Table 8 Temporal and spatial land-use dynamics in some catchments of Ethiopia
Study areas | Land-use change | References | |
|---|---|---|---|
Increase | Decrease | ||
Beressa watershed (North Shewa) | Crop and grazing land | Natural vegetation | Aklilu 2006 |
Northern Tigray | Cropland | Grazing land | Hadgu 2008 |
Fogera Woreda (South Gondar) | Cropland | Grazing land | Hussein 2009 |
Lenche Dima (North Wollo) | Shrubs | Cropland and grazing land | Hussein 2009 |
Aba’ala district (Northern Afar) | Cropland | Grassland and woodland | Tsegaye et al. 2010 |
Nonno district (West Shewa) | Cropland | Wood and grasslands | Messay 2011 |
Kebribeyah district | Cropland | Grazing land | Yodit and Fekadu 2014 |
(Somali region) | |||
Mecha Woreda (West Gojam) | Woodlots and pasture | Cropland and vegetation | Eleni et al. 2013 |
Gilgel Gibe watersheds (Rift valley) | Cropland | Grazing and vegetation | Amanuel 2014 |
Banja district, Awi zone | Cropland and settlement | Grazing and vegetation | Abyot et al.2014 |
Infraz watershed, West Gojam | Forest and grassland | Bush and wetlands | Amare 2015 |