Herder perceptions on impacts of range enclosures, crop farming, fire ban and bush encroachment on the rangelands of Borana, Southern Ethiopia

Human Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 201-215

  Angassa, Ayana ^a,b   Oba, Gufu ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b HAWASSA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Bush encroachment; Community perception; Environmental history; Fire ban; Land use Policy; Rangeland development

Indexed keywords

CROP PRODUCTION; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY; FARMERS KNOWLEDGE; FIRE; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; PERCEPTION; RANGELAND;

AFRICA; BORANA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 41049111949     PISSN: 03007839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10745-007-9156-z     Document Type: Article

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