Forest Cover Change and Its Impacts on Ecosystem Services in Katimok Forest Reserve, Baringo County, Kenya

2019 ◽  
pp. 515-536
Author(s):  
A. Jebiwott ◽  
G. M. Ogendi ◽  
S. M. Makindi ◽  
M. O. Esilaba
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Forest Cover ◽  
Forest Cover Change ◽  
Forest Reserve

scholarly journals Qualifying Land Use and Land Cover Dynamics and Their Impacts on Ecosystem Service in Central Himalaya Transboundary Landscape Based on Google Earth Engine

Land ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 173
Author(s):  
Changjun Gu ◽  
Yili Zhang ◽  
Linshan Liu ◽  
Lanhui Li ◽  
Shicheng Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Land Cover ◽  
Ecosystem Service ◽  
Forest Cover ◽  
Google Earth ◽  
Forest Cover Change ◽  
Sacred Landscape ◽  
Lulc Changes ◽  
Google Earth Engine

Land use and land cover (LULC) changes are regarded as one of the key drivers of ecosystem services degradation, especially in mountain regions where they may provide various ecosystem services to local livelihoods and surrounding areas. Additionally, ecosystems and habitats extend across political boundaries, causing more difficulties for ecosystem conservation. LULC in the Kailash Sacred Landscape (KSL) has undergone obvious changes over the past four decades; however, the spatiotemporal changes of the LULC across the whole of the KSL are still unclear, as well as the effects of LULC changes on ecosystem service values (ESVs). Thus, in this study we analyzed LULC changes across the whole of the KSL between 2000 and 2015 using Google Earth Engine (GEE) and quantified their impacts on ESVs. The greatest loss in LULC was found in forest cover, which decreased from 5443.20 km2 in 2000 to 5003.37 km2 in 2015 and which mainly occurred in KSL-Nepal. Meanwhile, the largest growth was observed in grassland (increased by 548.46 km2), followed by cropland (increased by 346.90 km2), both of which mainly occurred in KSL-Nepal. Further analysis showed that the expansions of cropland were the major drivers of the forest cover change in the KSL. Furthermore, the conversion of cropland to shrub land indicated that farmland abandonment existed in the KSL during the study period. The observed forest degradation directly influenced the ESV changes in the KSL. The total ESVs in the KSL decreased from 36.53 × 108 USD y−1 in 2000 to 35.35 × 108 USD y−1 in 2015. Meanwhile, the ESVs of the forestry areas decreased by 1.34 × 108 USD y−1. This shows that the decrease of ESVs in forestry was the primary cause to the loss of total ESVs and also of the high elasticity. Our findings show that even small changes to the LULC, especially in forestry areas, are noteworthy as they could induce a strong ESV response.

scholarly journals Multi-temporal forest cover change detection in the Metchie-Ngoum Protection Forest Reserve, West Region of Cameroon

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-124 ◽  
Author(s):  
Reeves Meli Fokeng ◽  
Walter Gadinga Forje ◽  
Vivien Meli Meli ◽  
Bernard Nyuyki Bodzemo
Keyword(s):  
Change Detection ◽  
Forest Cover ◽  
Forest Cover Change ◽  
Forest Reserve ◽  
Protection Forest ◽  
West Region ◽  
Multi Temporal

Recent trends of forest cover change and ecosystem services in eastern upland region of Bangladesh

2019 ◽  
Vol 647 ◽  
pp. 379-389 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronju Ahammad ◽  
Natasha Stacey ◽  
Ian M.S. Eddy ◽  
Stephanie A. Tomscha ◽  
Terry C.H. Sunderland
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Forest Cover ◽  
Forest Cover Change ◽  
Recent Trends

scholarly journals Impacts of forest cover change on ecosystem services in high Andean mountains

2015 ◽  
Vol 48 ◽  
pp. 63-75 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vincent Balthazar ◽  
Veerle Vanacker ◽  
Armando Molina ◽  
Eric F. Lambin
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Forest Cover ◽  
Forest Cover Change

Forest Cover Change and Ecosystem Services: A Case Study of Community Forest in Mechinagar and Buddhashanti Landscape (MBL), Nepal

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sushila Rijal ◽  
Kuaanan Techato ◽  
Saroj Gyawali ◽  
Nigel Stork ◽  
Megh Raj Dangal ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Forest Cover ◽  
Forest Cover Change ◽  
Community Forest
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