Forest cover change over four decades in the Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia: Comparison of three watersheds

Regional Environmental Change

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 253-266

  Gebrehiwot, Solomon Gebreyohannis ^a,b   Bewket, Woldeamlak ^a   Gärdenäs, Annemieke I ^b   Bishop, Kevin ^b,c  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Birr; Deforestation; Eucalyptus plantation; Gilgel Abbay; Land cover change; Upper Didesa

Indexed keywords

EUCALYPTUS;

EID: 84893671065     PISSN: 14363798     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-013-0483-x     Document Type: Article

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