Sustainable Environment,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
11(1)
Published: Dec. 12, 2024
Land
use/land
cover
(LULC)
change
is
one
of
the
most
important
environmental
phenomena
that
have
affected
earth's
system
and
its
ecosystem
services.
This
study
was
conducted
to
assess
impacts
LULC
on
services
in
Jimma
Rare
district
for
over
four
decades
(1974–2019).
To
understand
spatial
temporal
changes
LULC,
a
four-time
period
satellite
images
(1974,
1991,
2005,
2019)
were
obtained.
In
addition,
respondent
interviews,
focus
group
discussions
(FGD)
field
observations
employed
identify
drivers
land
use
changes.
Moreover,
service
value
coefficients
developed
at
global
level
used
provision
area.
The
showed
grassland
decreased
from
4518.87
ha
(13.09%)
902.42
(2.61%),
forest
3287.79
(9.52%)
2506.63
(7.26%)
wetlands
1182.08
(3.42%)
562.37
(1.63%)
period.
remarkable
expansion
cultivated
settlement
area
occurred
1974
1991.
total
reduced
662.75
million
$/ha/yr
577.03
period,
indicating
impact
values.
From
this
study,
it
possible
conclude
District
has
experienced
significant
past
45
years.
Hence,
appropriate
policy
packages
are
required
curb
such
vital
thereby
enhancing
sustainable
flow
district.
Heliyon,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
10(7), P. e28798 - e28798
Published: April 1, 2024
Understanding
the
ecological,
social,
and
economic
values
of
protected
areas,
as
well
assessing
services
they
provide
to
both
humans
environment
is
crucial
for
informing
conservation
policies
sustainable
land
management
practices.
Using
benefits
transfer
method,
changes
in
ecosystem
service
(ESVs)
resulting
from
spatiotemporal
use
dynamics
were
evaluated
Alledighe
Wildlife
Reserve
(AWR)
spanning
1998
2016.
Five
distinct
habitat
types,
namely
grassland,
bushland,
woodland,
riverine
forest,
highland
identified
across
landscape.
The
ESVs
estimated
using
regional
global
ESV
values.
A
decline
extent
forests
by
9.9%,
2.4%,
1.5%,
respectively,
was
observed
while
bushland
increased
10.6%
3.3%,
respectively.
AWR
experienced
a
loss
roughly
145
km2
grassland
habitat.
Based
on
ESVs,
total
study
area
decreased
28.18%
approximately
US$
180
million
129
million,
40.85%
496
293
million.
As
per
individual
assessment,
41%
around
374.5
264.8
Provisioning
declined
41.6%
100
70.6
Regulating
42.5%
242.4
170
Supporting
67%
5.3
3.2
cultural
27.8%
26.7
20.8
larger
change
contributed
expansion
forestland
previously
grassland-dominated
areas.
results
this
could
render
value
rangeland
more
visible
decision-making
process,
valuable
input
future
planning
interventions
AWR's
pristine
rangeland,
thereby
enhancing
livelihoods
surrounding
communities.
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
8
Published: May 10, 2024
Introduction
The
increase
in
atmospheric
CO
2
concentration,
which
mainly
is
attributed
to
fossil-fuel
combustion
and
deforestation,
often
suggested
as
one
of
the
prime
causative
factors
toward
accelerated
global
warming.
This
commends
for
sequestration
carbon
under
terrestrial
systems
partially
offset
emissions.
Concerning
same,
agricultural
sector
presents
an
extensive
opportunity,
especially
countries
such
India
where
over
55%
population
engaged
agriculture
sector.
Methods
Sequestering
requires
adoption
climate-resilient
alternative
practices
without
compromising
food
security.
deliberated
study
highlights
options
alteration
current
conventional
farming
its
economic
evaluation
sequestrating
two
Climate
Change
(CC)
scenarios,
viz.
,
RCP
4.5
8.5,
three
temporal
scales,
i.e.,
2020,
2030,
2050.
Considering
land-use
pattern
existing
growth
rate
shifting,
policies,
namely,
Business
Usual
(BaU),
Optimistic,
Pessimistic
scenario,
integrated
with
CC
scenarios
were
contemplated.
Six
possible
futuristic
generated
assessment
valuation
following
Integrated
Valuation
Ecosystem
Services
Tradeoff
(InVEST)
model.
Results
results
that
across
studied
region
adopting
optimistic
policy
BaU
pessimistic
can
sequestrate
additional
0.64
1.46
Mt.
(2.35
5.36
million
ton
e)
having
value
193.4
504.8
USD.
Moreover,
outcomes
are
advocated
credit
sector,
shall
contribute
meeting
various
nationally
determined
contributions
(NDCs)
sustainable
development
goals
(SDGs)
well.
Bulletin of Geography Physical Geography Series,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
26, P. 69 - 76
Published: June 10, 2024
Land
use
and
land
cover
(LULC)
have
a
significant
impact
on
changes
in
the
value
of
ecosystem
services.
Therefore,
this
study
investigated
relationship
between
service
(ESV)
LULC
Aceh
Besar
Regency
by
calculating
nine
ESV
variables,
namely
gas
regulation
(GR),
water
supply
(WS),
soil
formation
(SF),
waste
treatment
(WT),
biodiversity
protection
(BP),
food
production
(FP),
raw
materials
(RM),
recreation
(RC),
culture
(CT)
each
type
three
years:
2000,
2010
2020.
The
results
showed
that
both
decades
saw
all
years,
there
was
decrease
forest
due
to
addition
activities
population
needs,
resulting
conversion
into
built-up
areas.
This
indicates
is
change
human
potential
negatively
affect
Sustainable Environment,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
11(1)
Published: Dec. 12, 2024
Land
use/land
cover
(LULC)
change
is
one
of
the
most
important
environmental
phenomena
that
have
affected
earth's
system
and
its
ecosystem
services.
This
study
was
conducted
to
assess
impacts
LULC
on
services
in
Jimma
Rare
district
for
over
four
decades
(1974–2019).
To
understand
spatial
temporal
changes
LULC,
a
four-time
period
satellite
images
(1974,
1991,
2005,
2019)
were
obtained.
In
addition,
respondent
interviews,
focus
group
discussions
(FGD)
field
observations
employed
identify
drivers
land
use
changes.
Moreover,
service
value
coefficients
developed
at
global
level
used
provision
area.
The
showed
grassland
decreased
from
4518.87
ha
(13.09%)
902.42
(2.61%),
forest
3287.79
(9.52%)
2506.63
(7.26%)
wetlands
1182.08
(3.42%)
562.37
(1.63%)
period.
remarkable
expansion
cultivated
settlement
area
occurred
1974
1991.
total
reduced
662.75
million
$/ha/yr
577.03
period,
indicating
impact
values.
From
this
study,
it
possible
conclude
District
has
experienced
significant
past
45
years.
Hence,
appropriate
policy
packages
are
required
curb
such
vital
thereby
enhancing
sustainable
flow
district.