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In different parts of Africa in general and Ethiopia in particular, people maintained immense indigenous ecological knowledge and its management often distinctive to them. Forest management is one of the knowledge systems rural communities have accumulated. This presentation is concerned with indigenous knowledge of forest management among the Gedeo people of southern Ethiopia. Specifically, it deals with their livelihood strategies, which mainly considers the healthy circumstances of their forest resource and major factors that enabled them to manage their tree species. Among these, also the congeniality between the festivity of individual’s rite of passage and planting/substituting varieties of tree species in each rite of passage is one of the cultural practices that the Gedeo perform. Then, it deals with challenges they often face with in order to continue maintaining the balance of their biophysical environment. Relevant data were obtained from both primary and secondary sources. Key informant and in-depth interviews, especially with community elders and members; focus group discussions with local residents and observation were data sources obtained from three kebeles (local level administration) of Wenago woreda (district).

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January 26. 2023（Thursday）
17:40～19:10
Room 114 at Research and Lecture Building, Tokyo University of Foreign Language

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African Studies Center, Tokyo University of Foreign Language

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Center for African Area Studies, Kyoto University

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