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Carbon trading mechanisms was introduced into the Kyoto protocol as a means to achieve emissions reductions in an efficient and cost-effective way. One of its principles that engaged developing countries in the formal ...
Organic farming sector is presented today as an alternative to limit the numerous environmental challenges caused by conventional farming practices. Essentially based on farm biota for fertilization and the control of ...
This dissertation aims to contribute to our understanding of armed conflicts’ triggers between actors (State and Terrorists; Farmers and Herders) in Niger and how to resolve such conflict(s) under climate change. The ...
The subject Climate Change and Human Mobility has become a topic in the heart of international issue, since it recommendation at COP 21 in Paris in 2015. Thererfore, there is an increasing body of literature review on ...
The Kyoto Protocol of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
(UNFCCC) was developed as an attempt to confront and begin to reverse the rising CO2
concentrations. But in order to set emission reduction ...
Vitellaria paradoxa is an indigenous tree species endemic to the African savannas. This species plays an important role in farmer’s mitigation and adaptation to climate change through its ecosystem services. Unfortunately, ...
Conservation measures such as creation of buffer zones are used to protect riparian forests (RF) under the Freshwater Buffer Zone Policy of Ghana. Nevertheless, scientific information on the impact of climate change and ...
Climate-induced ecosystem changes were studied in Tanbi Wetland National Park (TWNP) in conjunction with the major land use types i.e. agriculture, settlement, tourism, oyster processing, completely fragmented and partially ...
Vanié, Linda Louyounan Paricia épouse Léabo(WASCAL, 2016-12-17)
The key role of ectomycorrhizal (EcM) fungi in ecosystems functioning has been demonstrated worldwide. However, their diversity, spatial distribution, fruiting phenology and production as influenced by climatic parameters ...
To have a compendium of responses from coastal water systems along the east Ivorian coast under different seasons, samples of rainwater (n= 30), groundwater (wells and boreholes, n= 81 and surface water (Ébrié lagoon and ...
Climate change is projected to highly impact biodiversity components such as ecosystems and organisms. Through this work, Vitex doniana Sweet, one of the top ten priority species for domestication programs in West Africa ...
Endemic to West Africa, the Western Derby Eland (WDE) (Taurotragus derbianus derbianus
Gray, 1847) the biggest antelope worldwide is critically endangered and close to extinction. This
study aims to characterize the ...
The complex of protected areas Oti-Keran-Mandouri (OKM) is a key biodiversity area in Togo. It is listed as Ramsar site, as International Bird Area and considered as conservation corridor for the African savanna elephant. ...
Accurate and comprehensive knowledge of spatial soil characteristics is crucial for environmental modelling, risk assessment, and decision-making. The utilization of Remote Sensing data for Digital Soil Mapping has proven ...
Potential of green hydrogen producing from biomass, solar and wind in Togo has been performed. The availability of all these three resources has been depicted with maps showing them per cantons in Togo, thus, by using the ...
In the context of climate change and the subsequent pressure of human activities, there is abounding need to establish a clear relationship between reservoir storage, rainfall, and groundwater recharge in Bagre dam, Burkina ...
Changes in the distribution of precipitation frequency and intensity can affect dry and wet spells, which will have an impact on climate-sensitive sectors, most notably agriculture. This study set out to analyze the ...
Climate extreme events (floods, storms) and conflicts are still major problems for the sedentary life of the Sahelian populations. In recent years, floods, storms and conflicts (violent, non-violent or demonstrations) have ...
Agriculture is vital, and soil is a fundamental component with unique characteristics for different crops. This thesis research aimed to develop a deep learning-based system for soil type classification. It explores the ...
In this paper, PM2.5 concentrations in Ouagadougou are estimated using satellite-based Aerosol Optical Depth and Meteorological Parameters. Firstly, Simple Linear Regression (SLR), Multiple Linear Regression (MLR), Decision ...