Poluição Ambiental e Mudanças Climáticas

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Impact and Factors of Human Activities on The Dissemination of Climate Change and Variabilities in Eastern Hararghe Zone, Ethiopia: Systematic Review

Girma Asefa Bogale, Dereje Reta Abdo, Tasisa Temesgen Tolossa

Studying climate change and variability at a local scale is curial for devising proper strategies that enhance adaptive capacity. In view of this, this study was conducted in Eastern Hararghe Zone, to assess; impacts and factors of human activities on the dissemination of climate change and variabilities. The result of review revealed that, most of the respondents (92.7%) perceived increasing temperature, as well as 96.3% perceived that rainfall is decreasing with a great deal of variability. In the present study area, 90.1% and 88.0% were crop production and livestock productivity respectively confirmed decreasing trend of the two agricultural practices in the area. Similarly, due to the increment of human activities expand agricultural land in the study 62.8, 71.2 and 65.5% of the respondents were observed that vegetation’s, forest and wildlife in the area were diminished. Almost all, (95%) of respondents agreed that climate change and variability has been impacting on shared resources.