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Journal of Ecology and The Natural Environment Volume 8 Number 5, May 2016 ISSN 2006-9847 ABOUT JENE The Journal of Ecology and the Natural Environment (JENE) (ISSN 2006-9847) is published Monthly (one volume per year) by Academic Journals. Journal of Ecology and the Natural Environment (JENE) provides rapid publication (monthly) of articles in all areas of the subject such as biogeochemical cycles, conservation, paleoecology, plant ecology etc. The Journal welcomes the submission of manuscripts that meet the general criteria of significance and scientific excellence. Papers will be published shortly after acceptance. All articles published in JENE are peer-reviewed. Contact Us Editorial Office: [email protected] Help Desk: [email protected] Website: http://www.academicjournals.org/journal/JENE Submit manuscript online http://ms.academicjournals.me/ Editors Associate Editors Dr. Abd El-Latif Hesham Dr. Marko Sabovljevic Genetics Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut Dept. 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Imran Ahmad Dar Dept. of Industries and Earth Sciences, The Tamil University, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences & Technology Cell, (A Unit of Ministry of Earth Sciences, Govt. of India). S. Jayakumar Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Pondicherry University, Puducherry - 605 014, India Umer Farooq University of Veterinary & Animal Sciences Lahore, Pakistan Journal of Ecology and the Natural Environment Table of Contents: Volume 8 Number 5, May 2016 ARTICLES Assessment of types of damage and causes of human-wildlife conflict in Gera district, south western Ethiopia 49 Leta Gobosho Amaja, Debela Hunde Feyssa and Tariku Mekonnen Gutema Floristic composition and plant community types of Agama Forest, an “Afromontane Forest” in Southwest Ethiopia 55 Admassu Addi, Teshome Soromessa, Ensermu Kelebessa, Abyot Dibaba and Alemayhu Kefyalew Bumpy road to improved mangrove resilience in the Douala Estuary, Cameroon 70 Jean-Hude, E. Moudingo, Gordon, N. Ajonina, Mbarga, A. Bindzi and Bertin N. Tchikangwa Vol. 8(5), pp. 49-54, May 2016 DOI: 10.5897/JENE2015.0543 Article Number: 7D5DFF058230 ISSN 2006-9847 Journal of Ecology and the Natural Environment Copyright © 2016 Author(s) retain the copyright of this article http://www.academicjournals.org/JENE Full Length Research Paper Assessment of types of damage and causes of human-wildlife conflict in Gera district, south western Ethiopia Leta Gobosho Amaja, Debela Hunde Feyssa and Tariku Mekonnen Gutema* College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Jimma University, Ethiopa. Received 17 October, 2015; Accepted February 5, 2016 Human-wildlife conflict (HWC) exists in different forms all over the world and is experienced more in developing countries. The conflict between human and wildlife ranks among the main threats to biodiversity conservation and has become frequent and severe in different parts of Africa. In the author s’ previous study, five species of wildlife were identified as the main crop raiding species in Gera, southwestern Ethiopia. The current study was conducted to assess causes of HWC and types of damage in this area. Data were collected through semi- structured questionnaires, focus group discussion, direct observation and key informant interview. Descriptive statistics was used to analyze the socioeconomic profile of the respondents. One-way ANOVA and Chi-square test were used to analyze causes of HWC. The result showed that 50 and 22% of the respondent reported that the prevalence of HWC is manifested through crop damage and livestock predation, respectively. There was a significant difference between causes of HWC (F=4.2, P=0.000). In this study, habitat disturbance and increase in population of wildlife was the highest and least causes of HWC, respectively. HWC is increasing in both severity and frequency in the study area. Therefore, to minimize the conflict occurring in the whole scope of society in the proper selection of investment site (mainly modern coffee production in the area) is crucial. Furthermore, the wildlife authorities and local institutions are encouraged to address the needs of the local communities or to find the source of alternative livelihood to the society. Key words: Forest disturbance, Human-wild animal’s conflict, crop raiding. INTRODUCTION Human-wildlife conflict (HWC) has existed for as long as wild species are compelled to exploit new human humans and wild animals have shared the same resources to survive (Strum, 2010; Castro and Nielsen, landscapes and resources (Lamarque et al., 2009; 2003; Warner, 2000). HWC results in negative impact on Hoffman, 2011). However, currently, wildlife habitats are people or their resources, and wild animals or fast becoming human-dominated, which means that more their habitat. Though human wildlife conflict exists in both *Corresponding author. E-mail: [email protected]. Author(s) agree that this article remains permanently open access under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 International License 50 J. Ecol. Nat. Environ. developed and developing countries, it is more serious been covered by natural forest in the past, nowadays, it in developing nations (IUCN, 2005; Lamarque et al., has been shrinking in size due to increasing subsistence 2009; Fairet et al., 2012). agriculture and modern coffee production which results in HWC is among the most important threats to the conflict (Hundera, 2007; Quirin, 2005; Strum, 2010). survival of many wildlife species (Madden, 2008; Leta et al. (2015) identified the major wildlife species Johansson, 2002). In Africa and other developing areas involved in the HWC and local management methods in of