Forest user groups in the bale mountains, Ethiopia: III. Pasture versus forest income.
2001
Richard Baptist;Aklilu Ameha and Abdurahiman Kubsa
The Integrated Forest Management Project Adaba-Dodola (IFMP) promotes forest conservation through granting of exclusive use rights to forest dweller associations (WAJIB). The present paper deals with the aspect of how much income the remains of the natural forest ('woodlands') are able to generate for the forest dwellers in comparison with the competing land use form of grazing. Assumed fodder yield were based on a monitoring exercise that had been conducted over two year, and income estimates for wood were based on a previous communication of the same series, The same series.. The annual income generated through livestock products and wood for 1 ha of forest block was 350 birr. Woodlands covering half the block area contributed more to this revenue than did pastures, which should drive their expansion at the expense of pastures. However, a land use scenario characterized by deforestation was found to result in a net present value roughly double that of afforestation. For the WAJIB-approach to succeed, social and legal frame work conditions were considered essential. The major ones were seen to comprise law enforcement,, peer pressure within WAJIB from the village community, and extra economic functions that the forest holds for the forest dwellers.
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