Abstract Region East Africa. Focus A review of catchment studies (n= 37) conducted in East
Africa evaluating the impacts of Land Use and Land Cover Changes (LULCC) on discharge …

Despite extensive studies on hydrological responses to forest cover change in small
watersheds, the hydrological responses to forest change and associated mechanisms …

For half a century, the process of economic integration of the Amazon has been based on
intensive use of renewable and nonrenewable natural resources, which has brought …

Hydrological connectivity regulates the structure and function of Amazonian freshwater
ecosystems and the provisioning of services that sustain local populations. This connectivity …

As the largest river basin on Earth, the Amazon is of major importance to the world's climate
and water resources. Over the past decades, advances in satellite‐based remote sensing …

Conflicts between increasing irrigated agricultural area, commercial crops, shifting
cultivation and ever increasing domestic and industrial demand has already been a cause of …

Agricultural expansion and climate variability have become important agents of disturbance
in the Amazon basin. Recent studies have demonstrated considerable resilience of …

Understanding how changes in distinctive land use/land cover (LULC) types influence the
basin hydrology would greatly improve the predictability of the hydrological consequences …

Land use has generally been considered a local environmental issue, but it is becoming a
force of global importance. Worldwide changes to forests, farmlands, waterways, and air are …

Background Forest plays an important role in climate regulation and carbon sequestration.
Komto Forest is one of the remnant natural forests found in Guto Gida district of East Wollega …