Table 2 Area of LULC classes from 1987 to 2017 in MFBR adopted from Tadese et al. [46]
LULC classes | 1987 | 2002 | 2017 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Area (ha) | Area (%) | Area (ha) | Area (%) | Area (ha) | Area (%) | |
Forestland | 196,761.6 | 84.4 | 188,413.7 | 80.8 | 181,504.9 | 77.8 |
Farmland | 30,781.8 | 13.2 | 36,906.4 | 15.8 | 40,554.8 | 17.4 |
Grassland | 3509.2 | 1.5 | 3079.6 | 1.3 | 3192.2 | 1.4 |
Settlement | 2050.7 | 0.9 | 4744.3 | 2.0 | 7866.2 | 3.4 |
Water body | 141.0 | 0.06 | 141.0 | 0.06 | 141.0 | 0.06 |
Total | 233,254 | 100% | 233,254 | 100% | 23,3254 | 100% |