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Recently, attention was given to forest conservation management structure and the functioning of ecologically responsible policies through the participatory forest management program (PFMP). The study was conducted in the Sheka and Kafa forests of south-western Ethiopia, where the PFMP project was implemented in 2003. The study analysed the economic valuation of forest conservation and estimated the community values attached to the goods and services of forest resources, their levels of involvement, and the impacts of participation in this program. Data were collected from 384 randomly sampled households surrounding the forests. Preferences and their contributions to the valuation of economic, institutional, and ecological aspects in the Kafa and Sheka forests were analysed. Among conservation management attributes, two economic attributes (harvesting non-timber forests and ecotourism employment), one institutional attribute (research and education), and two ecological attributes (biodiversity improvement and preserving cultural ecosystem services (CES)) were selected in a choice set. The results revealed that households are willing to pay Birr138.80 ($4.96) to increase harvesting to optimum levels. Additionally, the benefits and service flow and the various activities related to PFMP are affected by three fundamental factors: governance and decision-making processes, forest conservation and resilience, and economic incentives. The results also revealed that the program’s outcome for each indicator approaches an optimum year of membership doses of 12 years and Birr4800.00 (US$171.43) for annual household per capita consumption spending, 11 years, and approximately Birr 3300 (US$117.86) for income from NTFPs, 7 years and approximately Birr 2300 (US$82.14) for crop income, and 12 years and approximately Birr7800 (US$278.57) for livestock income. The implication is that management strategies need more work on the new entrants by encouraging new forest-related income sources and integrating the socioeconomic network more closely with the forest’s ecosystem services.

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Economic Valuations, Levels of Involvement, and Impacts of Participatory Forest Management Practices on Livelihoods: The Cases of Sheka and Kafa Forests, South-Western Ethiopia

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    2025年

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  • Endale Difabachew,
  • Abdi Khalil Edriss,
  • Jema Haji Mohamed,
  • Belaineh Legesse,
  • Mengistu Ketema

摘要

Recently, attention was given to forest conservation management structure and the functioning of ecologically responsible policies through the participatory forest management program (PFMP). The study was conducted in the Sheka and Kafa forests of south-western Ethiopia, where the PFMP project was implemented in 2003. The study analysed the economic valuation of forest conservation and estimated the community values attached to the goods and services of forest resources, their levels of involvement, and the impacts of participation in this program. Data were collected from 384 randomly sampled households surrounding the forests. Preferences and their contributions to the valuation of economic, institutional, and ecological aspects in the Kafa and Sheka forests were analysed. Among conservation management attributes, two economic attributes (harvesting non-timber forests and ecotourism employment), one institutional attribute (research and education), and two ecological attributes (biodiversity improvement and preserving cultural ecosystem services (CES)) were selected in a choice set. The results revealed that households are willing to pay Birr138.80 ($4.96) to increase harvesting to optimum levels. Additionally, the benefits and service flow and the various activities related to PFMP are affected by three fundamental factors: governance and decision-making processes, forest conservation and resilience, and economic incentives. The results also revealed that the program’s outcome for each indicator approaches an optimum year of membership doses of 12 years and Birr4800.00 (US$171.43) for annual household per capita consumption spending, 11 years, and approximately Birr 3300 (US$117.86) for income from NTFPs, 7 years and approximately Birr 2300 (US$82.14) for crop income, and 12 years and approximately Birr7800 (US$278.57) for livestock income. The implication is that management strategies need more work on the new entrants by encouraging new forest-related income sources and integrating the socioeconomic network more closely with the forest’s ecosystem services.