Analysis of Land Use/Land Cover Change and Its Implication On Natural Resources of the Dedo Watershed, Southwest Ethiopia

Table 3

LULC transformation matrixes in different periods (area in hectare and %).

Changed from	Changed to	1984–2000 hectare	%	2000–2017 hectare	%
Cultivation land	Cultivation land	20648.4	94.22	26937.9	93.12
	Grazing land	518.77	2.36	907.26	3.14
	Settlement land	173.67	0.79	147.52	0.51
	Dense forest land	229.13	1.05	343.21	1.19
	Light vegetation land	343.53	1.57	589.59	2.04
	Total	21913.5	100	28925.48	100
Grazing land	Cultivation land	2090.06	11.60	2752.37	17.01
	Grazing land	15127.5	83.80	13426.71	78.53
	Settlement land	4.93	0.02	24.16	0.42
	Dense forest land	315.52	1.75	219.17	1.28
	Light vegetation land	512.57	2.84	675.3	3.95
	Total	18050.58	100	17097.78	100
Settlement land	Cultivation land	1.87	0.49	3.36	0.60
	Grazing land	0.00	0.00	0,00	0.00
	Settlement land	378.34	99.51	557.5	99.40
	Dense forest land	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	Light vegetation land	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	Total	380.21	100	560.86	100
Dense forest land	Cultivation land	3265.28	14.17	4348.91	23.64
	Grazing land	802.12	3.48	612	3.33
	Settlement land	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	Dense forest land	17327.07	75.18	12296.25	66.84
	Light vegetation land	1651.76	7.17	1138.14	6.19
	Total	23046.23	100	18395.3	100
Light vegetation land	Cultivation land	2919.87	7.47	3948.72	10.52
	Grazing land	649.39	1.66	1205.03	3.21
	Settlement land	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	Dense forest land	525.64	1.34	746.37	1.99
	Light vegetation land	35012.98	89.52	31620.46	84.27
	Total	39109.42	100	37520.58	100