Water Institutions and Management in Cape Verde

Bosa, Miguel Suárez

doi:10.3390/w7062641

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“…The water management model in Santiago, as in the other islands of the archipelago, is somehow peculiar, as described by Bosa (2015). It is based on the coexistence of public and private institutions: the springs, small wells are managed by privates; the holes and large wells are controlled by the state, being in fact mostly managed by the communities.…”

Section: Access To Infrastructures In the Islandmentioning

confidence: 99%

Water Supply and Access to Safe Water in Developing Arid Countries

Gonçalves¹,

Valente²,

Pamplona³

2019

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Section: Access To Infrastructures In the Islandmentioning

confidence: 99%

Water Supply and Access to Safe Water in Developing Arid Countries

Gonçalves¹,

Valente²,

Pamplona³

2019

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“…July and November are considered transitional months. According to [49], more than 75% of the average annual precipitation, around 300 mm, occurs in August and September. However, the Cape Verde archipelago presents islands with a predominantly arid climate and others with a predominantly semi-arid climate.…”

Section: Study Area: Regional Contextmentioning

confidence: 99%

Some Observations on Phytoplankton Community Structure, Dynamics and Their Relationship to Water Quality in Five Santiago Island Reservoirs, Cape Verde

Morais

Penha

Novais

et al. 2021

Water

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Reservoirs provide valuable services to human beings, especially in arid, semi-arid, and Mediterranean regions affected by water scarcity. The present effort aims to study the environmental descriptors of variation and the main factors influencing phytoplankton composition, structure, and diversity in five reservoirs in Santiago Island, Cape Verde, a region affected by water availability. Five campaigns took place from 2016 to 2020 to sample phytoplankton and measure environmental variables according to standard analytical methodologies. Environmental results (17 water physicochemical variables, air temperature, and precipitation) revealed that reservoirs differ in the geological influence variables. The high levels of P and N in water seem to be related to Land Use/Land Cover and are responsible for water-quality degradation. Cyanobacteria dominated the phytoplankton community and posed high risk levels, especially considering that the identified taxa are potential producers of different toxins. Taxa responsible for this dominance were not the same in all reservoirs, emphasizing the dominant role of local habitat factors on community composition and diversity. Overall, the results reveal the importance of defining integrated management plans/strategies for the set of five studied reservoirs, since the processes influencing variation in the phytoplankton community are temporal-scale dependent, with similar biogeographic patterns.

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“…The Santo Antão landscape is formed by plateaus, valleys and high peaks (the highest mountain is 1979 m high). Santo Antão is the only island in the Cape Verde Archipelago in which there are permanent watercourses during the whole year [40]. The mean climatological characteristics for the study area [34] at 815-1270 m a.s.l.…”

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First Age-Estimation Model for Dracaena ombet and Dracaena draco subsp. caboverdeana

Lengálová

Kalivodová

Habrová

et al. 2020

Forests

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Research Highlights: The first model for crown age estimation was developed for Dracaena ombet Heuglin ex Kotschy and Peyr. and D. draco subsp. caboverdeana Marrero Rodr. and R. Almeida. Background and Objectives: Dracaena species are monocotyledon trees without annual tree rings. Most arborescent dragon tree species are endangered; thus, it is important to determine the age structures of these populations for proper conservation management strategies, and for modelling of population trends. For these reasons, it is necessary to develop a methodology of crown age estimation. Materials and Methods: Field data were collected in the Desa’a Forest (Ethiopia) and in Santo Antão (Cape Verde Islands). Trees within each age class, as expressed by the number of branch orders, were measured. The diameter at breast height, tree height, stem height, number of branch orders, number of all leaf rosettes and number of flowering leaf rosettes within the crown were recorded for each sampled tree. The flowering probabilities were counted as input data for the model used. Results: The duration of the interval between flowering events was 5.23 years for D. ombet and 4.94 years for D. draco subsp. caboverdeana. The crown of the oldest tree of D. ombet with 18 branch orders was estimated to be 94.2 years old, and the crown of the oldest tree of D. draco subsp. caboverdeana with 22 branch orders was estimated to be 108.6 years old.

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Water Institutions and Management in Cape Verde

Cited by 4 publications

References 5 publications

Water Supply and Access to Safe Water in Developing Arid Countries

Water Supply and Access to Safe Water in Developing Arid Countries

Some Observations on Phytoplankton Community Structure, Dynamics and Their Relationship to Water Quality in Five Santiago Island Reservoirs, Cape Verde

First Age-Estimation Model for Dracaena ombet and Dracaena draco subsp. caboverdeana

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