Abstract:
Environmental resources are the foundation of social and economic development as they are the
sources of goods and services needed for economic growth and development. Mutually
supportive relationship between communities and nearby protected area is critical to the longterm success of conservation efforts and hence improve livelihoods of the local community,
which is sensitive to environment. With aim to investigate the relation between the local
livelihoods the Alitash National Park, cross-sectional study was conducted using both
quantitative and qualitative approach. Wide range of methods and techniques were used to
explore the required data. Based on primary and secondary data generated from household
survey, focus group discussions, interview and observations the natural assets such as land,
grazing and different forest products are emanated from Alitash National Park benefiting and
shaping the livelihoods strategies of the local community in different ways.
