Ecosystem service values changes in response to land-use/land-cover dynamics in dry afromontane forest in northern ethiopia

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 16, Issue 23, 2019, Pages

  Solomon, Negasi ^a   Segnon, Alcade C ^b   Birhane, Emiru ^a  

^a MEKELLE UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABOMEY CALAVI   (Benin)

Author keywords

Afromontane forest; Ecosystem service values; Ecosystem services; Ethiopia; Forest ecosystems; Land use land cover change

Indexed keywords

DATABASE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LAND COVER; LAND USE; LAND USE CHANGE; LIVELIHOOD; MONTANE FOREST; POLICY APPROACH; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

ARTICLE; ETHIOPIA; FOREST; HUMAN; LAND USE; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PROCEDURES;

ETHIOPIA;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ETHIOPIA; FORESTS;

EID: 85075416296     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph16234653     Document Type: Article

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