ecology and Conservation, 22; e01024
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Winberg, E. (2010). Participatory Forest Management in Ethiopia, Practices and Experiences. Forestry Volunteer Food and Agriculture Organization Sub Regional Office for Eastern Africa, Addis Ababa
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Girma, G. (2022). Assessment of Households’ Perception Towards Participatory Forest Management the Case of Heban Arsi Woreda, Ethiopia. Indonesian Journal of Environmental Management and Sustainability, 6(4), 143-150. https://doi.org/10.26554/ijems.2022.6.4.143-150
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