Ermias Lulekal

TL;DR: Documenting the eroding plants and associated indigenous knowledge can be used as a basis for developing management plans for conservation and sustainable use of medicinal plants in the area.

TL;DR: An ethnobotanical study on veterinary medicinal plants of Bale Mountains National Park and adjacent areas was conducted from July 2003 to June 2004, finding that Indigenous knowledge was mostly transferred to an elect of a family member in word of mouth indicating that it was prone to fragmentation or loss.

TL;DR: Most medicinal plant species reported in this study were found to be under threat and this calls for urgent conservation measures so as to maximize the sustainable use of these vital resources in the study area.

TL;DR: Current and emerging scientific approaches are presented, to uncover and preserve nature-based health solutions for the future, through harmonization with biodiversity conservation strategies.

TL;DR: The population structure showed that there is a need for conservation priority of species with poor regeneration in the Mana Angetu Forest, and the presence of natural and anthropogenic factors affecting the forest causes concerns for its conservation and sustainable utilization.