Soil degradation in semi-arid West Africa can be reversed through an intensified application
of organic matter, especially on coarse soils. Woody perennials have been promoted in the …

In Africa, protected areas can play an important role in mitigating the effects of climate
change through carbon sequestration but they are threatened due to increasing land …

Local people's perceptions of plant species are an important source of information on
species distribution and rarity, as well as long-term vegetation change. This study involves …

Le changement climatique représente une menace potentielle majeure pour la viabilité des
ménages ruraux d'Afrique subsaharienne qui vivent principalement de l'exploitation des …

After the severe droughts in the 1970s and 1980s, and subsequent debates about
desertification, analyses of satellite images reveal that the West African Sahel has become …

Résumé Description du sujet. Au Nord-Togo, particulièrement en milieu rural, les
populations utilisent des biens d'espèces ligneuses et des services écosystémiques pour …

After decades of drought in the Sahel, several studies have reported a '(re) greening'of the
area. However, most of these studies were based on large scale climatological or remotely …

Research was carried out on four threatened tree species across north and south Sudanian
phytogeographical zones in Burkina Faso. A quantitative inventory of regeneration …

Vitellaria paradoxa (shea) parklands are one of the major features of the Sudanian
savannah. Besides the parklands importance in terms of provision of ecosystem services …

This study was conducted to investigate the population structure and regeneration status of
Rhododendron tree species in temperate mixed broad-leaved forests in Tawang and West …