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Forest Based Economy and Climate Change Mitigation: a Case Study of Buko Odo Bulu Controlled Hunting Area Forest, Goba Woreda, South East Ethiopia

Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Forest ecosystems have long been acknowledged for the multiple benefits they provide at global as well as local levels. Nature provides goods and services that contribute to improving a good quality of life and human well-being. Forests are known to play an important role in regulating the global climate. Therefore, it serves as natural sink of CO2 to mitigate climate change. This study was conducted on Buko Odo bulu controlled hunting area forest, with the objectives of examining forest based economy and its contribution in mitigating climate change. In light of this data collection method, forest economy was collected from each household sampled through a semi-structured questionnaire, primary data collection was done by field inventory, and secondary data was collected from different sources. In order to collect vegetation data, particularly above-ground biomass (AGB), and a total of 42 plots with a size of 20 m x 20 m were used. For litter and soil sample collection, five sub quadrants (1 m x 1 m) were established at the four corners and center of every quadrant. The composite method was also used for litter and soil sampling. A descriptive statistical test was used to analyze variables of the economy. Data analysis of various carbon pools measured in the forests was done on the Microsoft Excel 2010 sheet used to manipulate all the data. From forest inventory data, the aboveground biomass carbon stock was estimated using allometric equations. Data were analyzed by STATA software, and those data were tested in the form of mean, standard deviation, and others. The result shows that forest in the study area is the main source of income, especially for lower-income households. The survey result revealed that households in the study area used forests for different purposes. From the households sampled 32.88 and 32.43 percent used forest for animal feed and firewood in the study area respectively. The result revealed that mean above ground biomass and carbon stock stored in tree species were 187.53± 527.68 and 88.14± 247.97 t/ha, respectively; mean below ground biomass and carbon stock stored in tree species were 48.75 ± 137.178 and 22.92±64.47 t/ha, respectively; and litter carbon stock and soil carbon stock were 9.2 t/ha and 434.4 t/ha, respectively. Results revealed that the mean carbon stock and potential carbon sequestration were about 336.55 t/ha and 1234.8 CO2eq respectively. Overall, this study may increase knowledge on the contribution of forests to climate change mitigation.2
DOI: 10.20372/nadre:10683
Author: TADESSE DEMISSE
Language: English
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W6963988366
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