Das Projekt "Adaptive management of communal grazing land in Amahara region, Ethiopia" wird/wurde ausgeführt durch: Universität für Bodenkultur Wien, Institut für Agrar- und Forstökonomie.Ethiopia has seen substantial political changes in the last 40 years: The fall of the imperial regime in 1974 was followed by a Marxist regime, which was overthrown in 1991 and the government since have followed a marked-based approach. The central research question is how the institutions governing access to - and the use of - communal grazing land were adapted in the course of these 40 years. What mechanisms allowed for adaptation of the rules and norms guiding the use of communal grazing land? How did the community manage to be responsive to the changes both within the community (e.g. demographic change, resettlement programmes) and outside the community (e.g. policy, markets, drought) In other words: what allowed some communities to strengthen both their shock resilience and their adaptive resilience? Particular attention will be put on understanding how gender issues influenced the adaptation process.