Abstract In Northern Ethiopia almost all dry Afromontane forests have been converted to
open agricultural lands. Only small isolated fragments remain around churches (“church …

A series of events occur in the process of regeneration, namely flowering, seed production
and dispersal, incorporation of seeds into the soil, seed predation or germination, seedling …

Church forests are sanctuaries for different organisms, ranging from microbes to large
animals, which have almost disappeared in most parts of northern Ethiopia. Despite the …

In response to the 2011 Bonn Challenge, Ethiopia has committed to restoring 15 million ha
of degraded forest and savannah. This study focuses on rehabilitation of communal lands in …

Disturbance of ecosystems by humans is of all times. The extent, however, has increased
drastically over the last decades, leading to many degraded areas. Restoration of these …

Introduction An area exclosure is the practice of land management that involves the
exclusion of livestock and humans from openly accessing an area that is characterized by …

Participatory forest management (PFM) and area exclosure (AE) are two major degraded
forests and agricultural landscapes rehabilitation mechanisms in Ethiopia. This study …

Exclusion of grazing animals and tree plantations were among the methods used for the
rehabilitation of degraded lands in tropical semiarid areas. Exclosures can foster secondary …

In response to increasing population pressure and climate change impacts, shifting from
communal grazing land to enclosure and cropland is widely advocated as an alternative …

Dryland forest resources (DFR) have great socio-economic and ecological importance in
countries of Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). They play significant roles in livelihood …