Biodiversity conservation in ancient church and monastery yards in Ethiopia
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Sacred groves
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Woody
Plant Ecology
In the Ethiopian Highlands little natural forest vegetation remains. Islands of woodland vegetation persist around church and monastery yards. These usually occur on the top of hills and are readily observed from a distance. Even recently established churches must have trees on their grounds and these are usually dominated by exotics.
Illustrated accounts for 38 sites throughout Ethiopia have been
produced. Details of plant voucher specimens
are also available.
Details about this project was funded by the Darwin
Initiative for the Survival of Species of the U.K.
Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) and the papers of the introductory 2002 workshop
are available as a .rtf file:
Proceedings
of the workshop on the Biodiversity conservation in
ancient church and monastery yards in Ethiopia. University of
Wales and Ethiopian Wildlife and Natural History Society, Addis
Ababa.
The research is carried out by:
The School of
Agricultural and Forest Sciences, University of Wales,
Bangor (U.K.)
in partnership with:
- Ethiopian
Wildlife and Natural History Society (Ethiopia)
- Alliance of Religions
and Conservation (ARC)
This project
was funded by
the Darwin Initiative