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- Title
A Stakeholder’s participation process to combat water hyacinth in Ethiopia: Saving Lake Tana, the source of Blue Nile.
- Authors
ZIKARGA, M. H.
- Abstract
The purpose of this research is to analyse how the public, media, government, donors, partners, non-governmental organisations, and civil society, in particular or the stakeholders in general, have participated in the campaign of fighting water hyacinth in Lake Tana. The stakeholders such as researchers, journalists, individuals, youth and practitioners of the environment have begun promoting the problem in different media, concerts, workshops, conferences, and meetings. The major reason is that the length of shoreline infested by the weed has increased alarmingly. Specifically, water hyacinth expansion in Lake Tana is becoming worse. This is the major source of the loss of biodiversity in the lake. However, the multifaceted efforts to save Lake Tana are the highest endeavour to protect against the invasive water hyacinth. Based on the empirical data, the findings show that most of the campaigns are not based on strategic participatory planning. Above all, stakeholders’ participation has not been well institutionalised in Ethiopia. Thus, the stakeholders’ role in environmental management is limited. The efforts are not well planned and sustained. The identification of the water hyacinth problem was delayed. Consequently, minimal attention was given by the stakeholders.
- Subjects
ETHIOPIA; WATER hyacinth; ADAPTIVE natural resource management; NONGOVERNMENTAL organizations; LAKES; PARTICIPATION; CIVIL society; ENVIRONMENTAL degradation
- Publication
NAWA Journal of Language & Communication, 2018, Vol 12, Issue 2, p50
- ISSN
1993-3835
- Publication type
Article