Land Use - Land Cover Change in Maze National Park, An Insight to Socio-Economic Drivers and Conservation Status of Plant

Land use land cover change is the major concern, an indicator of deterioration and misuse of natural resources. This report briefly showed paradigm study carried out in Maze national parks in Gamo zone, Ethiopia a couple of years ago. The study's objective was to investigate the land use land cover changes and the plant in Maze National Park. The study was carried out on 150 plots on 10 transects from randomly selected areas. In addition, 50 quadrates for grass species sampling and 25 quadrates for soil sampling were randomly selected. According to land satellite image acquired from 1975 to 2015 there has been a considerable land use land change occurred in the park.  Eight plant communities identified with savanna grasses type take the largest proportion. According to the study, 81 woody plant species belonging to 41 families were identified. Nineteen grass species with 24 other different forbs were also part of floristic composition of the park. Fabaceae is the most abundant family, and Combertum adenogonium is the dominant species. The soil seed bank diversity was found to be higher than the standing vegetation. Immediate intervention is required to conserve endangered species of plants.

Land use land cover change, maze national park, floristic composition

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