Identifying the land use and land cover change drivers: methods and case studies of two forest reserves in Northern Benin

Biaou, Séverin; Gouwakinnou, Gérard Nounagnon; Biaou, Samadori Sorotori Honoré; Tovihessi, Marc Sèwanou; Awessou, Beranger; Ahononga, Fiacre Codjo; Houeto, Félix

doi:10.1007/s10668-021-01849-4

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“…Therefore, sustainable use of forest resources contributes to improving local incomes, hence the need to make its exploitation sustainable. Forests, in general, and tropical forests, in particular, play a vital and well-known role due to the ESs they provide [4]. Unfortunately, these valuable natural resources face many threats, especially deforestation and forest degradation [5][6][7].…”

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Methods for economic assessment of forest resource degradation: A systematic review

Sourokou,

Vodouhe,

Yabi

2024

Nat. Resour. Conserv. Res.

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Forest degradation is one of the challenges facing the planet today. Several methods have been used to measure forest degradation, including spatiotemporal model analysis, satellite analysis, remote sensing, time series data, geospatial techniques, and most recently aerial drone imagery. However, few studies have used economic valuation methods to assess forest degradation. Therefore, this research aimed to identify the methods used the economic assessment of forest degradation. This systematic review was carried out using PRISMA guidelines. Research articles on the economic valuation of forest resource loss, published from 2015 to 2022, were electronically collected from three databases. Three independent reviewers, with the third acting as referee, inventoried articles, extracted data, and assessed the risk of bias in the articles included in the study. A total of 10,095 articles were identified, including one article from the grey literature. Only five articles met the eligibility criteria. A qualitative content analysis was performed on the extracted data. The selected articles used various methods. However, only a few articles used the contingent valuation method, even though this is indicated for estimating the highest economic value of forests. Based on forest functions, the articles evaluated erosion due to the absence of trees, wood loss, recreation areas and externalities due to forest loss, air quality, water regulation, food supply, and wildlife. The main limitation of this review was the small number of studies included, which may have affected the findings. The study protocol is registered in PROSPERO under the number CRD42021223242

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Methods for economic assessment of forest resource degradation: A systematic review

Sourokou,

Vodouhe,

Yabi

2024

Nat. Resour. Conserv. Res.

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“…The northern region is less urbanized and has a lower economic potential and education level compared to the south. However, it has a higher poverty level and is a significant source of woody biomass (stemwood, logging and wood processing byproducts, and stumps) due to its higher forest cover compared to the south (Ahononga et al, 2020;Biaou et al, 2021).…”

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Spatial disparities altered the determinants of biomass supply intention for clean energy: policy implications

Balagueman,

Assèdé,

Moumouni-Moussa

et al. 2023

Front. Energy Res.

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Understanding the spatial variation of factors driving interest in bioenergy is important for designing effective energy policies. Although previous authors have broadly explored the determinants of biomass supply intentions in the field of bioenergy, the potential spatial variation of these factors has received limited consideration from bioenergy research. We performed a structural equation modeling based on the theory of planned behavior to investigate the impact of spatial disparities on factors determining people’s intentions to supply forestry residues for clean energy. Our data were generated through a survey of 247 participants randomly sampled from two contrasting geographic regions (north and south) of the Republic of Benin. We found that spatial disparities altered the effects of attitude and knowledge of renewable energy while income and perceived behavioral control exhibited consistent positive effects across geographical regions. Our findings imply that ignoring spatial disparities when analyzing bioenergy acceptance can lead to distorted inferences. These findings can be used as a baseline information by policymakers to develop region-specific actions for achieving local transition toward clean energy in the Republic of Benin.

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Changes in vegetation greenness related to climatic and non-climatic factors in the Sudano-Sahelian region

Zeng

Menenti

et al. 2023

Reg Environ Change

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The potential drivers of vegetation changes in the Sudano-Sahelian region of Africa remain poorly understood due to complex interactions between climatic and anthropogenic processes. In this study, we analyzed the vegetation greenness trends in relation to rainfall variability that we considered the essence of climatic effects on vegetation in a well-known water-limited environment by using time series of satellite data in the Sudano-Sahelian region during 2001–2020. We quantified in more detail the relative contributions of rainfall variability (climatic factor), land use/land cover (LULC) change, and fire occurrence change (non-climatic factors) to vegetation greenness trends in selected sub-regions. The results showed that vegetation greening was widespread (26.9% of the total study area), while vegetation browning was more clustered in central West Africa (5% of the total study area). About half of the vegetation greening area can be explained by long-term rainfall variability during 2001–2020, but most of the area characterized by a browning trend was unrelated to rainfall variability. An analysis of the relative importance showed that LULC changes had significant local effects on vegetation greenness and that these changes were characterized by a strong spatial heterogeneity in specific sub-regions. Gains in cropland and natural vegetation related to positive land management were probably the dominant drivers of greening in Senegal and Ethiopia. Also, the combined impacts of rainfall variability and LULC changes contributed to greening trends in the arid zone, particularly in Mali and Sudan. In contrast, vegetation browning in central West Africa appeared to be driven by cropland gain and natural vegetation loss associated with extensive agricultural production activities. Furthermore, we found that repeated fires for agricultural expansion in central West Africa intensified vegetation browning. These results advanced our understanding of vegetation dynamics in response to climatic and non-climatic factors in Sudano-Sahelian drylands characterized by increasing pressures on land resources.

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Identifying the land use and land cover change drivers: methods and case studies of two forest reserves in Northern Benin

Cited by 6 publications

References 53 publications

Methods for economic assessment of forest resource degradation: A systematic review

Methods for economic assessment of forest resource degradation: A systematic review

Spatial disparities altered the determinants of biomass supply intention for clean energy: policy implications

Changes in vegetation greenness related to climatic and non-climatic factors in the Sudano-Sahelian region

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