Participatory forest management for improving livelihood assets and mitigating forest degradation: lesson drawn from the Central Rift Valley, Ethiopia

G. Girma, Y. Melka, Amare Haileslassie and Wolde Mekuria
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Amare Haileslassie: International Water Management Institute
Wolde Mekuria: International Water Management Institute

Papers published in Journals (Open Access), 2023, 5:100205.

Abstract: The study was conducted in Heban Arsi district, Central Rift Valley, Ethiopia to investigate the contribution of participatory forest management (PFM) to improving household’s livelihood assets and mitigating forest degradation. Data were gathered using household surveys, observation, key informant interviews and focus group discussions. During the entire study, 231 households (131 from PFM; 100 form non-PFM households), 35 key informants (25 from PFM; 10 from non-PFM) and 10 focus groups (6 from PFM; 4 from non-PFM) were involved. The livelihood assets framework was used to organize and analyze the quantitative data. The qualitative data was analyzed using topic coding and building categories, themes, and patterns of relationships. The introduction of PFM significantly (P

Keywords: Sustainable forest management; Participatory approaches; Sustainable livelihoods; Forest degradation; Environmental degradation; Climate change adaptation; Institutions; Households; Local communities (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1016/j.crsust.2022.100205

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