Natural Regeneration Practice in Degraded High Lands of Ethiopia Through Area Enclosure

Wondie Mebrat

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Natural Regeneration Practice in Degraded High Lands of Ethiopia Through Area Enclosure

Wondie Mebrat

Published in International Journal of Environmental Protection and Policy (Volume 3, Issue 5)

Received: 17 July 2015 Accepted: 28 July 2015 Published: 6 August 2015

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Abstract

Forest provides livelihoods for millions of people worldwide through provision of different products. However, their diversity and area coverage are highly declined through time due to deforestation, invasive species, expansion of agricultural practice and land degradation. In line of these several interventions have been tried to undertake environmental degradation in Ethiopia. One of these intervention mechanisms is area enclosure, a method by which an area is protected from human and livestock interference. This method of environmental improvement appears to be successful, through applying artificial and natural regeneration methods. This method has indispensible role for rehabilitation of degraded lands, animal conservation, soil development and conservation. This paper is therefore helpful to know the success of conservation activities through enclosure and to design management plans for the future.

Published in	International Journal of Environmental Protection and Policy (Volume 3, Issue 5)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijepp.20150305.11
Page(s)	120-123
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
Copyright	Copyright © The Author(s), 2015. Published by Science Publishing Group

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Enclosure, Land Degradation, Natural Regeneration, Regeneration Methods

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Department of Biology, Adigrat University, Adigrat, Tigray, Ethiopia

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