Mapping and characterizing the Jefoure roads that have cultural heritage values in the Gurage socio-ecological production landscape of Ethiopia

Abstract

The Gurage people in Ethiopia designs a unique grass-cover road called Jefoure.• Jefoure roads have long lengths and wide breadth, but they are not consistent.• The physical geography of the landscape has an impact on the Jefoure roads.• Jefoure roads are a multifunctional road.• The Jefoure roads and their evolving landscape require international recognition.

Sustainability of Village Tank Cascade Systems of Sri Lanka: Exploring Cascade Anatomy and Socio-Ecological Nexus for Ecological Restoration Planning

“…Though criteria have been developed to evaluate various landscape systems, such as SESPLs and GIAHSs found in different parts of the world [76,77], there is a need to develop more comprehensive elaborations of ensembles and anatomies of them in order to make recommendations to prepare detailed dynamic conservation and productivity improvement plans. Due to the high diversity and complexity of these landscapes, it would be difficult to understand the whole process by examining a single resource system using a specific dimension of landscape characteristics [99]. Based on the findings and discussions, the present study provides a framework that could be used as a general guideline and to develop indicators applicable to other landscape systems in the tropical earth zones of the world.…”

Valorización del paisaje y turismo: mirada desde la producción científica

“…El paisaje cultural se valora por su composición de capas históricas que van desde lo pasado hasta lo contemporáneo (Csurgó & Smith, 2021;Golosova et al, 2019;Huang et al, 2017;Martín et al, 2020;Morales & Martín, 2021;Ogletree et al, 2019), en las que se refleja un proceso de interacción que se ha mantenido y mejorado a lo largo del tiempo (Abad, 2019;Farías et al, 2022). Es una reliquia de las actividades antrópicas que juega el papel de catalizador del entorno original (Alcina & Amaya-Corchuelo, 2019;Griñán, 2020;Petrovič et al, 2021;Sahle & Saito, 2021;Shen & Chou, 2021).…”

“…La relación que guarda la historia humana con la naturaleza está plasmada en el paisaje cultural (Csurgó & Smith, 2021;Farías et al, 2022;Lee & Karimova, 2021;Morales & Martín, 2021;Sahle & Saito, 2021) y se muestra por medio de prácticas, expresiones y elementos del modo de vida tradicional de la sociedad que lo habita y lo comparte (Alcina & Amaya-Corchuelo, 2019;Lu et al, 2019;Martín et al, 2020;Shen & Chou, 2021;Winkler & Brooks, 2020). Es por ello por lo que el valor otorgado a este bien patrimonial se basa en su reconocimiento como símbolo representativo de una identidad colectiva que transforma y crea su herencia única y original (Abad, 2019;Della Spina & Giorno, 2021;Griñán, 2020;Maxim, & Chasovschi, 2021;Trovato et al, 2017;Zaraś-Januszkiewicz et al, 2020).…”

Harnessing Insights from Indicators-Based Resilience Assessment for Enhancing Sustainability in the Gurage Socio-Ecological Production Landscape of Ethiopia

“…According to Moran and Kanemoto ( 2017 ), Ethiopia is one of the hotspots for species threats from global supply chains, particularly related to the consumption footprint of the European Union. One example of the interaction between humans and nature is the Gurage socio-ecological production landscape in Ethiopia, where people reside in village settlements according to ecological conditions (Sahle and Saito 2021a ). Natural and plantation forests, sacred forests, home garden agroforests, cereal crops, grasslands, woodlots, wetlands, surface water, Jefoure roads, and human settlements make up the Gurage socio-ecological production system, characterized as a mosaic landscape (Sahle et al 2021a , b ).…”