Jan Nyssen,^1,* Katrien Descheemaeker,² Amanuel Zenebe,^3,4 Jean Poesen,⁴ Jozef Deckers,⁴ Mitiku Haile<sup>3

1</sup>1Department of Geography, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281 (S8), B-9000 Gent, Belgium
²2International Water Management Institute–International Livestock Research Institute, PO Box 5689, A
³3Department of Land Resource Management and Environmental Protection, Mekelle University, PO Box 231
⁴4Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, K.U. Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200E, B-3001 Heverlee,

^**Corresponding author: Jan.Nyssen@UGent.be