Plantation forest
This habitat type is dominated by plantations of Juniperus procera with intermixed grass and shrub species in understory vegetation. In this habitat type grass species consumed by the galdas such as Andropogone abyssinicus and Sporobolus pyramidalisare found sparsely. Its altitude ranges from 2902 to 2969 m asl. The habitat is locally called “Chichet”. In this habitat, human disturbance is intense due to increased availability of logging trees such as Juniperus procera and availability of the mineral Opal (Rondeau et al. 2010). There was an illegal cutting of trees such asJuniperus procera by the local communities for household consumption and for sell in the local market. The local community also constantly destructs the rocky cliff refugees of the gelada in search of the mineral Opal in the rock cracks (DWANRDO, 2016).