Land-use changes by large-scale plantations and their effects on soil organic carbon, micronutrients and bulk density: empirical evidence from Ethiopia

Shete, Maru; Rutten, Mario; Schoneveld, G.C.; Zewude, Eylachew

doi:10.1007/s10460-015-9664-1

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“…LSLA also created new ecological interconnectedness through enhanced virtual water trade (Breu et al 2016), agrochemical pollution of water resources (Dell'Angelo et al 2017b), and by contributing to climate change by reducing soil organic carbon (Shete et al 2016). This spatial separation of decision making from land use change is prone to unintended social and ecological consequences (Eakin et al 2014, Liu et al 2015.…”

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Polycentric governance in telecoupled resource systems

Oberlack¹,

Boillat²,

Brönnimann³

et al. 2018

E&S

107

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ABSTRACT. Recent advances in land system science and in institutional analysis provide complementary, but still largely disconnected perspectives on land use change, governance, and sustainability in social-ecological systems, which are interconnected across distance. In this paper we bring together the emerging concept of telecoupled land systems and the established concept of polycentric governance to support the analysis and the development of sustainable land governance in interconnected social-ecological systems. We operationalize the two concepts by analyzing networks of action situations in which interactions between proximate and distant actors as well as socioeconomic and ecological processes cause land use change and affect the sustainability of land systems. To illustrate this integrated approach empirically, we analyze a case of transnational biofuel investment in Sierra Leone. We identify the characteristics of, and activities in, networks of action situations that affect the sustainability of land systems related to this case. Integration of the two concepts of telecoupled land systems and polycentric governance enables analysts to identify interactions in polycentric governance systems (1) as drivers of telecoupled sustainability problems and (2) as transformative approaches to such problems. The method provides one way for linking place-based analysis of land change with process-based analysis of land governance.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Polycentric governance in telecoupled resource systems

Oberlack¹,

Boillat²,

Brönnimann³

et al. 2018

E&S

107

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“…This system of land utilization is discouraged due to its unsustainability and the resulting environmental degradation and deforestation. The recent study at four sites in Western Ethiopia indicated that due to the conversion of natural forests and grasslands to plantations, several adverse effects occurred in the soil [129]. Among these, reduced soil carbon and micronutrient and increased soil compaction are the major ones.…”

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Raising Crop Productivity in Africa through Intensification

Tadele

2017

Agronomy

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“…As in the other parts of the world, Ethiopia also faces serious problems of LULC change for long centuries (Getachew & Melesse, 2012;Meshesha et al, 2014;Wubie et al, 2016), usually accompanied by rapid population, urban growth, and poor land use planning. Many recent studies conducted in various parts of Ethiopia (Getachew & Melesse, 2012;Kidane, Stahlmann, & Beierkuhnlein, 2012;Kindu, Schneider, Teketay, & Knoke, 2015;Meire et al, 2013;Meshesha et al, 2014;Shete, Rutten, Schoneveld, & Zewude, 2016;Wubie et al, 2016;Yeshaneh, Wagner, Exner-Kittridge, Legesse, & Blöschl, 2013) have indicated worrying trend of LULC change and its socioeconomic and environmental implication. The LULC change is particularly severe in the highlands of Ethiopia where rain-fed subsistence agriculture is the source of livelihood and the base of economic development (Garedew, Sandewall, & Soderberg, 2012).…”

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An insight into land use and land cover changes and their impacts in Rib watershed, north‐western highland Ethiopia

Moges

Bhat

2018

Land Degrad Dev

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Land use and land cover (LULC) changes have severely threatened ecological and economic sustainability in highland Ethiopia. A clear insight into its extent and rate is, therefore, a crucial step for effective land use planning and decision making. The main objective of this study was to analyse the nature of LULC change and its impacts in north‐western highland Ethiopia over the last four decades, using the integrated approach of remote sensing and geographic information system in combination with field data. Multidate Landsat images were used for spatio‐temporal change detection through the help of ArcGIS 10.3 and ERDAS IMAGINE 2014 software. A pixel‐based statistical analysis was used to measure class‐to‐class changes and total losses and gains of each LULC class during the study period. The results show that a significant and widespread change of LULC has occurred in the study area during the period 1973–2016. The cropland, grassland, and shrubland were the dominant LULC types taking more than 95% in total over the entire study period. The cropland and built‐up land showed a significant increase from 1973 to 2016, whereas grassland and shrubland decreased gradually over the same time period. The LULC change in the study area has caused severe environmental degradation, which in turn has affected ecological sustainability, agricultural productivity, food security, and rural livelihoods. The results of this study are expected to provide local‐level current information on the extent, rate, and impacts of LULC change for decision makers seeking to ensure ecological, social, and economic sustainability.

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Land-use changes by large-scale plantations and their effects on soil organic carbon, micronutrients and bulk density: empirical evidence from Ethiopia

Cited by 42 publications

References 21 publications

Polycentric governance in telecoupled resource systems

Polycentric governance in telecoupled resource systems

Raising Crop Productivity in Africa through Intensification

An insight into land use and land cover changes and their impacts in Rib watershed, north‐western highland Ethiopia

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