Natural resource degradation tendencies in Ethiopia: a review

SB Wassie - Environmental systems research, 2020 - Springer
Background Ethiopia is gifted with abundant natural resources of adequate landmass, fertile
soil, favorable climate, water, wildlife, and others. Many of its resources are not properly …

Enset in Ethiopia: a poorly characterized but resilient starch staple

JS Borrell, MK Biswas, M Goodwin, G Blomme… - Annals of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background Enset (Ensete ventricosum, Musaceae) is an African crop that currently
provides the staple food for approx. 20 million Ethiopians. Whilst wild enset grows over …

The impact of land use/land cover change on ecosystem services in the central highlands of Ethiopia

T Tolessa, F Senbeta, M Kidane - Ecosystem services, 2017 - Elsevier
Ecosystems provide a wide range of services that are important for human-well being.
Estimating the multiple services obtained from ecosystems is vital to support decision …

Modeling the hydrological impacts of land use/land cover changes in the Andassa watershed, Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia

T Gashaw, T Tulu, M Argaw, AW Worqlul - Science of the Total Environment, 2018 - Elsevier
Understanding the hydrological response of a watershed to land use/land cover (LULC)
changes is imperative for water resources management planning. The objective of this study …

Exploring land use/land cover changes, drivers and their implications in contrasting agro-ecological environments of Ethiopia

ML Berihun, A Tsunekawa, N Haregeweyn… - Land use policy, 2019 - Elsevier
This study examined the trends, driving factors, and implications of land use/land cover
(LULC) dynamics over the past 35 years (1982–2017) in three watersheds of the drought …

Changes of ecosystem service values in response to land use/land cover dynamics in Munessa–Shashemene landscape of the Ethiopian highlands

M Kindu, T Schneider, D Teketay, T Knoke - Science of the Total …, 2016 - Elsevier
Land use/land cover (LULC) dynamics alter ecosystem services values (ESVs), yet
quantitative evaluations of changes in ESVs are seldom attempted. Using Munessa …

Evaluation and prediction of land use/land cover changes in the Andassa watershed, Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia

T Gashaw, T Tulu, M Argaw, AW Worqlul - Environmental Systems …, 2017 - Springer
Background Land use/land cover (LU/LC) change is the challenging and continuous drivers
of environment change. Understanding the rate and process of change is, therefore, basic …

Land use/land cover change analysis using object-based classification approach in Munessa-Shashemene landscape of the Ethiopian highlands

M Kindu, T Schneider, D Teketay, T Knoke - Remote sensing, 2013 - mdpi.com
The objective of this study was to analyze land use/land cover (LULC) changes in the
landscape of Munessa-Shashemene area of the Ethiopian highlands over a period of 39 …

Hydrological responses to land use/land cover change and climate variability in contrasting agro-ecological environments of the Upper Blue Nile basin, Ethiopia

ML Berihun, A Tsunekawa, N Haregeweyn… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Land use/land cover (LULC) change and climate variability are two major factors controlling
hydrological responses. The present study analyzed the separate and combined effects of …

Land use and land cover dynamics and drivers in the Muga watershed, Upper Blue Nile basin, Ethiopia

T Belay, DA Mengistu - Remote Sensing Applications: Society and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Land use/land cover change causes unprecedented changes on the surrounding
environment at different spatial and temporal scales. Muga watershed of Upper Blue Nile …