The role of indigenous knowledge in forest management practices: among the Kaffecho community, Southwest Ethiopia - Softcover

Mulat, Yeshambel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 365940263X ISBN 13: 9783659402630

Verlag: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2013

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Indigenous knowledge attached to forest commonly restricts access to these sites. As a result, many sacred sites have survived for hundreds of years and act as important biodiversity reservoirs. The main objective of the study is to investigate and reveal the indigenous knowledge of Kaffecho society in forest management practices and to propose ways for maintaining useful forest knowledge for sustainable development. The major findings of the research indicated that the indigenous knowledge practices of the community have important roles in forest management. Yet, some of the community knowledge has limitations on their effectiveness, functions and implementations. Similarly, scientific forest management practices have both negative and positive effects on the forest in the study area and on the community’s knowledge. This called for a new strategy whereby indigenous knowledge is transformed by creating a synthesis with scientific knowledge and its application to forest management. This approach opened up the possibility for plural knowledge applications and positive outcomes between the community’s indigenous knowledge and the governmental forest management practices.

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MA: Studied Indigenous Cultural Studies at Addis Ababa University, BEd at Jimma University in History. Currently, lecturer at Gondar University.

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• Verlag: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 365940263X
• ISBN 13: 9783659402630
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 116
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