Deforestation and forest management in Southern Ethiopia: Investigations in the chencha and arbaminch areas

Environmental Management

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 284-299

  Assefa, Engdawork ^a   Bork, Hans Rudolf ^b  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Deforestation; Forest management; Local knowledge; Sacred forest; Southern Ethiopia; Sustainable land management

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ETHIOPIA; FORESTRY;

EID: 84895076643     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-013-0182-x     Document Type: Article

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