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The Sheka Forest is a UNESCO designated Biosphere Reserve in south western Ethiopia. The area includes forest, bamboo thickets, wetlands, agricultural land, rural settlements and towns.  It covers a unique biogeographic unit extending from cold and very wet highlands to hot lowland areas. The diverse resident human population is committed to sustainable use of the forests through both the production of wooden items and non-timber forest products. It was declared in 2012 and is administered by SNNP Region Bureau of Agriculture, Sheka Zone Administration, Sheka Zone Department of Agriculture, Masha Woreda Office of Agriculture, Anderacha Woreda Office of Agriculture, Yeski Woreda Office of Agriculture. The reserve covers a core area of 238,750 hectares, with a buffer zone 76,395 hectares and transition areas of 107,100 hectares.

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Sheka Forest

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The Sheka Forest is a UNESCO designated Biosphere Reserve in south western Ethiopia. The area includes forest, bamboo thickets, wetlands, agricultural...

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List of protected areas of Ethiopia

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National Forest Priority Area Sekela Mariam National Forest Priority Area Sele Anderacha National Forest Priority Area Sheka National Forest Priority...

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Forestry in Ethiopia

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Menagesha Forest Mi'am Atali Exclosure, near the village of Mi'am Atali Sesemat Exclosure, near the village of Tahtay Sesemat Sheka Forest Togogwa Exclosure...

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Acanthopale pubescens

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found in the Sheka forest. The plant is used as food for goats. They are also found in another forest of Ethiopia, called the Odobulla forest, the local...

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Acraea ungemachi

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Million Belay; Erens, Jesse (2016). "Express Biodiversity Survey in Sheka Forest Biosphere Reserve, Ethiopia". doi:10.13140/RG.2.2.12677.96486. {{cite...

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List of villages in Kaduna State

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Soro; Ung. Bayi R/Tsiwa; Ung. Kadashi; Ung. Bakin Kasuwa; Ung. Sarki; Ung. Sheka; Ung. Kwankwama; Ung. Sarauni; Ung. Ribisa; Ung. Liman; Ung. Likarbu; Ung...

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World Network of Biosphere Reserves in Africa

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extension 1998) Wadi Allaqi (1993) Kafa(2010) Yayu (2010) Sheka(2012) Lake Tana (2015) Majang Forest (2017) Impassa-Makokou (1983) Bia National Park (1983)...

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Shurali

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Bashkir: Шүрәле, Şürəle) is a forest spirit in Tatar and Bashkir mythology. According to legends, Shurali lives in forests. He has long fingers, a horn...

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Ethiopian horses

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Ethiopia.: 5  The Kafa is a well-conformed and robust breed from the rain-forests of Sheka and Keffa zones of the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples'...

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Ghaznavids

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Belief system: Tengrism and Shamanism Chief gods and goddesses: Kayra and Ülgen Epics and heroes: Ergenekon and Asena Major concepts: Sheka and Grey wolf...

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Khazars

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Peter Benjamin (1994b) [First published 1990]. "The peoples of the Russian forest belt". In Sinor, Denis (ed.). The Cambridge History of Early Inner Asia...

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Pitsen

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Pitsen is a forest creature in the Siberian Tatars' mythology. Pitsen's role is contradictory. It could bring luck, but also troubles, leading humans to...

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Turkic peoples

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During the first century CE, Pomponius Mela refers to the Turcae in the forests north of the Sea of Azov, and Pliny the Elder lists the Tyrcae among the...

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Ethiopia

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but recent research indicates that forest cover is now approximately 11.9% of the area. The country had a 2018 Forest Landscape Integrity Index mean score...

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Seljuk Empire

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Belief system: Tengrism and Shamanism Chief gods and goddesses: Kayra and Ülgen Epics and heroes: Ergenekon and Asena Major concepts: Sheka and Grey wolf...

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Seljuk dynasty

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Belief system: Tengrism and Shamanism Chief gods and goddesses: Kayra and Ülgen Epics and heroes: Ergenekon and Asena Major concepts: Sheka and Grey wolf...

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Taxation in Ethiopia

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Tax Compliance and Its Determinants: Evidence from Kaffa, Bench Maji and Sheka Zones Category B Tax Payers, SNNPR, Ethiopia". Journal of Accounting Finance...

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Ernest Bai Koroma

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Sierra Leone. Archived from the original on 30 August 2012. Tarawalie, Sheka (5 July 2008). "Crawler's Special Written Sometime in Mid-November, 2007"...

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Kivu conflict

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Nyanga people, the "Nduma Defense of Congo" (NDC), also called Maï-Maï Sheka and led by Gédéon Kyungu Mutanga, are accused of attacking Hutus. In North...

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Turkic mythology

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written in Old Turkic alphabet like the Orkhon inscriptions. Archura, an evil forest demon. Qarakorshaq, a hiding animal-like creature that can be scared away...

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Yenisei Kyrgyz

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century BCE to the 13th century CE. The heart of their homeland was the forested Tannu-Ola mountain range (known in ancient times as the Lao or Kogmen mountains)...

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List of villages in Zamfara State

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I/Garkar Dan Komotso; Health Clinic / Durumi Sa'A; Kuka Mai Sheka/Shiyar Kuka Mai Sheka; Gidan Dan Gana/Garkar Dan Gana; Unguwa Maigoro/Unguwa Maigoro;...

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History of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Nyanga people, the "Nduma Defense of Congo" (NDC), also called Maï-Maï Sheka and led by Gédéon Kyungu Mutanga, are accused of attacking Hutus. In North...

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