Building future scenarios and uncovering persisting challenges of participatory forest management in Chilimo Forest, Central Ethiopia

Kassa, Habtemariam; Campbell, Bruce M.; Sandewall, Mats; Kebede, Mammo; Tesfaye, Yemiru; Dessie, Gessesse; Seifu, A.; Tadesse, Menfese; Garedew, Efrem; Sandewall, Kajsa

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“…Kassa et al 2009;Sandewall and Nilsson 2001;Sayer et al 2007;Ste´phenne and Lambin 2001 In our model testing, it was not possible to undertake a strict statistical evaluation of the model because of the nature of the input data sets that encompasses a few separate years only.…”

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A Dynamic Simulation Model of Land-Use, Population, and Rural Livelihoods in the Central Rift Valley of Ethiopia

Garedew

Sandewall

Söderberg

2011

Environmental Management

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The dynamic interactions between society and land resources have to be taken into account when planning and managing natural resources. A computer model, using STELLA software, was developed through active participation of purposively selected farm households from different wealth groups, age groups and gender within a rural community and some members of Kebelle council. The aim of the modeling was to study the perceived changes in land-use, population and livelihoods over the next 30 years and to improve our understanding of the interactions among them. The modeling output is characterized by rapid population growth, declining farm size and household incomes, deteriorating woody vegetation cover and worsening land degradation if current conditions remain. However, through integrated intervention strategies (including forest increase, micro-finance, family planning, health and education) the woody vegetation cover is likely to increase in the landscape, population growth is likely to slow down and households' income is likely to improve. A validation assessment of the simulation model based on historical data on land-use and population from 1973 to 2006 showed that the model is relatively robust.We conclude that as a supporting tool, the simulation model can contribute to the decision making process.

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A Dynamic Simulation Model of Land-Use, Population, and Rural Livelihoods in the Central Rift Valley of Ethiopia

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Söderberg

2011

Environmental Management

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“…Confl icts arise because the stakeholders involved have competing interests, perceptions, and ideas about how natural resources should be managed (Buckles 1999;Castro & Nielson 2003;Yasmi et al 2006). With the realisation that the traditional top-down forest management was not effi cient in terms of conservation and had more often than not led to confl icts, efforts have been made to involve local people in forest management during the last two decades (Kassa et al 2009). However, in Benin, confl icts re-emerged between forest administrations and local communities, despite many efforts to involve local communities in forest management (Arouna 2006).…”

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The discursive construction of conflict in participatory forest management: The case of the Agoua forest restoration in Benin

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The discursive construction of conflict in participatory forest management: the case of the Agoua forest restoration in Benin Idrissou, L.; Aarts, M.N.C.; van Paassen, A.; Leeuwis, C. General rightsIt is not permitted to download or to forward/distribute the text or part of it without the consent of the author(s) and/or copyright holder(s), other than for strictly personal, individual use, unless the work is under an open content license (like Creative Commons). Disclaimer/Complaints regulationsIf you believe that digital publication of certain material infringes any of your rights or (privacy) interests, please let the Library know, stating your reasons. In case of a legitimate complaint, the Library will make the material inaccessible and/or remove it from the website. Please Ask the Library: http://uba.uva.nl/en/contact, or a letter to: Library of the University of Amsterdam, Secretariat, Singel 425, 1012 WP Amsterdam, The Netherlands. You will be contacted as soon as possible. AbstractThe Agoua Forest in Benin was declared a protected area in 1953 and subsequently managed by means of a coercion system, which, however, did not prevent its deforestation. In 2002, a participatory management process was designed to restore this forest. Although the project managers and local communities agreed to a plan at the beginning of the process, the plan was not implemented because confl ict arose in the course of the process. In this paper, an interactional framing approach was used to analyse the emergence of this confl ict, which ended in an impasse. This study showed that the confl ict was constructed and evolved mainly in stakeholders' discourses, even without changes in actual forest management and use. Moreover, it became clear that stakeholders constructed different frames in different conversation contexts: stakeholders, who share a set of perceptions, norms, and expectations as constructed and expressed in their talks (we-groups), constructed stereotypes and stigmas, blaming the other party and presenting themselves as innocent victims. In conversations involving all stakeholders, people did not reveal their real thoughts, either about each other or about the proposals for confl ict resolution. This study shows the relevance and agency of discourse in confl ict, and the importance of the interactional framing approach in understanding participatory management, and confl ict dynamics. It reveals how by means of discourses, farmers in the Agoua Forest succeeded in handling the confl ict, with the effect that little has been done in the project's decision to implement the plan.

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“…Moreover, larvae of Lepidostoma are known to exploit even recalcitrant resources, including the leaves of coniferous plants (Grafius and Anderson 1980;Wiggins 2004). The riparian zone of Chilimo Forest streams is usually dominated by the coniferous plants Juniperus procera and Podocarpus falcatus (Kassa et al 2009;Teshome and Ensermu 2013). The leaves of these species most likely represent the primary food source of L. scotti larvae in these habitats.…”

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“…The forest and its surrounding areas receive little precipitation from March to April, while precipitation is highest from June to September with a mean annual rainfall of >1000 mm (Aschalew 2015). The dominant trees species in this forest are Juniperus procera, Podocarpus falcatus, Prunus africana, and Olea europaea (Kassa et al 2009;Teshome and Ensermu 2013).…”

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Description of the larva of Oecetis mizrain Malicky & Graf, 2012 (Trichoptera, Leptoceridae) and Lepidostoma scotti (Ulmer, 1930) (Trichoptera, Lepidostomatidae) from Chilimo Forest, Central Ethiopia

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2018

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Building future scenarios and uncovering persisting challenges of participatory forest management in Chilimo Forest, Central Ethiopia

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A Dynamic Simulation Model of Land-Use, Population, and Rural Livelihoods in the Central Rift Valley of Ethiopia

A Dynamic Simulation Model of Land-Use, Population, and Rural Livelihoods in the Central Rift Valley of Ethiopia

The discursive construction of conflict in participatory forest management: The case of the Agoua forest restoration in Benin

Description of the larva of Oecetis mizrain Malicky & Graf, 2012 (Trichoptera, Leptoceridae) and Lepidostoma scotti (Ulmer, 1930) (Trichoptera, Lepidostomatidae) from Chilimo Forest, Central Ethiopia

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Building future scenarios and uncovering persisting challenges of participatory forest management in Chilimo Forest, Central Ethiopia

Cited by 69 publications

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A Dynamic Simulation Model of Land-Use, Population, and Rural Livelihoods in the Central Rift Valley of Ethiopia

A Dynamic Simulation Model of Land-Use, Population, and Rural Livelihoods in the Central Rift Valley of Ethiopia

The discursive construction of conflict in participatory forest management: The case of the Agoua forest restoration in Benin

Description of the larva of Oecetis mizrain Malicky &amp; Graf, 2012 (Trichoptera, Leptoceridae) and Lepidostoma scotti (Ulmer, 1930) (Trichoptera, Lepidostomatidae) from Chilimo Forest, Central Ethiopia

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Description of the larva of Oecetis mizrain Malicky & Graf, 2012 (Trichoptera, Leptoceridae) and Lepidostoma scotti (Ulmer, 1930) (Trichoptera, Lepidostomatidae) from Chilimo Forest, Central Ethiopia