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Trees, soils, and warthogs - distribution of services and disservices from reforestation areas in southern Ethiopia

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Title Trees, soils, and warthogs - distribution of services and disservices from reforestation areas in southern Ethiopia
 
Creator Byg, A.
Novo, P.
Dinato, M.
Moges, A.
Tefera, T.
Balana, Bedru B.
Woldeamanuel, T.
Black, H.
 
Subject ecosystem services
reforestation
projects
trees
soil fertility
erosion
nature conservation
environmental protection
strategies
local communities
attitudes
living standards
wild animals
warthogs
 
Description Conservation projects have often been criticised for creating global benefits while causing negative impacts on local livelihoods. Ecosystem services approaches have been seen as one way to change this by focussing explicitly on maintaining ecosystems for human well-being of stakeholders at various scales. However, ecosystem services approaches have often ignored trade-offs between groups of people and issues of power and do not automatically lead to better outcomes in terms of human well-being. Here we report on a study on the impacts of reforestation projects with an explicit focus on human well-being in three communities in southern Ethiopia. We investigated the distribution of services and disservices from reforestation using qualitative methods. Results showed that the services and disservices from reforestation were distributed unequally across space and wealth groups resulting in widespread dissatisfaction with existing reforestation projects despite the explicit focus on human benefits. To improve outcomes of reforestation it is necessary to acknowledge and manage disservices adaptively, include issues of power and make trade-offs transparent.
 
Date 2017-11
2018-03-07T10:16:35Z
2018-03-07T10:16:35Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Byg, A.; Novo, P.; Dinato, M.; Moges, A.; Tefera, T.; Balana, Bedru; Woldeamanuel, T.; Black, H. 2017. Trees, soils, and warthogs - distribution of services and disservices from reforestation areas in southern Ethiopia. Forest Policy and Economics. 84:112-119. (Special issue: Forest, Food, and Livelihoods).. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1389934117302952/pdfft?md5=d5a4e1fd1e420f6d856f06bafde2b015&pid=1-s2.0-S1389934117302952-main.pdf. 10.1016/j.forpol.2017.06.002
1389-9341
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/91317
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1389934117302952/pdfft?md5=d5a4e1fd1e420f6d856f06bafde2b015&pid=1-s2.0-S1389934117302952-main.pdf
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2017.06.002
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
Open Access
 
Format p. 112-119
 
Publisher Elsevier BV
 
Source Forest Policy and Economics