Participatory assessment of forest resources in Limalimo frorest
2003
Shifeaw Desie (IBCR/GTZ/GTZ-IBCR, Addis Abeba (Ethiopia))
The different forest ecosystems of Ethiopia are under severing pressure as consequences of high population growth and inhabitants need for agricultural and pastoral land. The long lasted civil war, forest fire, mobilizing a large population to new area without their consent and forced villigaziation programs launched during the military regime are also blamed to the shrinkage of the forest resources. At present, huge investments also poses threat on the remaining forest resources. Therefore, to lay the ground for the conservation of the forest genetic resources of Ethiopia a socio-economic survey parallel to the woody plant inventory diversity study are being conducted in selected forests. The objectives of this socio-economic survey are to investigate the major cause of forest distruction, people's priority species, actual uses and threats posed on tree/shrub species, prevailing farming systems and gender issues. And finally the survey aimed to assess appropriate and feasible traditional and formal institutions that can be involve in implementation of species level conservation (in situ and ex situ) Pair-wise ranking exercises that were conducted in Limalimo forest to identify the most threatened species revealed that "qulqual", Olea europaea, Juniperus procera and Hagenia abyssinica are the most endangered species. Furthermore, Scheffera abyssinica, Acacia spp, "Leleha" and "Koya" are identified as threatened species. The triangulation excercises made by the researcher are also confirmed that the mentioned species are depleting at an alarming rate. Therefore, conservation efforts for these species are recommended.
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