At present, an excessive and destructive exploitation of forest resources is a threat thatrnexists at Dendi District. The principal aims of this study is to detect the magnitude andrnrate of forest cover change over the last 27 years (between 1973 and 2000) and generaternsusceptibility to forest degradation map using Remote sensing and GIS techniques inrnDendi District. NDVI image differencing and post-classification comparison Changerndetection methods were employed.rnThe result of change detection analysis revealed that the area has shown a remarkable landrncover/land use changes in general and forest cover Change in particular. Specifically, the forestrncover land declined from 26,363 ha in 1973 to 25,020.4 ha in 1984 and dropped to 7,629.38 ha inrnthe year 2000 in the District. A significant forest cover reduction by about 71.06% has beenrnrealized in the study area in the year 2000 when compared with the 1973 forest cover conditionrnwith a deforestation rate of 693.84 ha per annum. More over, with respect to slope and elevation,rnthe amount of forest cover change process is so significant along with areas having a gradient ofrnless than 250 and elevation values of bellow 2,550 m.rnIn addition to this, susceptibility to forest degradation was done by considering factorsrnsuch as town Proximity, road Proximity, cultivated land proximity, slope gradient andrnelevation value. In the mean time, three level of susceptibility to forest degradationrncompartment map was generated with the support of GIS technology. Based on the forestrncover areas of the year 2000 (7,629. 38 ha) of Dendi District, about 1,543.52 ha, 4,402 .4rnha and 1,683.46 ha of forest cover land are categorized under low, moderately, andrnhighly susceptible to degradation respectively.rnThe problem of forest cover change is directly linked with the activity of man such asrnpopulation pressure, and the socio-economic factors like expansion of agriculturalrnactivities, demand of fuel wood and constructional materials as well as using thisrnresource as income generating menses were identified as causes for forest cover changernat the study area. Besides, due to the problem of forest cover change; land degradation inrnthe form of soil erosion, runoff and flooding, as well as declining of biodiversity seems tornhave reached a critical stage due to the problem of forest cover change. In order to holdrnback the problem of forest cover change and its impact, corrective measures had beenrnsuggested which can be implemented both in the short term and long term phase.