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 6

Percentage and rate of changes occurred in MFBR from 1987 to 2017 periods.

LU/LC	PC			RC (ha/year)
	1987–2002	2002–2017	1987–2017	1987–2002	2002–2017	1987–2017
Forestland	−4.4	−3.8	−8.4	−556.5	−460.6	−1017.1
Farmland	16.6	9.0	24.1	408.3	243.2	651.5
Grassland	−13.6	3.6	−9.5	−28.6	7.5	−21.1
Settlement	56.7	39.8	73.9	179.6	208.1	387.7
Waterbody	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	−0.3	−0.3

Note. MFBR = Majang Forest Biosphere Reserve, PC = percentage of change, and RC = rate of change.