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

Environmental Systems Research

Table 4 Extents (in km² and %) of land use-land cover types in the buffer zone of the CCNP in each year studied

No	Land cover type	1985	%	1991	%	2000	%	2010	%	2020	%
1	Agricultural land	25.62	2.33	57.32	5.20	60.43	5.48	100.33	9.10	200.04	18.14
2	Forest	144.75	13.14	115.7	10.49	151.07	13.70	121.87	11.05	108.78	9.86
3	Water	13.42	1.22	6.5	0.59	9.09	0.82	2.74	0.25	7.52	0.68
4	Woodland	208.27	18.90	271.1	24.58	281.54	25.53	304.67	27.63	322.74	29.27
5	Wooded Grassland	295.62	26.83	394.21	35.74	494.39	44.83	370.05	33.56	280.21	25.41
6	Grassland	415.02	37.58	258.05	23.40	106.2	9.63	203.04	18.41	183.42	16.63
	Total	1102.70	100.00	1102.88	100.00	1102.72	100.00	1102.70	100.00	1102.71	100.00