Table 4 LULC changes between 1984 and 2016 in Gudo Beret watershed
LULC | Area cover (ha) | Change between periods | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1984 | 2004 | 2016 | 1984–2004 | 2004–2016 | 1984–2016 | ||||
ha | % | ha | % | ha | % | ||||
Plantation | 79.7 | 3.3 | 369.3 | 15.0 | 379.4 | 16.0 | 289.5 | 10.2 | 299.7 |
Bushland | 323.9 | 13.3 | 280.9 | 12.0 | 259.2 | 11.0 | − 43.0 | − 21.7 | − 64.7 |
Cropland | 1129.0 | 46.6 | 1424.0 | 59.0 | 1310.1 | 54.0 | 295.0 | − 113.9 | 181.2 |
Grazing land | 892.6 | 36.8 | 318.7 | 13.0 | 426.5 | 18.0 | − 573.9 | 107.8 | − 466.1 |
Rock | – | – | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.9 |
Settlement | – | – | 32.1 | 1.3 | 49.1 | 2.0 | 32.1 | 17.0 | 49.1 |
Total | 2425.2 | – | 2425.3 | 2425.2 | |||||