Natural resource degradation tendencies in Ethiopia: a review

Environmental Systems Research

Table 7 Study reports on deforestation rates in different parts of Ethiopia

Local area under vegetation cover	Study years	Forest cover decline (%)	% change year⁻¹	Source
South Wollo	1958–1986	30.6 & 51*	1.1 & 1.8*	Tekle and Hedlund (2000)
Northwestern Ethiopian Highlands	1957–1995	98.9	2.6	Zeleke and Hurni (2001)
Awassa watershed	1972–2000	82	2.9	Dessie and Kleman (2007)
Northern Afar ranglands	1972–2007	89.9**	2.6	Tsegaye et al. (2010)
Gish Abay watershed	1957–2001	64	1.5	Bewket and Abebe (2013)
Eastern Ethiopia highlands	1985–2011	63.4*	2.4	Meshesha et al. (2014)
Central rift valley area	1973–2014	56.6	1.4	Ariti et al. (2015)
Gumara watershed, Lake Tana basin	1957–2005	85.3 & 91.4*	1.8 & 1.9*	Wubie et al. (2016)
Libokemkem District, South Gonder	1973–2015	82.2	1.9	Demissie et al. (2017)
Andassa watershed, Blue Nile Basin	1985–2015	45	1.6	Gashaw et al. (2017)
Gelda catchment, North Western Ethiopia	1957–2014	83.8	1.5	Hassen and Assen (2017)
South Western Ethiopia	1987–2015	54.4	1.9	Danano et al. (2018)
Muga watershed, Upper Blue Nile basin	1985–2017	21 & 12*	0.7 & 0.4*	Belay and Mengistu (2019)
Central highlands of Ethiopia	1957–2017	37.8	0.6	Deribew and Dalacho (2019)
Komto protected forest East Wollega Zone	1991–2019	37.4	1.3	Negassa et al. (2020)
Lake Ziway watershed	1973–2018	76.4**	1.7	Desta and Fetene (2020)

^* Shrub lands (areas covered with small trees, bushes and shrubs which are less dense than forests)
^** Woodlands (areas covered by woody plants mainly acacia-dominated species)