Effect of Forest Landscape Restoration on Ecosystem Services in Ethiopia: Review for Future Insight
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Date
2023-12
Authors
Hirpa, Giche Yadesa
Letema, Sammy C.
Ming’ate, Felix L.M.
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IJSEI
Abstract
Forests are crucial covering 31% of the Earth’s land surface. Deforestation has
caused damage to these forest landscapes limiting their ability to provide ecosystem
services like provisioning, supporting, regulating, and cultural services. In response
to this degradation issue, the concept of forest landscape restoration was introduced
in 2000. This review aims to provide comprehensive studies of existing literature on
the effect of forest landscape restoration and restoration time on reversing
ecosystem service in Ethiopia. The goal is to inform evidence-based decisionmaking and guide research in this field. The review analyzed 16 studies conducted
from 2011 to 2023 that covered aspects of forest landscape restoration. The findings
indicated that these restorations had an impact on ecosystem services such as
improving soil properties, storing carbon stack, enhancing species diversity,
richness, evenness, and regeneration status, and benefiting community livelihood.
However, the review found that most of the studies were limited to specific regions,
little information on the cultural service, and there were inconsistencies in some
research findings. In general, this study provides significant evidence supporting the
importance of restoration as a viable strategy to rehabilitate degraded forest
landscapes. It also highlights the importance of long-term monitoring and
considering ecological conditions for sustainable restoration efforts in regaining
ecosystem services.
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Keywords
Deforestation, Ecosystem Service, Forest Landscape, Restoration Time
Citation
Hirpa, G. Y., Letema, S. C., & Ming’ate, F. L. (2023). Effect of Forest Landscape Restoration on Ecosystem Services in Ethiopia: Review for Future Insight. Indonesian Journal of Social and Environmental Issues (IJSEI), 4(3), 327-338.