Changing Patterns of Tree Cover in a Tropical Highland Region and Implications for Food, Energy, and Water Resources

The Blue Nile Highlands of Ethiopia are a densely populated, predominantly rural region dominated by smallholder crop-livestock mixed farming systems. Population growth, coupled with low productivity, have long posed a threat to natural forest ecosystems in the region, as trees have been removed for...

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Main Authors: Temesgen Alemneh, Benjamin F. Zaitchik, Belay Simane, Argaw Ambelu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Environmental Science
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fenvs.2019.00001/full