Human–forest interaction of useful plants in the Wof Ayzurish Forest, North Showa Zone, Ethiopia: cultural significance index, conservation, and threats

Table 1 Demographic characteristic of the informants and description of subkebeles

Subkebeles	GPS Coordinate Points			Ecology	Total number of HH	Total number of interviewees	Gender		Age			Education
Subkebeles	Latitude	Longitude	Elevation (m)	Ecology	Total number of HH	Total number of interviewees	M	F	YA	MA	OA	Li	Il
Woyne_Wuha	9°49′24″	39°49′37″	2041	SuT	112	20	16	4	4	13	8	5%	30%
Mosebit	9°50′07″	39°50′01″	2058	SuT	143	25	17	8	7	10	9	8%	17%
Many_Amba	9°50′12″	39°50′59″	2003	SuT	299	30	20	9	8	17	3	6%	12%
Jana_Amorie	9°48′53″	39°50′22″	2097	SuT	276	25	21	5	5	10	5	9%	13%
Total					830	100	74	26	24	51	25	28%	72%

Household, HH; Ecology (Subtropical, SuT); Gender (Male, M and Female, F); Education (Literate, Li denotes interviewees who can write and read and Illiterate, Il); and Age categories include young, middle, and old age, YA (19–39 years) MA (40–59), and OA (> 60 years). Regarding ethnicity, language, and religion, all interviewees belong to the Amhara ethnic group and speak the Amharic language and all are Christian. With respect to occupation, 96% were engaged in farming, while the remaining were forest rangers and herdsmen

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