Ecosystem service values as related to land use and land cover changes in Ethiopia: a review

M Biedemariam, E Birhane, B Demissie, T Tadesse… - Land, 2022 - mdpi.com
Humans worldwide depend on ecosystems and the services they provide. Land use and
land cover change increasingly, influencing ecosystem values to the extent that the rate and …

A critical analysis of soil (and water) conservation practices in the Ethiopian Highlands: Implications for future research and modeling

HM Fenta, DW Aynalem, L Malmquist, A Haileslassie… - Catena, 2024 - Elsevier
Soil and water conservation have been traditionally part of farming practices for thousands
of years. Despite massive efforts to implement modern soil and water conservation practices …

Restoration of degraded landscapes for ecosystem services in North-Western Ethiopia

W Mekuria, M Wondie, T Amare, A Wubet, T Feyisa… - Heliyon, 2018 - cell.com
Establishing exclosures has become common in Ethiopia, especially in the central and
northern highlands, where they serve as a response to persistent forest degradation …

Prediction of soil and water conservation structure impacts on runoff and erosion processes using SWAT model in the northern Ethiopian highlands

ND Melaku, CS Renschler, H Holzmann… - Journal of Soils and …, 2018 - Springer
Purpose Land degradation due to soil erosion is a serious threat to the highlands of
Ethiopia. Various soil and water conservation (SWC) strategies have been in use to tackle …

Gullies, a critical link in landscape soil loss: A case study in the subhumid highlands of Ethiopia

AD Zegeye, EJ Langendoen… - Land Degradation & …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Land use changes in many landscapes result in gully formation, carving up agricultural land
and playing a large role in filling up downstream reservoirs by connecting uplands with …

Hydrological foundation as a basis for a holistic environmental flow assessment of tropical highland rivers in Ethiopia

WB Abebe, SA Tilahun, MM Moges, A Wondie… - Water, 2020 - mdpi.com
The sustainable development of water resources includes retaining some amount of the
natural flow regime in water bodies to protect and maintain aquatic ecosystem health and …

Estimation of suspended sediment concentration from remote sensing and in situ measurement over Lake Tana, Ethiopia

ZR Womber, FA Zimale, MG Kebedew… - Advances in Civil …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Discharge from basins joining a lake is the main factor determining the lake volume and
sediment inflow to the lake. Suspended sediment is an important parameter for describing …

Improving watershed management practices in humid regions

FA Zimale, SA Tilahun, TY Tebebu… - Hydrological …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
In many parts of the world, watershed management practices have been extremely effective.
However, implementation of soil and water conservation technologies in the humid African …

Economic benefits of soil and water conservation measures at the sub-catchment scale in the northern Highlands of Ethiopia

HK Addis, A Abera, L Abebaw - Progress in physical …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Soil and water conservation (SWC) interventions are needed to control rainfall-driven
erosion, and profitability of SWC measures at the sub-catchment scale emerges as the …

Variability of soil surface characteristics in a mountainous watershed in Valle del Cauca, Colombia: Implications for runoff, erosion, and conservation

CD Guzman, F Hoyos-Villada, M Da Silva, FA Zimale… - Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Understanding catchment sediment or solute transport frequently relies on understanding of
soil nutrient conditions and physical properties. This study investigates hydropedological …