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Atteh, O.D. (1992) Indigenous Local Knowledge as Key to Local Level Development: Possibilities, Constraints and Planning Issues in the Context of Africa. Iowa State University Research Foundation, Leiden.

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• TITLE: An Assessment of Constraints and Cultural Constructs That Influence the Perception and Utilizing Indigenous Environmental Protection Ethics: The Case of Madda Walabu, Delomana and Ginner

  AUTHORS: Ketema Tafa Biratu

  KEYWORDS: Indigenous, Indigenous Environmental Ethics, Constraints, Cultural Constructs, Bale Oromo

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Social Sciences, Vol.8 No.1, January 8, 2020

  ABSTRACT: The central purpose of this study was to assess constraints and cultural constructs that influence the perception and utilizing indigenous environmental protection Ethics. Previously, much emphasis has not been given to it. Quantitative method was used to achieve the objectives of the study. Relevant information for this research has been gathered from both primary and secondary sources. The data obtained from both primary and secondary sources were organized and analyzed through content analysis. The findings of this study reveal the constraints and cultural constructs that influence the perception and utilizing indigenous environmental protection Ethics with particular emphasis Madda Walabu, Delomana and Ginner. Indigenous environmental protection Ethics had been practiced by the Oromo society for a long time. It had been guiding and regulating the life of the Oromo in relation to other peoples and their environment. The findings further showed the constraints and cultural constructs of perception and utilizing indigenous environmental protection Ethics.