Based on the analysis, it seems the Guji societies in the study area are participating in indigenous forest conservation practices, as evidenced by their beliefs, ceremonies, and sayings that promote conservation and maintaining existing forests. The participation level is reported to be 78.6% medium

GUJI’S INDIGENOUS FOREST CONSERVATION PRACTICES: THE
CASE OF DUGDA DAWA DISTRICT, WEST GUJI ZONE, SOUTHERN
ETHIOPIA
ARERI WARE BUSAWA
MSc. THESIS PRESENTATION
MAJOR ADVISOR: ADUGNA BABU (ASSISTANT PROF.)
CO-ADVISOR: NIGUSSE GODANA (MSc.)
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BHU Dep. NRM MSc. Program in Sustainable NRM 2022
MSc. Thesis Presentation By Areri Ware
JUNE, 2022
BULE HORA, ETHIOPIA
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Presentation outline
• INTRODUCTION
o Background of Study, Statement of the problem,
o Objectives, Scope and Limitations of the study, Significance of Study
• MATERIALS AND METHODS
o Description of Study Area, Research Design, Sampling Techniques,
o Sources and Method of Data Collection, and Method of data analysis
• RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS
o Participation of Practicing, Values of Practicing,
o Factors determining to Practicing, and the Challenges faced to Practicing on Guji’s
Indigenous Forest Conservation in the study area
• CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
o Conclusions
o Recommendations
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INTRODUCTION
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Background of Study
• Indigenous knowledge on forest conservation is the
understanding, beliefs, and practices of indigenous people on the
sustainable use of forests gained through the protracted close tie
with their environment (Desalegn, 2013).
• As Guji Oromo believes, it is extrapolated that the trees are
natural vesture that God has grow on the land to cover the nudity
of the earth (Gemeda, 2021).
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Background,…
• Also, the indigenous forest management agreements are
negotiated between the forest department and user groups
(society), rather than larger political or administrative units.
• However, in the study area the useful indigenous knowledge of
forests conservation practices has been reduced due to the
increasing population, Agricultural expansions, cultural
amalgamation, etc.
• So, this study aims to assess Guji’s indigenous forest
conservation practice in the Dugda Dawa District
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Statement of the problem
• Desalegn (2013) state that, for a very long time, from the
Eurocentric approach to the education approach, the indigenous
knowledge has been reduced, and even, little attention was given
to it in formal schooling and modern conservation practices.
• Due to this Tura & Reddy (2015) revealed that, the pressure on
the resource from the human population could intensify and
impose more rapid and more degenerative changes on forest
resources, especially in the West Guji zone.
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Statement,…
• Also, Tura & Reddy suggested that effective management
intervention was needed for future scenarios underline to
increase the quality of forest regeneration and accelerate the
growth of the young plants.
• Therefore, this study was aims to emphasized on assessing the
Guji’s indigenous forest conservation practices in the Dugda
Dawa District
• To explore the effective forest management intervention around
Guji society.
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Objectives
• To assess the participation of Guji society in indigenous forest
Conservation practices in the study area
• To identify the values of Guji’s indigenous forest conservation
practices
• To recognize the determinant factors of Guji’s indigenous forest
conservation practices in the study area
• To identify the challenges associated with the Guji’s indigenous
forest conservation practices
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Scope and Limitations of the study
• Due to the time and budget limitations (Self sponsored)
o Only Dugda Dawa district of West Guji Zone
• Subject matter
o Guji’s indigenous forest conservation practices
 Limitation
danger!!
o 87.9% of expected respondents were considered
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Significance of Study
• It provided information about indigenous forest conservation
mechanisms play among Guji Oromo society
• Use as a reference to the next-generation researcher(s) on
indigenous knowledge and values in forest conservations
• Academic achievement
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MATERIALS AND METHODS
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Description of Study Area
• The study area lies between latitudes 5°53' N and 6°27' N, longitudes 39°15' E
and 40°38' E and 192km far from Addis Ababa to the south.
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• Altitude ranges from 800 to
2300m asl
• Temperature ranged from
20˚c to 25 ˚c
• Rain fall ranged from
350mm to 1100mm

Research Design
• In this study,
o The descriptive and inferential type of research was employed
o The qualitative and quantitative research approaches was
used.
o The cross-sectional survey research design was implemented.
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Sampling Techniques
• 1st Purposive sampling was used to select the Dugda Dawa
District from the West Guji Zone,
• 2nd Purposive sampling was also used to select study kebeles
from the Dugda Dawa District.
• Then, the Simple Random sampling method was used to select
household respondents.
• The Snowball sampling method was also implemented to get
basic information about the history of the indigenous forest
conservation practices in the Guji society.
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Sources and Method of Data Collection
• Primary source of data was collected from:
• Questionnaire survey
• Focus group discussions
• Key Informant Interviews
• Secondary sources of data was collected from published &
unpublished documents.
• Books
• Reports & survey,
• Records & related research papers
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Method of data analysis
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Specific objectives Method of analysis
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To assess the participation of Guji society in
indigenous forest Conservation practices in the
study area
descriptive data
analysis
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To identify the values of Guji’s indigenous forest
conservation practices
descriptive data
analysis
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To recognize the determinant factors of Guji’s
indigenous forest conservation practices in the
study area
inferential statics
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To identify the challenges associated with the Guji’s
indigenous forest conservation practices
descriptive data
analysis
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Cont,…
• The quantitative data were analyzed by using
o mean,
o percentage,
o frequency distribution
• Through SPSS Version 20 and Microsoft Excel 2007
• The qualitative data were analyzed by
o narrative description, and
o interpreted on spot.
• Binary Logit Regression model was used.
o The Normality test and Multicollinearity test were undergone
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Statistical Assumptions of Models
• Data Normality test: Both Kolmogorov-Smirnov, and Shapiro-Wilk tests
are significant.
• The skewness and kurtosis was lays
Symmetrically between +3 to -3
• Therefore, the data are collected from
Normally distributed populations.
• Multicollinearity test: All VIF ≈ 1, means there is no correlation between
a given predictor variable and any other predictor variables in the model.
• Therefore, Multicollinearity is not a problem in the model.
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RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS
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Respondents’ Personal Information
• Gender: the ratio 73.7% and 26.3% of male and female respectively.
• Age: more than 70% of the respondents are found of older age (greater than
40 years)
• Language: all of the respondents speak Afaan Oromoo
• Religion: more than half of the respondents are Waaqeffata
• Education background : due to all things being indigenous-based less
attention was given to educated person.
• Occupation: more of the respondents are farmers
• Distance from the forest : more of the respondents are nearer to forested
area with respective kebeles.
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Participation of Guji society on indigenous forest
Conservation practices
• Yes, they participate.
• They belief, young trees as their children and big trees as their
elders.
• They belief, the trees were birth from God and Earth.
• All Guji’s ceremonies take place under tree.
• Also, they express their participation through,
• “Mukaa fi Haadha jalatti boqatu”
o you relax under the tree and mother.
• “Muka jalatti jilatanu Jala hin ciranu”
o nothing cut under a blessed tree.
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Are the Guji societies participating on indigenous forest conservation practices in the study area?
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Participation,…
• “Muka gaaddisa qabu Jala taa'u"
o you sit under a tree that has a shadow.
• “Lafti muka guddaa hin qabne, biyya nama guddaa hin
qabne"
o big tree is symbolic values of elders.
• Through this, they practicing on indigenous forest conservation
(78.6%, Medium Participations) as representative (n).
• Their indigenous knowledge was mainly focuses on maintaining
the existing forests
• which may not promote the cutting down of aged trees and
replacing them with young ones, a common practice in modern
forestry.
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Values of Guji's Indigenous Forest Conservation
Practice in the study area
• They gate traditional medicines from the forests
• The respondents believe that the local people use traditional
medicines for primary health care due to the belief,
o in their effectiveness,
o the lack of modern medicines and medication
o as well as the poor economic status of the people.
• They gate Socio-Economic Value from the forests
o Making of traditional agricultural materials and home tools
o Exploiting of traditional foods and spices
o Constructing of traditional beehive
o etc
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What are the values of Guji's indigenous forest conservation practices in the study area?
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Values,…
• They get cultural and religious value from the forests
o Pray their God under tree
o Meeting take place under tree
o Marriage ceremony take place under the big tree
• They gate stabilized rain and air condition from the forests
o Suitable environmental air
o Conducive environmental rain condition
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Determinant Factors of Guji’s Indigenous Forest
Conservation Practice
Entered Variable(s) ß St. E Sig. Exp(ß)
95% C. I. for EXP(ß)
Lower Upper
Age .707*** .188 .000 2.028 .341 .712
Gender .012* .344 .048 1.012 .515 1.986
Religions 2.157*** .483 .000 8.649 3.359 22.275
Marital Status -.568 .460 .217 .566 .230 1.396
Education -.264 .213 .216 .768 .506 1.166
Income .495*** .069 .000 23.513 5.742 24.507
Occupation -.637* .256 .013 .530 .220 1.184
Distance from forest -.527* .354 .028 .590 .248 1.015
Total landholding .210 .216 .332 1.234 .807 1.886
Constant 1.400 .607 .021 .247
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What are the factors that determine the Guji's indigenous forest conservation practices in the study area?
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significant positive relationship with
Guji’s indigenous forest
conservation in the study area
significant Negative
relationship with
Guji’s indigenous
forest conservation in
the study area

Determinant Factors,…
Entered Variable(s) ß St. E Sig. Exp(ß)
95% C. I. for EXP(ß)
Lower Upper
Age .707*** .188 .000 2.028 .341 .712
Gender .012* .344 .048 1.012 .515 1.986
Religions 2.157*** .483 .000 8.649 3.359 22.275
Marital Status -.568 .460 .217 .566 .230 1.396
Education -.264 .213 .216 .768 .506 1.166
Income .495*** .069 .000 23.513 5.742 24.507
Occupation -.637* .256 .013 .530 .220 1.184
Distance from forest -.527* .354 .028 .590 .248 1.015
Total landholding .210 .216 .332 1.234 .807 1.886
Constant 1.400 .607 .021 .247
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Determinant Factors,…
• Generally, the ages, gender, religion, income, occupation, and
distance from the forest to resident of respondent were determine
either participation or not participation on Guji's indigenous
forest conservation in the study area.
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The Challenges Associated With Guji’s
Indigenous Forest Conservation Practice
• Increasing of population
• Agricultural expansion
• Woody production
(timber & charcoal)
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What are the challenges that faced Guji’s indigenous forest conservation practices in the study area?
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The Challenges,…
• Generally, there are may the challenges faced Guji’s indigenous
forest conservation practice
o Religions diversification
o Cultural amalgamation
o Education and technology
o Lack of documentation (oral transmission)
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CONCLUSIONS
AND
RECOMMENDATIONS
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Conclusions
• Overall objective of this study was achieved by assessing the
o Participation on Practicing,
o Values of Practicing,
o Factors determining to Practicing, and
o the Challenges faced to Practicing
o on Guji’s Indigenous Forest Conservation in the study area
• Generally, in this study as analytical points of view,
o Guji society practicing on indigenous forest conservation by the rate of
78.6%, in Medium Participations as representative samples of study
populations.
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Conclusions,…
• The Values of Guji’s Indigenous Forest Conservation Practicing are,
o It able Guji society to participate on Forest Conservation Practice without
external assistant,
o Traditional believe and use of tree that able Guji society to participate on
Forest Conservation Practice .
• Also, the ages, gender, religion, income, occupation, and distance from
the forest to resident of respondent were determine either participation
or not participation on Guji's indigenous forest conservation in the
study area
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Conclusions,…
• However, some challenges like:
o Religions diversification
o Cultural amalgamation
o Education and technology
o Lack of documentation (oral transmission)
• Are faced Guji’s indigenous forest conservation practice in the
study area.
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Recommendations
Based on the findings of the study, the following
recommendations have been made.
• Better to facilitate the minimum energy consumption machine
for the people
• It is possible to discuss with the young about indigenous forest
conservation in the study area
• The local forest officer must pay attention to the indigenous
knowledge of elders in forest management
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Recommendations,…
• The traditional community leaders must have been empowered on
forest management and integrated with the forest agency of the
kebele administration.
• It is also better to increase female participation on indigenous
forest conservation practices by changing and modernizing attitude
of Guji society toward the female.
• Also, more basic and applied research have to employed to
encourage the influences of the political system on indigenous
forest conservation in the Guji society.
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