Conclusion
Yotyet/Yewezera community forest possesses unique habitat with high
potential of conserving biodiversity. The forest contains diversities of
habitat suitable for variety of flora and associated faunal diversity.
Local people showed good attitudes for mammals and their conservation.
This could be used as an opportunity and asset for the conservation of
this ecosystem and its wildlife resources. An immediate conservation
measures should be in place to retain these mammals with further
detailed study, e.g. an alternative work opportunity should be created
for fuel wood exploiters and charcoal producers to reduce the pressure
from the habitat. Beside this, awareness should be created for the local
people on the effects of forest destruction on the wildlife.
Furthermore, thorough inventory for faunal diversity involving seasonal
based and all vertebrate, and strengthen the forest management will
ensure the sustainability of ecosystem supporting the rich biodiversity
components.