Urban Households’ Willingness to Pay to Improve Municipal Solid Waste Collection Services and Associated Factors: A Double-Bounded Contingent Valuation Study in Harar City, Ethiopia

Autor: Haileyesus Girma, Abraham Geremew, Molla Alemayehu, Gutema Mulatu, Mesfin Gebrehiwot, Bart Defloor

Publikováno v: Environmental Health Insights, Vol 16 (2022)

Municipal solid waste collection (MSWC) service financing is a challenge for governments in developing countries, with little or no contribution from the service users. In most Ethiopian cities, residents do not pay for MSWC. This study aims to estim

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Participatory management of weed infestation in Lake Tana - setting a better future in the front mirror

Autor: Birhanu Sewunet, Haileyesus Girma, Sisay Abebe Debela, Amana Ogeto Luke, Mesfin Gebrehiwot

Publikováno v: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, Vol 10 (2022)

Lake Tana is one of the biosphere reserves in Ethiopia registered by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Water hyacinth is expanding in the lake owing to increased nutrient load from the watershed. As effor

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On the use of contingent valuation method to assess factors affecting the contribution of local people for the management of water hyacinth in Lake Tana, northwestern Ethiopia

Autor: Birhanu Sewunet, Adinew Gizeyatu, Mistir Lingerew, Haileyesus Girma, Awoke Keleb, Asmamaw Malede, Metadel Adane, Lebasie Woretaw, Balew Adane, Berihun Mulu, Sisay Abebe Debela, Chala Daba, Mesfin Gebrehiwot

Publikováno v: Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 29:88147-88160

The colonization of freshwater lakes by invasive alien species is increasingly alarming primarily owing to nutrient loads from the watersheds. For the sustainable management of invasive weeds, preventive methods, such as watershed management and sust

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https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-21846-y

Balancing ecosystem integrity and cultural values at sacred Lake Hora, Ethiopia: The need for conservation of wetland vegetation

Autor: Mesfin Gebrehiwot, Berhanu Gebrekidan, Melese Asmare, Demeke Kifle, Metadel Adane, Haileyesus Girma, Ludwig Triest, Iris Stiers

Publikováno v: Lakes & Reservoirs: Science, Policy and Management for Sustainable Use. 27

Although macrophytes represent important habitats for the plankton communities of shallow lakes and ponds, the role of littoral macrophyte patches in deep crater lakes is not well described. The objective of the present study was to investigate the r

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https://doi.org/10.1111/lre.12405

Farmers' willingness to contribute to the restoration of an Ethiopian Rift Valley lake : a contingent valuation study

Autor: Jean Huge, Steven Van Passel, Haileyesus Girma, Mesfin Gebrehiwot

Publikováno v: Environment, development and sustainability
Environment, Development and Sustainability, 23(7), 10646-10665. Springer Netherlands
Girma, H, Hugé, J J A, Gebrehiwot, M & Van Passel, S 2021, ' Farmers’ willingness to contribute to the restoration of an Ethiopian Rift Valley lake : a contingent valuation study ', Environment, Development and Sustainability, vol. 23, no. 7, pp. 10646-10665 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-020-01076-3

Lakes provide considerable social, economic, and ecological benefits. However, lakes are shrinking and the water quality is declining, due to human pressures such as water withdrawal and land use change, particularly in the developing world. Despite

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https://hdl.handle.net/10067/1742710151162165141