Analysis of the Current and Future Prediction of Land Use/Land Cover Change Using Remote Sensing and the CA-Markov Model in Majang Forest Biosphere Reserves of Gambella, Southwestern Ethiopia

<table class="table-group" id="tab5"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="7"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left" rowspan="2">Land use/land cover</td><td class="align_center" colspan="2">1987</td><td class="align_center" colspan="2">2002</td><td class="align_center" colspan="2">2017</td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_center">Area (ha)</td><td class="align_center">Area (%)</td><td class="align_center">Area (ha)</td><td class="align_center">Area (%)</td><td class="align_center">Area (ha)</td><td class="align_center">Area (%)</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="7"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Forestland</td><td class="align_center">196761.6</td><td class="align_center">84.4</td><td class="align_center">188413.7</td><td class="align_center">80.8</td><td class="align_center">181504.9</td><td class="align_center">77.8</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Farmland</td><td class="align_center">30781.8</td><td class="align_center">13.2</td><td class="align_center">36906.4</td><td class="align_center">15.8</td><td class="align_center">40554.8</td><td class="align_center">17.4</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Grassland</td><td class="align_center">3509.2</td><td class="align_center">1.5</td><td class="align_center">3079.6</td><td class="align_center">1.3</td><td class="align_center">3192.2</td><td class="align_center">1.4</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Settlement</td><td class="align_center">2050.7</td><td class="align_center">0.9</td><td class="align_center">4744.3</td><td class="align_center">2.0</td><td class="align_center">7866.2</td><td class="align_center">3.4</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Waterbody</td><td class="align_center">141.0</td><td class="align_center">0.06</td><td class="align_center">141.0</td><td class="align_center">0.06</td><td class="align_center">141.0</td><td class="align_center">0.06</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Total</td><td class="align_center">233254</td><td class="align_center">100%</td><td class="align_center">233254</td><td class="align_center">100%</td><td class="align_center">233254</td><td class="align_center">100%</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="7"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Area of LULC class from 1987 to 2017 periods in MFBR.</div>

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Table 5: Analysis of the Current and Future Prediction of Land Use/Land Cover Change Using Remote Sensing and the CA-Markov Model in Majang Forest Biosphere Reserves of Gambella, Southwestern Ethiopia 

Table 5 | Analysis of the Current and Future Prediction of Land Use/Land Cover Change Using Remote Sensing and the CA-Markov Model in Majang Forest Biosphere Reserves of Gambella, Southwestern Ethiopia 