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Table 3 Effect of changes in land-use/land-cover (LULC) on the total ecosystem service value (ESV; US$ [thousands], %) in Guder, Aba Gerima, and Debatie watersheds, Ethiopia. LULC abbreviations as defined in Table TS2

From: Changes in ecosystem service values strongly influenced by human activities in contrasting agro-ecological environments

Watershed

LULC classa

1982

2005/06

2011/12

2016/17

ESV

(%)

ESV

(%)

ESV

(%)

ESV

(%)

Guder

BL

16.1

8.4

14.8

11.2

12.9

9.5

8.2

4.0

CL

18.8

9.8

38.9

29.6

39.9

29.4

23.9

11.8

FL

138.5

72.0

45.6

34.6

44.1

32.5

41.6

20.6

GL

19.0

9.9

16.9

12.8

15.6

11.5

13.8

6.8

PL

0.0

0.0

15.6

11.8

23.0

17.0

114.9

56.8

ST

–

0.0

–

0.0

–

0.0

–

0.0

Total

192.4

100.0

131.8

100.0

135.5

100.0

202.4

100.0

Aba Gerima

BL

26.6

16.0

16.6

14.7

–

–

13.6

12.6

CL

21.9

13.2

48.8

43.1

–

–

50.2

46.5

FL

105.7

63.7

42.5

37.5

–

–

36.7

33.9

GL

11.7

7.0

4.8

4.2

–

–

4.3

4.0

KC

0.0

0.0

0.5

0.4

–

–

3.3

3.1

ST

–

0.0

–

0.0

–

–

–

0.0

Total

165.8

100.0

113.2

100.0

–

–

108.1

100.0

Debatie

BL

26.5

25.0

16.6

18.1

11.9

15.6

10.9

14.5

CL

3.7

3.5

19.4

21.2

28.6

37.3

30.1

39.8

FL

49.5

46.6

35.9

39.1

18.4

24.0

18.3

24.2

GL

26.3

24.8

19.8

21.6

17.7

23.1

16.2

21.5

ST

–

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Total

106.1

100.0

91.8

100.0

76.5

100.0

75.6

100.0