Mammal Diversity and Rural Housing Developments: Studying Impacts of Human Population Growth in SW Ethiopia.

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The impacts of human population growth, consumption and expansion of cities and rural dwellings affect biodiversity worldwide. However, often the biodiversity and rural impacts of local population growth have only been considered in the Global North. In the context that half of projected population growth by 2050 is expected to occur in Sub-Saharan Africa, and in considering that much of this growth will be in rural settings, the effects on rural ecosystems are a topic area that requires more research (UN, 2019). Therefore, Rodrigues et al. (2021) explored these impacts in biodiversity-rich areas undergoing rural population growth in southwestern Ethiopia.

The mantled guereza, also known as the Eastern black-and-white colobus, as photographed by a remotely-triggered camera trap (Rodrigues et al. 2021).

The chosen study area covered 3800km² of moist evergreen forest and coffee production areas in the Jimma zone of Oromia, which the authors chose due to the…

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