This study examines the roles of forest fragments in providing provisioning services to local communities in two study sites in Ethiopia. Nine Peasant Associations (PAs) from Jibat district and six PAs from Dendi district were purposively selected for Chillimo. A total of 490 household heads in and around the forest boundaries of Jiabt and Chillimo were interviewed to determine the amounts of services they are obtaining from the forests. It was found that firewood, construction material, charcoal and bamboo were the dominant forest provisioning services that the local community obtained from the forests. About 78.9% of the total income from forest provisioning services was derived from firewood followed by charcoal (14.4%); whereas the least is obtained from bamboo. The local communities consume much of the forest products; and sell only limited amounts to the market. The overall income generated from forest provisioning services on an annual basis was found to be 7569.04 birr (US$ 398/yr/HH) from these forest products. Juniperus procera and Prunus africana are woody plant species ranked first in relation to their frequently of uses by community around Chillimo and Jibat. This finding illuminated the need to take into account the significant roles played by forests in sustaining the livelihoods of local communities which was usually neglected in national accounting system and rural development planning.

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零散的森林对当地社区的社会经济利益：以埃塞俄比亚中部高地为例

这项研究考察了埃塞俄比亚两个研究地点的森林碎片在向当地社区提供供应服务中的作用。吉巴特地区的9个农民协会（PA）和丹迪地区的6个农民协会被有意选为Chillimo。采访了Jiabt和Chillimo森林边界内和周围的490个户主，以确定他们从森林中获得的服务数量。发现木柴，建筑材料，木炭和竹子是当地社区从森林中获得的主要森林供应服务。森林供应服务总收入中约78.9％来自薪柴，其次是木炭（14.4％）；而最少的是竹子。当地社区消耗了许多林产品；并且只向市场出售有限的数量。这些林产品每年从森林供应服务中获得的总收入为7569.04比尔（398美元/年/ HH）。刺柏的Procera和非洲臀果木是木本植物排名第一，在有关其经常使用的由社区周围Chillimo和Jibat。这一发现说明，有必要考虑到森林在维持地方社区的生计中所起的重要作用，而这在国民核算体系和农村发展规划中通常被忽略。