Effects of region-wide soil and water conservation in semi-arid areas: the case of northern Ethiopia

被引：45

作者：

Nyssen, Jan ^{[1
]}

Poesen, Jean ^{[2
]}

Descheemaeker, Katrien ^{[3
]}

Haregeweyn, Nigussie ^{[4
]}

Haile, Mitiku ^{[4
]}

Moeyersons, Jan ^{[5
]}

Frankl, Amaury ^{[1
]}

Govers, Gerard ^{[2
]}

Munro, Neil

Deckers, Jozef ^{[6
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Ghent, Dept Geog, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium

[2] Katholieke Univ Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

[3] Inst Livestock Res Inst, Int Water Management Inst, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

[4] Mekelle Univ, Dept Land Resource Management & Environm Protect, Mekelle, Ethiopia

[5] Royal Museum Cent Africa, Tervuren, Belgium

[6] Katholieke Univ Leuven, Div Soil & Water Management, Louvain, Belgium

来源：

ZEITSCHRIFT FUR GEOMORPHOLOGIE | 2008年 / 52卷 / 03期

关键词：

D O I：

10.1127/0372-8854/2008/0052-0291

中图分类号：

P9 [自然地理学];

学科分类号：

0705 ; 070501 ;

摘要：

Studies on the impacts of environmental rehabilitation in semi-arid areas are often conducted over limited space and time scales, and do typically not include detailed biophysical components. This study makes a multi-scale assessment over a time span of 30 years of environmental rehabilitation in one of the world's most degraded areas: the Tigray highlands of Northern Ethiopia. The study shows that in Tigray sheet and rill erosion rates have decreased by approximately 68%, infiltration and spring discharge are enhanced and vegetation cover has improved. These impacts are evidenced and quantified by a comprehensive comparison of the current landscape with a coverage of 30-year old photographs and substantiated by field investigations. The positive changes in ecosystem service supply that result from these conservation activities in the Tigray highlands are an issue of global concern.

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页码：291 / 315

页数：25

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