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Table 7 Priority ranking of threats against the WEP in the study districts

From: Consumption of wild edible plants in the Kofale and Heban-Arsi districts, West Arsi Zone, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia

Factors

Informants

Total

Rank

I1

I2

I3

I4

I5

I6

I7

I8

I9

I10

Agricultural land expansion

5

4

3

5

3

2

5

3

4

5

39

1

Unsustainable use/overharvesting

3

3

4

2

2

1

2

1

2

2

22

3

Climate change

2

4

2

3

1

4

1

1

1

2

21

4

Introduction of invasive plants

2

2

1

1

2

2

1

1

1

2

15

6

Fuel wood collection

4

5

3

2

4

2

4

3

3

3

33

2

Overgrazing

1

2

1

2

1

1

1

5

1

2

17

5

  1. I1–I10 = informers 1 to 10 used on their degree of destructive effects/values of 1–5 that were given: 1 is the least destructive threat and 5 is the most destructive threat
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Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

ISSN: 1746-4269

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