摘要
This study focuses on the landscape dynamics of the savannahs’ region in the far north of Togo. Based on a literature review and satellite images analysis using GIS and remote sensing, the study aims to ascertain the effects of anthropogenic threats on the forest coverage of the Savannahs’ Region between 1984 to 2020. The objective is to clarify the dynamics of land use in the region from 1984 to 2000 and from 2000 to 2020. The findings indicate a significant decline in forest coverage within the region from 1984 to 2020, a trend attributed to land use patterns. Dry forests in the Savannah region are largely converted to farmlands, housing, dry savannahs or agroforestry parks, leading to a steady reduction in forest areas.
This study focuses on the landscape dynamics of the savannahs’ region in the far north of Togo. Based on a literature review and satellite images analysis using GIS and remote sensing, the study aims to ascertain the effects of anthropogenic threats on the forest coverage of the Savannahs’ Region between 1984 to 2020. The objective is to clarify the dynamics of land use in the region from 1984 to 2000 and from 2000 to 2020. The findings indicate a significant decline in forest coverage within the region from 1984 to 2020, a trend attributed to land use patterns. Dry forests in the Savannah region are largely converted to farmlands, housing, dry savannahs or agroforestry parks, leading to a steady reduction in forest areas.
作者
Kossi Senyo Ehlui
Wouyo Atakpama
Henrik von Wehrden
Alagie Bah
Edinam Kola
Christian Anthony-Krueger
Hodabalo Egbelou
Kokouvi Bruno Kokou
Tchaa Boukpessi
Kossi Senyo Ehlui;Wouyo Atakpama;Henrik von Wehrden;Alagie Bah;Edinam Kola;Christian Anthony-Krueger;Hodabalo Egbelou;Kokouvi Bruno Kokou;Tchaa Boukpessi(West Africa Science Service Center on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL), University of the Gambia, Banjul, Gambia;Laboratoire de Recherche sur la Dynamique des Milieux et des Sociétés, Université de Lomé, Lomé, Togo;Laboratoire de Botanique et écologie Végétale, Département Botanique, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Lomé, Lomé, Togo;West Africa Plant Red List Authority (WAPRLA), IUCN Species Survival Commission, Gland, Switzerland;Faculty of Sustainability, Center of Methods, Leuphana University of Lüneburg, Lüneburg, Germany;Center for International Forestry Research and World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF), Nairobi, Kenya;Laboratoire de Recherche sur la Dynamique des Milieux et des Sociétés (LARDYMES), Department of Geography, FSHS, University of Lomé, Lome, Togo;Department of Science Education, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana;Institut Togolais de Recherches Agronomiques (ITRA), Lomé, Togo;Laboratoire de Recherches Biogéographiques et d’Etudes Environnementales, Department of Geography, University of Lome, Lome, Togo)
