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2.5. IMPACT OF THE COMMUNITY ON THE AFRO-ALPINE ECOSYSTEM AND ITS WILDLIFE ............ 18 2.6. SOCIO-ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE OF AFRO-ALPINE ECOSYSTEM .......................................... 20 2.7. SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY BASED AFRO-ALPINE ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT .................... 23 CHAPTER III: MATERIALS AND METHODS .................................................................... 25 3.1. STUDY AREA ....................................................................................................................... 25 3.1.1. LOCATION ........................................................................................................................ 25 3.1.2. Topography ................................................................................................................. 27 3.1.3. Climate ........................................................................................................................ 27 3.1.4. Soil .............................................................................................................................. 27 3.1.5. Vegetations and wild animals ..................................................................................... 28 3.1.6. Water resources .......................................................................................................... 28 3.2. METHODS ............................................................................................................................ 29 3.2.1. Interview ..................................................................................................................... 29 3.2.2. Population demography .............................................................................................. 30 3.2.3. Ecological survey ........................................................................................................ 30 3.3. DATA ANALYSIS ................................................................................................................. 31 CHAPTER IV: RESULTS AND DISCUSSION ...................................................................... 32 4.1. SOCIO-ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTIC AND ECONOMIC POTENTIAL OF MT. ABUNE YOSEPH .. 32 4.1.1. Household characteristics .......................................................................................... 32 4.1.2. Socio-economic potential of Mt. Abune Yoseph Afro-alpine ecosystem ..................... 33 4.2. COMMUNITY PERCEPTION TOWARDS MT. ABUNE YOSEPH AFRO-ALPINE ECOSYSTEM........ 38 4.3. COMMUNITY PERCEPTION TOWARDS ETHIOPIAN WOLF ....................................................... 42 viii
4.4. HUMAN-LIVESTOCK INTERFERENCE TO AFRO-ALPINE ECOSYSTEM AND THE RESULTING CONFLICT ................................................................................................................................... 46 4.4.1. Human-livestock interference pressure and its impact ............................................... 46 4.4.2. Human conflict with Ethiopian wolf at Mt. Abune Yoseph ......................................... 53 4.5. ECOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF MT. ABUNE YOSEPH AFRO-ALPINE ECOSYSTEM .................. 55 4.5.1. Households response on Ethiopian wolf presence/ absence....................................... 55 4.5.2. Determination of wolf distribution by rodent burrow................................................. 58 4.5.3. Determination of Ethiopian wolf abundance by sighting at Mt. Abune Yoseph ......... 62 CHAPTER V: CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS ............................................ 66 5.1. CONCLUSION ....................................................................................................................... 66 5.2. RECOMMENDATIONS ........................................................................................................... 67 REFERENCES ............................................................................................................................ 70 APPENDIX .................................................................................................................................. 75 ix
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indicated in Table 8 than the study
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Fire wood collection was another ty
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Sheep predators Figure 8: HHs respo
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Table 20: HHs response on wolf obse
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time on wolf number enabled the HHs
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Table 23: Bivariate fit analysis of
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in 2.2.2; this difference could be
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Table 27: Analysis of wolf sighting
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Chapter V: Conclusion and Recommend
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Since the attitude and action of hu
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References Alcorn, J.B, 1997. Indig
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Kingdon, J., 1990. Island Africa. C
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Sillero-Zubiri, C., A. A. King and
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No Wild animal Type of crop damaged
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