Girma-Eshete-Jenbere-thesis - Ethiopian Wolf Conservation ...

management (Table 10). This means that landless HHs did not show positive perception for the
conservation of the ecosystem. This might be associated with their interest to get private
farmland from the ecosystem and as well as to exploit the resources of the ecosystem freely for
their basic needs. Study in Masindi District confirmed, farmers that have secured private land
ownership showed participation in CBFM than farmers using government land or land not
claimed secured private ownership (Kugonza et al., 2009).
In Mt. Abune Yoseph besides farming, livestock rearing is the other economic activity that
supports crop cultivation and HH‟s economy. The major livestock kept by the community in the
area are cattle, sheep, donkey, horse and mules. In the area cattle are responsible for ploughing
and threshing harvested crops. They are also important for providing meat, milk and milk
products.
Logistic regression results, showed the presence of significant difference (P< 0.05) between HHs
by livestock number in their perception towards Mt. Abune Yoseph Afro-alpine ecosystem
conservation (Table 10). So HHs that has more heard size support or have positive perception
towards Mt. Abune Yoseph Afro-alpine ecosystem and its conservation management than those
had less and none livestock number. Based on informal survey and discussion made with key
informants, since HHs with more heard size did not have enough private grazing land, if
conserved they could compensate their livestock feed shortage by cut and carry system.
4.3. Community perception towards Ethiopian wolf
To analyze the perception of community towards Ethiopian wolf, logistic regression was used to
model responses, as it provided a convenient way to undertake categorical data analysis. In
practice the analysis and interpretation are quite similar to the well-known procedure of multiple
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