Trees, soils, and warthogs - distribution of services and disservices from reforestation areas in southern Ethiopia
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...
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| author | Byg, A. Novo, P. Dinato, M. Moges, A. Tefera, T. Balana, Bedru Woldeamanuel, T. Black, H. |
| author_browse | Balana, Bedru Black, H. Byg, A. Dinato, M. Moges, A. Novo, P. Tefera, T. Woldeamanuel, T. |
| author_facet | Byg, A. Novo, P. Dinato, M. Moges, A. Tefera, T. Balana, Bedru Woldeamanuel, T. Black, H. |
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| 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. |
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| spelling | CGSpace913172025-03-18T19:50:23Z Trees, soils, and warthogs - distribution of services and disservices from reforestation areas in southern Ethiopia Byg, A. Novo, P. Dinato, M. Moges, A. Tefera, T. Balana, Bedru Woldeamanuel, T. Black, H. ecosystem services reforestation projects trees soil fertility erosion nature conservation environmental protection strategies local communities attitudes living standards wild animals warthogs forestry 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. 2017-11 2018-03-07T10:16:35Z 2018-03-07T10:16:35Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/91317 en Open Access Elsevier 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 |
| spellingShingle | ecosystem services reforestation projects trees soil fertility erosion nature conservation environmental protection strategies local communities attitudes living standards wild animals warthogs forestry Byg, A. Novo, P. Dinato, M. Moges, A. Tefera, T. Balana, Bedru Woldeamanuel, T. Black, H. Trees, soils, and warthogs - distribution of services and disservices from reforestation areas in southern Ethiopia |
| title | Trees, soils, and warthogs - distribution of services and disservices from reforestation areas in southern Ethiopia |
| title_full | Trees, soils, and warthogs - distribution of services and disservices from reforestation areas in southern Ethiopia |
| title_fullStr | Trees, soils, and warthogs - distribution of services and disservices from reforestation areas in southern Ethiopia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Trees, soils, and warthogs - distribution of services and disservices from reforestation areas in southern Ethiopia |
| title_short | Trees, soils, and warthogs - distribution of services and disservices from reforestation areas in southern Ethiopia |
| title_sort | trees soils and warthogs distribution of services and disservices from reforestation areas in southern ethiopia |
| topic | ecosystem services reforestation projects trees soil fertility erosion nature conservation environmental protection strategies local communities attitudes living standards wild animals warthogs forestry |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/91317 |
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