Threats of biodiversity conservation and ecotourism activities in Nechsar National Park, Ethiopia

Chanie, Solomon; Tesfaye, Dawit

doi:10.5897/ijbc2014.0752

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“…Besides, the habitat disturbance in the park was also confirmed in 2015 by Zegeye [35] high numbers of livestock crossing the park boundary. These findings are also in line with other studies [21,[36][37][38] Respondents (14.8%) revealed that deforestation was the third challenge such as cutting of trees as source wood for construction, fuelwood, and charcoal production (Table 2). Among the respondents, 54.4% collected firewood and construction materials from the inside of the park, 35.9% from the buffer zone, and 9.6% from other sources like the farm area.…”

Section: Wildlife Conservation Challengessupporting

confidence: 91%

Conservation Challenges and Causes of Wildlife Habitat Change in Kafta Sheraro National Park, Northwestern Tigray, Ethiopia

Abrehe

Gebrewahid

Gebreab

2020

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Aims: Assess the major conservation challenges and causes of wildlife habitat changes in Kafta Sheraro National Park. Study Design: This study was investigated based on a questionnaire survey, focus group discussion, and field observation. Place and Duration of Study: Kafta Sheraro National Park, Northwest Ethiopia (from October 2016 to March 2017). Methodology: The collected data were analyzed using SPSS, descriptive statistics analysis such as Frequency, percentages, Chi-square (χ²) test and P- values were used. Eleven villages were selected based on proximity to the national park. A total of 460 household heads were interviewed. Results: The result of the study indicated 385 (83.7%) of respondents were mixed farming, while 57 (12.6%) livestock rearing and 17 (3.7%) other business activities were engaged. Agricultural expansion 131 (28.5%), livestock grazing 113 (24.6%), deforestation 68 (14.8%), forest fire 57 (12.4%), illegal gold mining 26 (5.7%) and hunting 24 (5.2%) were the major problems of the park. Among the respondents, lack of community awareness 161 (35.0%), followed by lack of patrolling and monitoring 120(26.1%), lack of law enforcement, 95 (20.7%), issue of a boundary 30 (6.5%), and lack of security 13 (2.8%) were the main causes for properly wildlife conservation and management. Conclusions: The human, livestock and wildlife interactions will continue to destroy the park. Unless urgent management action is taken to solve the problems through full participation from the local people. Therefore, stakeholders should work together and displace agricultural activities out of wildlife habitat through commitment and introduce community-based conservation approaches.

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Conservation Challenges and Causes of Wildlife Habitat Change in Kafta Sheraro National Park, Northwestern Tigray, Ethiopia

Abrehe

Gebrewahid

Gebreab

2020

AJEE

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“…Particularly timber extract or sand fuel wood collectors strongly depend on the forest to cover their daily expenses and accomplish their daily life activities. The finding agrees with the findings of [1,23,33]. This further could be explained since the study is focused on distribution, abundance and population structure of four indigenous threatened tree species than the forest and its resources.…”

Section: The Forest and Its Resourcessupporting

confidence: 82%

Distribution, Abundance and Population Status of Four Indigenous Threatened Tree Species in the Arba Minch Natural Forest, Southern Ethiopia

Robi¹,

Edris²

2017

IJNREM

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Abstract:The study on distribution, abundance and population structure of four indigenous threatened tree species in the Arba Minch natural forest, southern Ethiopia. The objective of this study was to assess the use of this species by local communities and its current population structure and status in its natural habitat in southern Ethiopia where it is poorly known. The study approach was categorized in to three; market survey, informant interview and species population inventory in the surrounding natural habitat. Market survey was mainly focused on market observation to estimate the amount of fruits, charcoal, timber, firewood and pole sold in the market. Informant interview was focused on the uses of the species and its availability in the surrounding forest fragments. The adult tree species abundance and regeneration status in the existing forest was estimated. The result indicates that the species are used source of food, charcoal production, timber production, house constriction, fuel-wood and farm implement. Local communities supplement their livelihood by selling wild collected ripe fruit, charcoal, timber, fuel-wood of these species for income. These species are locally very useful plant that needs attention for future research that benefits communities. Current over harvesting of mature tree influenced the regeneration of the species. If this unsustainable harvesting by local people continues, the capacity of the species to maintain its wild population is significantly reduced. Therefore, management and conservation strategies that incorporate this factor is required.

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“…The country is also home of a number of charismatic and endemic flagship species. The protected areas such as national parks, sanctuaries, controlled hunting, open hunting, wildlife reserves and community conservation areas coverage share only about 15% of the total land area of the country (BIDNTF , 2010; Chanie and Tesfaye, 2015). The rich biodiversity of the country is under serious threat from deforestation and land degradation, overexploitation, overgrazing, habitat loss, invasive species and some water pollution (IBC , 2009).…”

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Floristic Composition and Plant Community Types in Maze National Park, Southwest Ethiopia

Siraj¹

2017

Appl Ecol Env Res

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Abstract. Ethiopia has established protected areas throughout the country and designated many areas of land in order to conserve the natural resources and biodiversity. Hence, identification of the diversity in these protected areas is essential for conservation and management purposes. The study was conducted with the objective to investigate and document the floristic composition and plant community types of Maze national park. A preferential sampling technique was used as a sampling design and a total of 65 plots with a size of 20 m x 20 m (400 m 2 ) were laid out for the woody species; a sub-plot of 5 m x 5 m was used at the center of each quadrat to assess the herbaceous species. A total of 144 species of vascular plants belonging to 109 genera and representing 37 families with, 40%, 37%, 17%, and 6% herbs, trees, shrubs and climbers respectively were recorded and identified. The most diverse family was Fabaceae followed by Poaceae, Euphorbiaceae, and Asteraceae. Combretum adenogonium, Rhus natalensis, Panicum maximum, are the most frequently occurring tree layer, shrub layer and herb layer plant species respectively. The output of TWINSPAN (Two-Way Indicator Species Analysis) has shown a cluster of 6 plant community types. The Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) has shown that there was statistically significant difference among plant communities in species richness, altitude, diversity and evenness at 95% confidence interval with a P value <0.05. Anthropogenic activities in Maze National Park were identified to exert high pressure on the vegetation and wildlife in the area resulting in the loss of biodiversity underpinned by troubled natural habitat. The most feasible recommendation to reverse the undesirable condition in the national park is to actively participate the local people in the conservation activities of the national park via ecotourism which is one form of sustainable tourism.

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Threats of biodiversity conservation and ecotourism activities in Nechsar National Park, Ethiopia

Cited by 14 publications

References 19 publications

Conservation Challenges and Causes of Wildlife Habitat Change in Kafta Sheraro National Park, Northwestern Tigray, Ethiopia

Conservation Challenges and Causes of Wildlife Habitat Change in Kafta Sheraro National Park, Northwestern Tigray, Ethiopia

Distribution, Abundance and Population Status of Four Indigenous Threatened Tree Species in the Arba Minch Natural Forest, Southern Ethiopia

Floristic Composition and Plant Community Types in Maze National Park, Southwest Ethiopia

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