Assessing the role of policies on land use change and agricultural development since 1960s in northern Ethiopia

Characterizing Spatiotemporal Pattern of Land Use Change and Its Driving Force Based on GIS and Landscape Analysis Techniques in Tianjin during 2000–2015

“…The government's land planning and industrial development policies can significantly influence land use change [74]. China has a population of 1.3 billion and faces serious food security and environmental problems.…”

Sustainable Development for People or Profit?

“…The local schooling facilities and community service institutions could be engaged to support community outreach for further development (De Schutter 2014). This results in an alternative urban agriculture paradigm (Teka, Van Rompaey, and Poesen 2013), which as noted by Ghoshal (2005, 87) "Thomas Kuhn (1962) was right in arguing that mere disconfirmation or challenge never dislodges a dominant paradigm; only a better alternative does." Critical questions future research must address include: How well can urban agriculture effectively reduce industrial agriculture?…”

Changes in community perspectives on the roles and rules of church forests in northern Ethiopia: evidence from a panel survey of four Ethiopian Orthodox communities

“…Less than 5% of Ethiopia is covered with dry Afromontane forest, the natural vegetation that would be expected based on ecological conditions (Darbyshire et al 2003;Friis et al 2010). Over the past century firewood demand, agricultural expansion, livestock grazing -compounded by political volatility and insecure land tenure (Hoben 1995;Teka et al 2013) as well as droughts, fires, and climate changehave continued to put pressure on native forests and inhibited natural regeneration (Bongers et al 2006;Alem et al 2010;Nyssen et al 2014). As a result, much of the intact natural forest in Ethiopia's highlands today is restricted to the church forests scattered across the degraded agricultural land (Aerts et al 2006Cardelús et al 2013;Reynolds et al 2015).…”