Spatial and temporal dynamics of land use and land cover in and around Magamba Nature Forest Reserve, Lushoto, Tanzania
| dc.contributor.author | Andrew, S. M. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Sembosi, S. J. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-10-12T06:15:15Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-10-12T06:15:15Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2017-06 | |
| dc.description | Tanzania Journal of Forestry and Nature Conservation, 2017, 86 (2): 13-26 | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | agamba Nature Forest Reserve is the largest forest reserve with endemic, rare and unique species of flora and fauna in Lushoto, Tanzania. It lies within the Eastern Arc Mountains and is important for biodiversity, water catchment, environmental and cultural values. Unfortunately, it is perceived that human activities have had impacts on the forest resources in and around the reserve. However, these perceptions are little proved quantitatively. Thus, a study was carried out to assess the dynamics of land use and land cover in and around Magamba Nature Forest Reserve for the period 1995-2015 to facilitate improved management of the reserve. Remote sensing and GIS methods were used to carry out satellite images classification and ground truthing data were collected during field observations using GPS. Landsat thematic mapper and operational land imagery were used to locate and quantify the land use and land cover changes in the study area. Change detection was done through post classification in SAGA 2.2.0. Results indicated a major expansion of agricultural area from 169.33 ha in 1995 to 902.54 ha in 2015. Likewise, there was an increase of built-up area from 36.50 ha in 1995 to 1792.92 ha in 2015 at the expense of other land covers. Natural forest decreased from 8051.35 ha in 1995 to 3431.30 ha in 2015. Similarly, woodland area decreased from 2333.37 ha in 1995 to 1216.76 ha in 2015. It is evident that there have been considerable changes in land use and land cover in and around the reserve that call for improved management strategies to sustain biodiversity and other values. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://www.suaire.sua.ac.tz/handle/123456789/2643 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Tanzania Journal of Forestry and Nature Conservation | en_US |
| dc.subject | Remote sensing | en_US |
| dc.subject | GIS | en_US |
| dc.subject | Built-up area | en_US |
| dc.subject | Landscape | en_US |
| dc.subject | Protected area | en_US |
| dc.subject | Eastern arc mountains | en_US |
| dc.subject | Nature forest reserve | en_US |
| dc.title | Spatial and temporal dynamics of land use and land cover in and around Magamba Nature Forest Reserve, Lushoto, Tanzania | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |
| dc.url | https://www.ajol.info/index.php/tjfnc/article/view/163798 | en_US |