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| Title: | Land tenure induced deforestation and environmental degradation in Ethiopia: the case of Arbagugu State Forest Development and Protection Project (a historical survey ca 1975-1991) |
| Author: | Hassen, Mohammed |
| Year: | 2013 |
| Periodical: | Ethiopian Journal of the Social Sciences and Humanities (ISSN 1810-4487) |
| Volume: | 9 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| Pages: | 37-64 |
| Language: | English |
| Geographic term: | Ethiopia |
| Subjects: | land tenure deforestation environmental degradation natural resources |
| External link: | https://www.ajol.info/index.php/ejossah/article/view/90023 |
| Abstract: | Conventionally, different factors like lack of technology, population explosion, a search for arable land, the need for construction materials, the expansion of commercial farms, and others are considered to be causes of deforestation in Ethiopia. This being true, however, the much neglected but crucial aspect of environmental degradation and a sequel to environmental malaise is not yet given the attention it deserves. The objective of this paper is to explore the cause and impact of this overarching problem by focusing on the Arbagugu State Forest Development and Protection Project, in North East Arsi which occurred between the years1975-1991. This work is a case study of environmental history and is qualitative with both analytic and narrative approaches. Data for this study are culled both from primary and secondary sources as well as published and unpublished materials found in different places. To corroborate the written documents, information gathered through interview from oral informants contemporary to the event is used. For a better understanding of the historical events unfolding in the region the author has employed the degradation narrative. The finding shows the causal factors are the ineffective land tenure systems followed by the different governments of Ethiopia. App., biogr., notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract] |