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| Title: | A Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Deforestation in Ethiopia: With Particular Reference to the Environs of Addis Ababa |
| Author: | Mekete Belachew |
| Year: | 1999 |
| Periodical: | Journal of Ethiopian Studies |
| Volume: | 32 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Period: | June |
| Pages: | 89-131 |
| Language: | English |
| Notes: | biblio. refs., maps |
| Geographic terms: | Ethiopia Northeast Africa |
| Subjects: | deforestation Urbanization and Migration Agriculture, Natural Resources and the Environment Development and Technology Environment, Ecology fuelwood agriculture urbanization population Environmental effects Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) |
| External link: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/41966088 |
| Abstract: | The highlands of Ethiopia were originally covered with high forests while the arid lowlands were covered with meagre vegetation. But the original dense forest has been subjected to grave and continuous deforestation for a long time. The causes are numerous and complex. The fundamental causes include economic underdevelopment and rapid population increase. This results in conversion of forest land into agricultural land, the consumption of wood for construction, firewood and industrial purposes. Policy-oriented causes are related to rehabilitation or resettlement programmes, land tenure policy and lack of a forest policy, and the sociopolitical changes which have had grave consequences for deforestation. The problem of deforestation is more pronounced in the environs of Addis Ababa, whose growing population is largely dependent on the nearby forests for fuelwood and construction materials. Bibliogr. [ASC Leiden abstract] |
