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

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ABSTRACT ................................................................................................................................. III
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ....................................................................................................... IV
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS ................................................................... V
LIST OF TABLES ....................................................................................................................... X
LIST OF FIGURES .................................................................................................................. XII
CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................ 1
1.1. BACKGROUND ....................................................................................................................... 1
1.2. STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM .............................................................................................. 2
1.3. HYPOTHESIS .......................................................................................................................... 3
1.4. OBJECTIVES .......................................................................................................................... 4
1.4.1. General Objective ......................................................................................................... 4
1.4.2. Specific objectives ......................................................................................................... 4
CHAPTER II: LITERATURE REVIEW .................................................................................. 5
2.1. AFRO-ALPINE ECOSYSTEM IN ETHIOPIA ................................................................................ 5
2.2. ETHIOPIAN AFRO-ALPINE ECOSYSTEM AND ITS ENDEMIC SPECIES ......................................... 7
2.2.1. Afro-alpine fauna .......................................................................................................... 7
2.2.1.1. The Ethiopian wolf ................................................................................................... 10
2.2.2. Afro-alpine flora ......................................................................................................... 12
2.3. NORTH WOLLO HIGHLANDS AFRO-ALPINE ECOSYSTEM ...................................................... 15
2.4. COMMUNITY PERCEPTION AND ATTITUDE TOWARDS AFRO-ALPINE ECOSYSTEM ................. 17
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