Population status of oribi (Ourebia ourebi Zimmermann, 1783) in Maze National Park, southern Ethiopia

Tekalign, Wondimagegnehu; Bekele, Afework

doi:10.3329/bjz.v41i2.23316

Cited by 4 publications

(5 citation statements)

References 10 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Due to the differences in economic development, social culture, and resource endowment of each country or region, the public's concern and awareness about the establishment and development of national parks are also different [15] (Keigley et al, 2018). For instance, 55.65% of the community residents in southern Ethiopia have a negative attitude towards wildlife conservation, while 18.26% of them are indifferent to reserve management, and public participation in national parks is low, resulting in lions and other wildlife not being effectively protected and even being killed in retaliation [16] (Tekalign et al, 2016). Meanwhile, in Slovakia, 45% of respondents have a positive attitude towards the establishment of national parks, 29.5% have a neutral attitude, and 25.5% have a negative attitude, and personal economic status, relationship with tourism, age, education, and occupation affect the attitude of local people towards national parks [17] (Janetta et al, 2020).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Public Concern and Awareness of National Parks in China: Evidence from Social Media Big Data and Questionnaire Data

Dou

2023

Sustainability

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The high quality development of national parks plays an important role in promoting the formation of a reasonable, moderate and orderly land space protection pattern and building a harmonious coexistence of human and nature. However, a lack of public participation has limited the development of high-quality national parks in China. Understanding public concern and awareness of national parks is necessary for promoting greater public participation. This paper provides insight into this problem by combining Weibo and questionnaire survey data, then uses a combination of text mining, a Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA) theme model, and descriptive statistics to analyze the current state of public concern and awareness of national parks. By analyzing Weibo data, we find: (1) Public concern for national parks is increasing year by year. (2) More economically developed regions may pay more attention to national parks. (3) Public concern for national parks focuses on the construction of national parks in other countries and the institutional reform and ecotourism of national parks in China. Meanwhile, we also find that: (1) Most of the public are willing to actively pay attention to the construction of national parks. (2) The public is not yet fully aware of national parks in China; for example, the number of national parks, their construction, and other issues are still not widely known. (3) Public awareness of the construction goals, functional positioning, and other issues are not generally understood. To sum up, there is still much room for the public to improve their control and awareness of national parks. Finally, we put forward some suggestions to improve the public’s concern with and awareness of national parks, which can promote public participation in their development. This study will be important for sustainable development of the natural reserve system and global biodiversity protection in China.

show abstract

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Public Concern and Awareness of National Parks in China: Evidence from Social Media Big Data and Questionnaire Data

Dou

2023

Sustainability

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…This finding supportsTortato et al (2015);Woodroffe et al (2007);Patterson et al (2004) who reported that good livestock husbandry (occasions where there is attentive attendance of livestock to prevent them from carnivore attack) reduces opportunities for predation and is a necessary tool to minimise conflict.Local people reported low prey density as a possible indirect factor driving a conflict in the study area. MzNP report and field observation also revealed a low density of wild herbivores, particularly Buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) and Orbi (Ourebia ourebi) Tekalign and Bekele (2016). reported that herbivore species including African buffalo and Orbi were hunted often in the study area.…”

mentioning

confidence: 71%

“…MzNP report and field observation also revealed a low density of wild herbivores, particularly Buffalo ( Bubalus bubalis ) and Orbi ( Ourebia ourebi ). Tekalign and Bekele (2016) reported that herbivore species including African buffalo and Orbi were hunted often in the study area. This puts low natural prey density as the third driving force of depredation in this study.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Perceptions of farmers towards carnivores in an Ethiopian protected area

Shibru,

Tolcha,

Melese

et al. 2023

Afr J Ecol

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

We explored farmers' perceptions of the causes and consequences of human‐carnivore conflict in Maze National Park, Ethiopia. We selected 225 household heads randomly from five villages for interview using survey questionnaires. We identified the five villages randomly from the 16 that border the park. The majority (75.1%) of the respondents had a negative perception towards the park and the carnivores due to livestock depredation. Overall, 1142 livestock depredation were reported over 3 years (2017–2019). Cattle, sheep and goats were reportedly the most depredated animals. The numbers of livestock depredated significantly varied among villages and predators. Farmers perceived lions as the major livestock depredator followed by leopards and spotted hyaenas and they perceived that proximity, poor livestock husbandry and low natural prey density were the main causes of livestock depredation. The distance of the household holdings to the park was correlated negatively with the depredation level. Farmers use guarding, cut‐and‐carry systems and dogs to reduce carnivores' predation. Allocating enough spatial differences between the park and the villages and altering the timing and frequency with which livestock grazing overlaps with the diurnal activities of carnivores may lead to a win–win outcome promoting coexistence.

show abstract

“…The population size of Bohor reedbuck was determined using the total count method (Norton-Griffiths, 1978;Sutherland, 1996) by dividing the study area into seven different blocks based on the topographic features (Afework et al, 2009;Yihune and Bekele, 2012;Habtamu et al, 2012;Tekalign and Bekele, 2011). Topographic conditions, such as the presence of fixed natural and artificial landmarks, were used to divide the counting blocks to mitigate double counting.…”

Section: Population Sizementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Continuous focal animal observations were used to collect the data on the activity patterns of Bohor reedbuck by recording the activities of a group of Bohor reedbuck in different habitat types with five minutes intervals of one sample record (Afework et al, 2009). Observations were carried out by identifying appropriate locations to record with appropriate distance (between 50 and 300 m) from different directions of each habitat type (Taylor et al, 2006;Afework et al, 2009;Tekalign and Bekele, 2015). The study area was stratified into four habitat types, namely, Acacia dominated wooded grassland, Riverside forest, Open grasses land and Farmland.…”

Section: Activity Patternsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Population size and diurnal activity patterns of Bohor reedbuck (Redunca redunca Pallas, 1767) in the compound of Alage Agricultural College, Central Rift Valley of Ethiopia

Derebe

Girma

Alemkere

2023

Israel J. Ecol. Evol.

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Bohor reedbuck is a medium-sized, even-toed ungulate species endemic to Africa. Its population is gradually declining, and an estimation of Meta populations is required to determine its current population status and as an input for conservation action. To this end, this study aimed to investigate this species’ population size and diurnal activity patterns in the compound of Alage Agricultural College, Central rift valley of Ethiopia. A total count was conducted to determine the population size of Bohor reedbuck by dividing the study area into different blocks. Continuous focal animal observations were used to collect data on activity patterns by recording group activities with five minutes intervals. The results revealed that the mean population size of Bohor reedbuck counted during the study period was (SE) with a density of 1.74 per km2. Females formed the dominant group in the population. From the mean total population size of Bohor reedbucks, 47.42% were adults. The mean group size of Bohor reedbuck was (SE). Feeding (, 45.81%) was the dominant mean diurnal activity pattern of Bohor reedbuck, followed by Resting (, 31.91%), whereas grooming (, 3.51%) was the least performed activity. There was a significant difference between the diurnal activities performed by Bohor reedbuck (). The studied compound is an important refuge for this species, and minimum management interference can increase the population size of Bohor reedbuck in the area.

show abstract

Population status of oribi (Ourebia ourebi Zimmermann, 1783) in Maze National Park, southern Ethiopia

Cited by 4 publications

References 10 publications

Public Concern and Awareness of National Parks in China: Evidence from Social Media Big Data and Questionnaire Data

Public Concern and Awareness of National Parks in China: Evidence from Social Media Big Data and Questionnaire Data

Perceptions of farmers towards carnivores in an Ethiopian protected area

Population size and diurnal activity patterns of Bohor reedbuck (Redunca redunca Pallas, 1767) in the compound of Alage Agricultural College, Central Rift Valley of Ethiopia

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About