Local people’s knowledge on the adverse impacts and their attitudes towards growing Eucalyptus woodlot in Gudo Beret Kebele, Basona Worena district, Ethiopia

作     者：Solomon Ayele Tadesse Solomon Mulu Tafere 

作者机构：Department of Natural Resources ManagementCollege of Agriculture and Natural Resource SciencesDebre Berhan UniversityP.O.Box 445Debre BerhanEthiopia Department of ForestryCollege of AgricultureWollo UniversityP.O.Box 1145DessieEthiopia 

出 版 物：《Ecological Processes》 (生态过程（英文）)

年 卷 期：2017年第6卷第1期

页      面：381-393页

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学科分类：0202[经济学-应用经济学] 02[经济学] 020205[经济学-产业经济学] 

基　　金：Debre Berhan University 

主　　题：Adverse impacts Binary logit regression Cognitive variables Eucalyptus Fuelwood Local communities Multiple linear regression Rural households Socioeconomic variables Woodlot 

摘      要：Introduction:Growing Eucalyptus at a farm level in the form of woodlot has become popular among rural households in *** example,rural households mainly establish Eucalyptus woodlot as a component of livelihood improvement and diversification to meet household wood demand and generating cash ***,there is lack of information on the growth parmeters of Eucalyptus woodlot and the factors influencing the household decision on their establishment at the individual farmland *** objective of this study was to examine local people’s knowledge on the adverse impacts and their attitudes towards growing Eucalyptus woodlot in Gudo Beret *** hypothesized that local people’s knowledge on the adverse impacts and their attitudes towards growing Eucalyptus woodlot in Gudo Beret Kebele is affected by socioeconomic and cognitive ***:A structured questionnaire comprising closed-and open-ended questions was developed and administered to a total of n=94 households to collect information on local people’s knowledge on the adverse impacts and their attitudes towards growing Eucalyptus *** households were randomly selected through a lottery system based on their house identification *** statistics,binary logit,and multiple linear regression were used to analyze and interpret the ***:The results revealed that about 92%of the respondents noted that growing Eucalyptus woodlot had positive impacts on the socioeconomic situation of the community considering that it contributes to economic benefits through the sale of wood products,such as poles,construction materials,and ***,only 8%of the respondents noted that the negative impacts of Eucalyptus woodlot were attributed to the decline in crop and forage production due to its allelopatic effect,and the reduction in ground water *** of the respondents(about 68%)preferred to grow Eucalyptus woodlot in Gudo Beret ***,most of the respon