GIS and remote sensing-based forest resource assessment, quantification, and mapping in Amhara region, ethiopia
Book Chapter
Mekonnen, M, Sewunet, T, Gebeyehu, M et al. (2015). GIS and remote sensing-based forest resource assessment, quantification, and mapping in Amhara region, ethiopia
. 9-29. 10.1007/978-3-319-18787-7_2
Mekonnen, M, Sewunet, T, Gebeyehu, M et al. (2015). GIS and remote sensing-based forest resource assessment, quantification, and mapping in Amhara region, ethiopia
. 9-29. 10.1007/978-3-319-18787-7_2
World forest resources are continually depleting. Assessing and quantifying the current forest resources status is a prerequisite for forest resources improvement planning and implementation. The objectives of this study are to assess, quantify, and map forest resources in the Amhara National Regional State, Ethiopia. GIS, GPS, and Remote Sensing technologies were applied for the study. As a result, forest distribution map is prepared. Most of the forest covers were found along the lowland belt of Mirab Gojam, Awi, and Semen Gonder zones bordering the neighboring country, Sudan and the Tigray and Benishangul-Gumz regions. The total forest cover of the region is 12,884 km2, that is, about 8.2 % of the total land area. Including bushlands, it is about 21,783 km2, which is about 13.85 %. Woodlands, natural dense forest, riverine forest, bushlands, and plantations are 740,808, 463,950, 20,653, 889,912, and 62,973 ha in area with percentage coverage of 4.71, 2.95, 0.13, 5.66, and 0.40 respectively. GIS, GPS, and Remote Sensing were found to be important tools for forest resource assessment and mapping.
