The role and challenges of indigenous conflict resolution mechanism: The case of aboled in Borena , northeast Ethiopia.

This study investigates Abold's role in resolving conflict by using qualitative and survey data. Thematic analysis was applied for the analysis of qualitative data and descriptive statistics were applied to analyze the survey data. It was found that the kin council, the spirit mediumship, and religious leaders are involved in conflict resolution.

Macroinvertebrate assemblages along a gradient of physicochemical characteristics in four riverine wetlands, Upper Blue Nile basin, Northwestern Ethiopia.

This study aims to examine the physicochemical variables that influence macroinvertebrate assemblages in wetlands of the Fetam River watershed. Macroinvertebrates and water quality samples were collected from 20 sampling stations across four wetlands between February and May 2022. Principal component analysis (PCA) was used to elucidate the physicochemical gradients among datasets and canonical correspondence analysis (CCA) was applied to explore the relationship between taxon assemblages and physicochemical variables.

The driving forces of wetland degradation in Bure and Wonberma Woredas, Upper Blue Nile basin, Ethiopia.

Although the land use/land cover (LULC) of inland wetlands has been dynamic over the last 100 years, the extent of their LULC dynamics and its driving forces are poorly understood particularly in Ethiopia. Thus, this study analyzed spatiotemporal dynamics of four (Alefa, Chakun, Denbun, Kotilan) wetlands LULC and its driving forces in the Bure and Wonmbera Woredas, Upper Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia for the period from 1985 to 2020. The Landsat images downloaded from Google Earth Engine were used to analyze the LULC of four wetland watersheds.