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Table 9 Presence ranking of threatening factors to TMPs

From: Traditional lore on the healing effects of therapeutic plants used by the local communities around Simien Mountains National Park, northwestern Ethiopia

Threatening factor

Respondents

R1

R2

R3

R4

R5

R6

R7

R8

Total

Rank

Agricultural expansion

4

4

4

5

4

3

4

3

31

2nd

Overgrazing

3

4

5

4

5

5

4

5

35

1st

Fire (intentional)

5

3

3

2

4

3

4

4

28

3rd

Firewood and charcoal

3

4

3

2

3

4

3

2

24

4th

Medicinal

2

2

1

3

1

2

1

2

14

6th

Drought

2

3

1

3

2

3

3

2

19

5th