期刊名称：The Journal of Sustainable Development in Africa (JSDA)
电子版ISSN：1520-5509
出版年度：2018
卷号：20
期号：1
页码：108-126
出版社：Institute of Sustainable Development in Africa
摘要：Natural ecosystems have severely degraded owing to the continuous land use/land cover (LULC) changes in Ethiopia. This
study was conducted to assess community perception about the impact of land cover change on biodiversity and ecosystem
services in Abay-Chomen District, Ethiopia. A two-period (1973 & 2016) satellite images analysis and field survey was
employed to collect data. GIS was used to analyze land use/land cover changes. The study revealed that natural ecosystems
such as forest, woodland and grassland have declined by 22 percent during the study period. Ecosystem degradation
including biodiversity loss is the most serious threat to sustainable development in the area. It is recommended that
rehabilitation of degraded lands and conservation of remnant natural ecosystems should be embarked up on in order to
enhance sustainable development.
