Socio-Economic Factors Affecting Conservation and Sustainable Utilization of the Vegetation Resources on the Islands of Lake Ziway, South-Central Ethiopia
Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=51552#.VG2pkGfHRK0 Author(s) Haileab Zegeye 1* , Demel Teketay 2 , Ensermu Kelbessa 1 Affiliation(s) 1 Department of Plant Biology and Biodiversity Management, College of Natural Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia . 2 Department of Crop Science and Production, Botswana College of Agriculture, Gaborone, Botswana . ABSTRACT The study was conducted on the islands of Lake Ziway, south-central Ethiopia. The aim of the study was to investigate the socio-economic factors affecting the vegetation resources and the indigenous resource management systems and practices on the islands. Data were collected by field obse...