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Table 2 LULC transformation/dynamics within the last 30 years

From: Evaluating ecosystems services values due to land use transformation in the Gojeb watershed, Southwest Ethiopia

Major Land use cover types

1986

2016

Change between 1986 and 2016)

Area (ha)

%

Area (ha)

%

ha

%

Annual change rate (ha)

Bareland

14.5

0.002

1412

0.2

1397

0.2

47

Cropland

150,144

21.4

258,394

36.8

108,251

15.4

3608

Grassland

23,149

3.3

22,518

3.2

− 631

− 0.1

− 21

Forest

423,055

60.3

317,308

45.23

− 105,747

− 15.1

− 3525

Plantation

969

0.14

4670

0.67

3701

0.5

123

Settlement

161

0.023

383

0.06

223

0.03

7.5

Shrub

20,491

2.9

51,011

7.3

30,520

4.4

1017

Swamp

971

0.12

822

− 0.14

− 149

− 0.02

5.1

Woodland

82,791

11.8

44,929

6.4

− 37,862

− 5.4

− 1262

Total

701,595

100

701,595

100

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-

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