Impacts of land use and land cover change on ecosystem service values in the Afroalpine area of Guna Mountain, Northwest Ethiopia

Impacts of Land use Land cover dynamics on Ecosystem services in maze national park and its environs, southwestern Ethiopia

“…Following the approach proposed by Costanza et al [ 43 ], we calculated the ESVs per unit area for each LULC class based on ESVD value coefficients ( Table 3 ; Table 4 ). Some land use classes, such as bare land and built-up areas, did not have coefficients in previous studies [ 4 , 12 , [19] , [20] , [21] , [23] , [24] , [25] , [26] , [27] ]. Likewise, in our study, no coefficients were assigned to bare land, built-up, and burned areas.…”

“…Therefore, assessing the services provided by different ecosystems and quantifying their spatial and temporal changes is crucial for the efficient management of social-ecological systems [ 22 ]. In Ethiopia, only few studies have been carried out by quantifying the impacts of LULC dynamics on ecosystem services [ 4 , 12 , [19] , [20] , [21] , [23] , [24] , [25] , [26] , [27] ]. These studies were mainly confined to forest ecosystems of Ethiopian highlands [ 4 , 12 , 21 , 23 ], watersheds and basins [ [24] , [25] , [26] ], and agroforestry dominated landscapes [ 27 ].…”

“…In Ethiopia, only few studies have been carried out by quantifying the impacts of LULC dynamics on ecosystem services [ 4 , 12 , [19] , [20] , [21] , [23] , [24] , [25] , [26] , [27] ]. These studies were mainly confined to forest ecosystems of Ethiopian highlands [ 4 , 12 , 21 , 23 ], watersheds and basins [ [24] , [25] , [26] ], and agroforestry dominated landscapes [ 27 ]. Moreover, semi-arid regions, where grasses and shrubs predominate the landscapes, provide crucial ecosystem services such as food production, water supply, climate regulation, fuelwood, grazing, thatching grasses, construction wood, and other benefits have received little attention in previous studies.…”

A study on the spatiotemporal differentiation of typical ecosystem services and influencing factors in the Dongjiang River Basin from 2000 to 2019

“…Land use change is the most direct manifestation of the impact of human activities on ecosystems (Belay et al 2022). By changing the type of land cover, human activities affect ecosystems' structure, processes, and functions, which are re ected in ecosystem service functions (Bennett et al 2009).…”

Spatial and temporal effects on the value of ecosystem services in arid and semi-arid mountain areas—A case study from Helan Mountain in Ningxia, China

“…The structure, processes, and functions of ecosystems can be influenced by changes in land use. As a consequence, the service value of the ecosystem could be affected further (Makwinja et al, 2021;Belay et al, 2022).…”