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Proceedings of the International Academy of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, 2023, 13(4): 139-147
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Land degradation status and trends in Baro-Akobo river basin, Ethiopia

Gebre Gidey Weldeabzgi
Department of Natural Resource Management, Dambi Dollo University, Ethiopia

Received 31 March 2023;Accepted 10 May 2023;Published online 20 May 2023;Published 1 December 2023
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Abstract
This review aims to illustrate the status and trends of land degradation in Baro-Akobo river basin of Ethiopia. Land degradation takes place in the forms of vegetation degradation, soil degradation and water degradation. To review the land degradation status and trends in the basin, a systematic desk review has been made. It discussed the vegetation degradation status and trends, soil degradation status and trends and water degradation status and trends of the basin. In Ethiopia, the dependence of the rapid population growth on unmannerly types of existence agriculture and natural resources use are the key reason for the those forms of land degradation. The land degradation in Baro-Akobo basin is caused maily by the massive resettlement, commercial farming expansion and over utilization of resources. Therefore, this review is important to understand the status and trends of land degradation in Baro-Akobo river basin for reversing the deterioration of land resources in the basin.

Keywords land degradation;river basin;trends;Ethiopia.

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