Watershed Management

ISBN-13: 9783659133343 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 132 str.

Misrak Tamire Hessebo

Opis

Land degradation, includes degradation of vegetation cover, soil degradation and nutrients depletion are major ecological problems in Ethiopia. As a response of the ever expanding land degradation, rehabilitation of degraded land through the MoARD with non-state actors like WFP have been launched in different parts of Ethiopia including the study area for the last two decades. This book, has attempted to assess the achievements and challenges of MERET project on some selected physical and human aspects of variables. With the aid of project significant changes have been registered in the physical and socio-economic aspects. There are also problems weakening the effectiveness, efficiency and sustainability of the ongoing watershed developments. Therefore, this work is significant to apply integrated community based watershed management and those who are involved in this sectors like researchers, individuals and institutions.

O autorze

Misrak Tamire studied MA and BA in Geography and Environmental studies at Addis Abeba University. Misrak had worked as a lecturer in the department of Geography and Environmental studies at Hossana College of Teacher education. He is currently working as a lecture at the school of Natural Resource and Earth Science,Dilla University.