Household livelihoods and increasing foreign investment pressure in Ethiopia’s natural forests
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Date
2011
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Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape
Abstract
Foreign investment in Ethiopia’s forestry sector is currently limited, but agricultural investments
that affect forests — largely through forest clearing — are commonplace. We describe the nature
of forest investments and outline the challenges and opportunities associated with implementing
them. Given the key role forests play in rural livelihoods, new tenure arrangements will have
significant implications for communities located at the forest–farm interface. We use evidence
from a case study in the Arsi Forest area of Oromia Regional State to examine historic and
contemporary forest benefit distributions and investigate the potential for conflict over competing
forest access claims associated with new investments.
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Ethiopia, Foreign agricultural investment, Forestry, Livelihoods, Land tenure
Citation
Guillozet, K., Bliss, J. C. (2011). ‘Household livelihoods and increasing foreign investment pressure in Ethiopia’s natural forests’, LDPI Working Paper 3. PLAAS, UWC: Cape Town.