Abstract
The integration of economic development and environmental management has become a major concern for society, businesses and governments, especially during the past century. A desk review was carried out to examine the various forest resource management systems used in Ethiopia over the past half century. Forest resources in Ethiopia have been managed with different intentions and motivations at different times; these management systems can be broadly categorized by prominent resource management paradigms, like frontiers economics, deep ecology, environmental protection, resource management, and eco-development. Three main forest development periods are identified: pre-derge environmental protection, derge regime environmental protection and frontiers economics, and post-derge resource management and environmental protection. We suggest that for long-term sustainable forest management to succeed, a combination of resource management and eco-development paradigms should be promoted. Key words: Ethiopia, natural resource, natural resource management paradigm, forest, forest degradation.
Highlights
Economic development takes place in the environment using resources so that the environment is the natural resource base that sustains all life including human life (Dessalegn, 2001; Barrow, 2005)
The subject of environmental management and its integration with development has become a major concern for people, businesses and governments of the world especially after the United Nations (UN) conference on environment and development held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (1992)
According to Ethiopian news agency (July 14, 2010) by referencing the ministry of agriculture and rural development, it was confirmed that the forest coverage of Ethiopia has increased from 3% in 2000 to 9% due to the afforestation campaign launched all over the country in the last ten years
Summary
College of Development Studies, Ababa University, Ethiopia. The integration of economic development and environmental management has become a major concern for society, businesses and governments, especially during the past century. A desk review was carried out to examine the various forest resource management systems used in Ethiopia over the past half century. Forest resources in Ethiopia have been managed with different intentions and motivations at different times; these management systems can be broadly categorized by prominent resource management paradigms, like frontiers economics, deep ecology, environmental protection, resource management, and eco-development. Three main forest development periods are identified: pre-derge environmental protection, derge regime environmental protection and frontiers economics, and postderge resource management and environmental protection. We suggest that for long-term sustainable forest management to succeed, a combination of resource management and eco-development paradigms should be promoted
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