Human being depends on land to produce basic necessities which include food, clothing and shelter. Moreover, land is the principal resource of human beings in general and agrarian society in particular. Land use is the end product and manifestation of the degree of interaction between the two and a kind of permanent and cyclic intervention of man in his environment. The main objective of this study is to assess factors affecting sustainable land use management in Wara Jarso Woreda. The data for the study were collected using survey questionnaire including formal interviews, key informant interview, observation and focus group discussions. Three kebeles were selected purposely where land degradation is high and forest products are supplied. One hundred forty eight households were considered for analysis of data. Respondents’ size from each kebeles was selected through systematic random sampling based on their proportion household number. Both quantitative and qualitative research methods were employed to achieve the objectives set. The results showed that land use management is poor. Population growth, infrastructure development, household income, educational status of household heads, sex of respondents, media, families, national policies were assessed as factors affecting sustainable land use management. To conserve degraded land and bring sustainable land use management farmers agricultural input application, farming system and national policies were also assessed. Strategy that support the provision of infrastructure, information on land use management, government policies practice at household level are necessary to better adapt to minimize the impacts. Key words: Ethiopia, Wara Jarso, Sustainable land use management, forest