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Natural Resources and Conservation Vol. 6(2), pp. 34 - 43
DOI: 10.13189/nrc.2018.060202
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Review of Common Resources in Ethiopia: Status, Challenges and Management
Galgalo Dika *
Development Studies (Environment and Development), Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
ABSTRACT
This paper presents the conditions, management and challenges of common resources in Ethiopia. Robust reviews of relevant articles, policy papers at the national and international level, proceeding conference paper and seminar works were made. As commons are free to all, its conditions are expressed by saying "resource to all is resource to none" and therefore continued overuse puts common in tragedy. In the previous regime, common property right was characterized by complex and intricate systems in Ethiopia. Under current government land is property of government and Ethiopian people. Common resources in Ethiopia have been managed by different formal and indigenous institutions. In different parts of the country, local community have indigenous institutions in management of grazing land, common forest area and water resources that have stayed with them for many centuries. In addition, formal institutions in management of commons are also playing pivotal roles. The main challenges to common resources are absence of sense of belongingness and indigenous institutions in management of commons per se have been highly marginalized by different external factors. Thus, in order for common resource to be managed sustainably indigenous institutions for management of commons have to be encouraged.
KEYWORDS
Common Resource, Tragedy of Commons, Common Resource Management, Common Property Right, Ethiopia
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(a). IEEE Format:
[1] Galgalo Dika , "Review of Common Resources in Ethiopia: Status, Challenges and Management," Natural Resources and Conservation, Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 34 - 43, 2018. DOI: 10.13189/nrc.2018.060202.
(b). APA Format:
Galgalo Dika (2018). Review of Common Resources in Ethiopia: Status, Challenges and Management. Natural Resources and Conservation, 6(2), 34 - 43. DOI: 10.13189/nrc.2018.060202.