This work analyses institutional frameworks that determine the use, management and conservation of two afromontane rain forests, namely Koma Forest (Kaffa Zone, Southern Region) and Kankicho Forest (Bale Zone, Oromiya Region). The research focuses on the actual situation on the local level, the actors involved in the action arena and the specific institutional framework that impact on their interactions and behaviour. This approach reflects current processes of decentralisation and local ‘participation’ in Ethiopia. Diverse historic and present interventions of the state and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) as well as the heterogeneity of the local communities are identified and analysed as exogenous variables. In this context, relevan...
In the past four decades, a range of policies and governance mechanisms have been created to deal wi...
The main objectives of the study are to identify the current status of agricultural cooperatives in ...
The Borana rangelands in southern Ethiopia are facing deterioration caused by intensification of gra...
Smallholder agriculture forms the backbone of the Ethiopian economy, supporting the majority of the ...
Eastern African countries have been confronted with forest landscape degradation and the consequentl...
About 85% of the Ethiopian population is engaged primarily in agriculture. However, changing environ...
Lake Naivasha is the second largest fresh water lake in Kenya and the only fresh water Lake located ...
Cameroon’s forests are exceptionally rich in biodiversity but are among the most threatened forests ...
Rangelands contribute greater value than is generally acknowledged. The ecosystems provide a signifi...
The energy consumption in Ethiopia is based mainly (90%) on the traditional use of biomass for domes...
Water is vital for live as such including a wide range of livelihood activities including domestic a...
Wetlands contribute increasingly to the food needs and income generation of the rural population in ...
It is uncontested that forests are imperative for environmental conservation and economic developmen...
Climate variability has been posing formidable policy challenges in Ethiopia by deteriorating rural ...
The Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) was first introduced in all commercial forest reserves in Sa...
In the past four decades, a range of policies and governance mechanisms have been created to deal wi...
The main objectives of the study are to identify the current status of agricultural cooperatives in ...
The Borana rangelands in southern Ethiopia are facing deterioration caused by intensification of gra...
Smallholder agriculture forms the backbone of the Ethiopian economy, supporting the majority of the ...
Eastern African countries have been confronted with forest landscape degradation and the consequentl...
About 85% of the Ethiopian population is engaged primarily in agriculture. However, changing environ...
Lake Naivasha is the second largest fresh water lake in Kenya and the only fresh water Lake located ...
Cameroon’s forests are exceptionally rich in biodiversity but are among the most threatened forests ...
Rangelands contribute greater value than is generally acknowledged. The ecosystems provide a signifi...
The energy consumption in Ethiopia is based mainly (90%) on the traditional use of biomass for domes...
Water is vital for live as such including a wide range of livelihood activities including domestic a...
Wetlands contribute increasingly to the food needs and income generation of the rural population in ...
It is uncontested that forests are imperative for environmental conservation and economic developmen...
Climate variability has been posing formidable policy challenges in Ethiopia by deteriorating rural ...
The Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) was first introduced in all commercial forest reserves in Sa...
In the past four decades, a range of policies and governance mechanisms have been created to deal wi...
The main objectives of the study are to identify the current status of agricultural cooperatives in ...
The Borana rangelands in southern Ethiopia are facing deterioration caused by intensification of gra...