Major Dominant Invasive Alien Plant Species, Land Uses Types and Their Management Practice in Dedessa, Bedelle and Chora Districts, Buno Bedelle Zone, Southwest Ethiopia

Derebe Terefe Gemechu; Tadele Weldebirhan; Dawit Bekele Gudina

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Major Dominant Invasive Alien Plant Species, Land Uses Types and Their Management Practice in Dedessa, Bedelle and Chora Districts, Buno Bedelle Zone, Southwest Ethiopia

Derebe Terefe Gemechu, Tadele Weldebirhan, Dawit Bekele Gudina

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Invasive alien species have affected every ecosystem type on the planet and are considered as the second greatest global threat to biodiversity, following habitat destruction. Therefore, the objective of this study was to identify the major dominant species, awareness creation local to community, invaded land uses types and management procedure taken to control and reduce invading species in Buno Bedelle zone, Southwest Ethiopia. As stated by, an assessment was accomplished in Buno Bedelle zone, Dedessa, Dedelle and Chora districts, in 41 randomly selected households in twelve distnict Kebeles (the smallest administrative unit in Ethiopia). According to the interview and field observation, the level of invasive alien plant species invasion was very high and the plant was the most dominant on cultivated lands, grazing lands, roadside and non-cultivated land in the study areas. Invasive alien plant species were appear to the study area during road construction cooperatively with sand, stones and agricultural inputs and materials. The great threat and problem were loss of biodiversity and crop production due to high outspread rate, prolific seed production and high rejuvenate capacity of invasive alien plants. The implication of the study candidates regarding the finest method that the local people should use to manage the spread of IAPS, 94% of them indicated that the control of the spread in the future went further research by stakeholder and most of them believed the government, communities and non-governmental organizations should work together in order to control the spread of Invasive alien plant species. Researchers overwhelming need to distinguish and measure the socioeconomic effects and devise proper strategies for cost effective and time efficient management options of invasive alien species.

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DOI	10.11648/j.eeb.20240901.11
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Argemone Ochroleuca, Caesalpinia Decapetala, Cuscuta Campestris, Lantana Camara, Parthenium Hystophorus, Senna Didymobtrya, Invasive alien Plant Species

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Gemechu DT, Weldebirhan T, Gudina DB. Major Dominant Invasive Alien Plant Species, Land Uses Types and Their Management Practice in Dedessa, Bedelle and Chora Districts, Buno Bedelle Zone, Southwest Ethiopia. Ecol Evol Biol. 2024;9(1):1-8. doi: 10.11648/j.eeb.20240901.11

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Gemechu DT, Weldebirhan T, Gudina DB. Major Dominant Invasive Alien Plant Species, Land Uses Types and Their Management Practice in Dedessa, Bedelle and Chora Districts, Buno Bedelle Zone, Southwest Ethiopia. Ecol Evol Biol. 2024;9(1):1-8. doi: 10.11648/j.eeb.20240901.11

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