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Table 1 The land use-land cover types of each year (in km2 and %) of within the park areas of the CCNP

From: Land use land cover change in and around Chebera Churchura National Park, Southwestern Ethiopia: implications for management effectiveness

Land cover type

1985

%

1991

%

2000

%

2010

%

2020

%

Agricultural land

5.99

0.46

20.23

1.55

17.6

1.35

23.52

1.81

33.91

2.60

Forest

227.52

17.47

185.85

14.27

234.19

17.98

243.34

18.69

252.8

19.42

Water

14.68

1.13

9.01

0.69

15.36

1.18

6.8

0.52

8.28

0.64

Woodland

160.35

12.32

265.18

20.37

302.32

23.22

362.41

27.83

462.89

35.55

Wooded Grassland

415.42

31.90

594.29

45.64

625.18

48.01

516.22

39.65

389.9

29.94

Grassland

478.1

36.72

227.49

17.47

107.4

8.26

149.77

11.50

154.29

11.85

Total

1302.06

100.00

1302.05

100.00

1302.05

100.00

1302.06

100.00

1302.07

100.00