Forest decline and its causes in the south-central rift valley of Ethiopia: Human impact over a one hundred year perspective

Ambio

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 263-271

  Dessie, Gessesse ^a,b,c   Christiansson, Carl ^b  

^a Wondo Genet College of Forestry   (Ethiopia)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c HAWASSA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; LAND TENURE; NINETEENTH CENTURY; POLITICAL CHANGE; POPULATION DECLINE; RIFT ZONE; SOCIAL CHANGE; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ETHIOPIA; HUMAN; TREE;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ETHIOPIA; HUMANS; TREES;

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

EID: 48249118248     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1579/0044-7447(2008)37[263:FDAICI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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