This thesis attempted to examine " community participation on eXlstlng participatory naturalrnresource management approaches with a due emphasis on land conservation and rehabilitationrnpractices in Lenche Dima water shed, North East Ethiopia." Out of the total 865 households foundrnin the research site, 120 households were randomly se lected and taken as representative sample sizernof the target population. Similarly, a mixture of both qualitative and quantitative research methodsrnwas used to analyze the data obtained thorough the data collecting instruments (such as householdrnsurvey, key informant interview, focus group di scussion, and field observation) used in the study.rnThat is, in order to see the relationship between depend