Biodiversity conservation in the sacred groves of north-west Ethiopia: diversity and community structure of woody species
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DOI: 10.1016/j.gecco.2020.e01377
Abstract: Abstract Forest fragmentation is globally pervasive but especially severe in tropical forests, as exemplified by the state of Afrotropical montane forests in Ethiopia, where remnant forests almost exclusively exists as small, isolated fragments centered around… read more here.
Keywords: community structure; conservation; church forests; biodiversity ... See more keywords
Human ecology of sacred space: Church forests in the highlands of northwestern Ethiopia
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DOI: 10.1017/s0376892917000534
Abstract: SUMMARY In the highlands of northwestern Ethiopia, Orthodox Christian churches provide habitats for plants that have become rare in the surrounding agricultural landscapes. The objective of this paper is to investigate why and how the… read more here.
Keywords: highlands northwestern; northwestern ethiopia; human ecology; church forests ... See more keywords
Ethiopian church forests: a socio-religious conservation model under change
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DOI: 10.1080/17531055.2018.1519659
Abstract: ABSTRACT For centuries, the core religious values of Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church communities have ensured the protection of church forests. Despite this strong and longstanding tradition, however, communities are now facing a host of new… read more here.
Keywords: socio religious; ethiopian church; church forests; church ... See more keywords