Knowledge of land cover and land use nationally is a prerequisite of many studies on drivers
of land change, impacts on climate, carbon storage and other ecosystem services, and
allows for sufficient planning and management. Despite this, many regions globally do not
have accurate and consistent coverage at the national scale. This is certainly true for
Ethiopia. Large-area land-cover characterization (LALCC), at a national scale is thus an
essential first step in many studies of land-cover change, and yet is itself problematic. Such …

Abstract Knowledge of land cover and land use nationally is a prerequisite of many studies
on drivers of land change, impacts on climate, carbon storage and other ecosystem services,
and allows for sufficient planning and management. Despite this, many regions globally do
not have accurate and consistent coverage at the national scale. This is certainly true for
Ethiopia. Large-area land-cover characterization (LALCC), at a national scale is thus an
essential first step in many studies of land-cover change, and yet is itself problematic. Such …