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Participatory Forest Management in Ethiopia, Practices and Experiences - SFE Technical Paper

FAO Sub-Regional Office for Eastern Africa

Year of publication 2011

Pages 58

Author Winberg, E.

Product type Book (stand-alone)

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) Deforestation and the resulting environmental degradation is a major problem in the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and a key factor challenging food security, community livelihood and sustainable development. Between 1955 and 1979, over 77 percent of the country’s forested area disappeared and it continues to lose 8 percent of its remaining forests annually. Participatory Forest Management (PFM) is a mechanism to protect forests and enhance the livelihoods of communities who use and b enefit from them in the process. PFM was first introduced to Ethiopia thirteen years ago but the approach is expanding to cover more and more hectares of forest across the country. This report is the result of a survey of ten PFM actors in Ethiopia including stakeholders in the Federal Government of Ethiopia, regional governments, woreda offices, international development agencies and international as well as national NGOs.

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