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Balancing Ecosystem Services and Disservices: Smallholder Farmers&amp;#8217; Use and Management of Forest and Trees in an Agricultural Landscape in Southwestern Ethiopia
Provedor de dados: 7
Autores: Ango, Tola Gemechu; Department of Human Geography, Stockholm University; tola.gemechu@humangeo.su.se; Senbeta, Feyera; Center for Environment and Development Studies, College of Development Studies, Addis Ababa University ; feyeras@yahoo.com; Hylander, Kristoffer; Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences, Stockholm University; Kristoffer.Hylander@botan.su.se.
Farmers&amp;#8217; practices in the management of agricultural landscapes influence biodiversity with implications for livelihoods, ecosystem service provision, and biodiversity conservation. In this study, we examined how smallholding farmers in an agriculture-forest mosaic landscape in southwestern Ethiopia manage trees and forests with regard to a few selected ecosystem services and disservices that they highlighted as &amp;#8220;beneficial&amp;#8221; or &amp;#8220;problematic.&amp;#8221; Qualitative and quantitative data were collected from six villages, located both near and far from forest, using participatory field mapping and semistructured interviews, tree species inventory, focus group discussions, and observation. The study showed that...
Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports
Palavras-chave: Agricultural landscape; Biodiversity; Ecosystem services and disservices; Ethiopia; Farmer practices; Forest; Gera; Trees.
Ano: 2014