A shared Vision for the landscapes of southwestern Ethiopia / Mul’ata waloo teessuma lafa kibba lixa itoophiyaatiif

The natural environment of Jimma zone as well as its social and political systems have changed considerably over the last two or three decades. For instance, from narratives by local elders, religious leaders, and Abba Gadaa, we know that forest cover, types of crops, agricultural practices, the strength of local traditional organizations and social cohesion, gender relations and girls’ education, as well as the political administration all changed in the last decades. These changes in the landscape also led to changes in the livelihoods of local people. Similarly to how these past natural processes and human interventions influenced the present landscape, processes and interventions in the present will shape the future of the landscape.

Haalli uumama naannoo godina Jimmaa akkasumas sirni hawaasummaa fi siyaasaa isaa waggoota kurnan lamaa fi sadan darban keessatti jijjiirama guddaa argisiisaniiru. Fakkeenyaaf, akka yaada jaarsolii naannoo, abbootii amantii fi Abbaa Gadaa irraa argannetti, uwwisni bosonaa, gosootni midhaanii, malli qonnaa, ciminni jaarmiyaalee aadaa naannoo fi walitti dhufeenyi hawaasummaa, hariiroon koorniyaa fi haalli barnoota shamarranii, akkasumas haalli bulchiinsi siyaasaa hundi waggoota kurnan darban keessatti jijjiiramaniiru. Jijjiiramni haala teessuma lafaa keessatti uumaman kunniin haala jireenya namoota naannoo irrattis jijjiirama fideera. Haaluma walfakkaatuun adeemsi uumamaan naannoo jijjiiraa turanii fi dhiibban dhala namaa kanaan dura ture haalota teessuma lafaa keessa amma jiru kana uume, adeemsi fi dhiibban amma jirummoo haalota teessuma lafaa kan gara fuulduraa uumuu danda`a.