Urbanization in Africa: challenges and opportunities for conservation

B Güneralp, S Lwasa, H Masundire… - Environmental …, 2017‏ - iopscience.iop.org
Africa, a continent exceptionally rich in biodiversity, is rapidly urbanizing. Africa's
urbanization is manifest in the growth of its megacities as well as that of its smaller towns …

Tropical forests in the Anthropocene

Y Malhi, TA Gardner, GR Goldsmith… - Annual Review of …, 2014‏ - annualreviews.org
The Anthropocene is characterized as an epoch when human influence has begun to
fundamentally alter many aspects of the Earth system and many of the planet's biomes …

[HTML][HTML] Landsat-8: Science and product vision for terrestrial global change research

DP Roy, MA Wulder, TR Loveland… - Remote sensing of …, 2014‏ - Elsevier
Landsat 8, a NASA and USGS collaboration, acquires global moderate-resolution
measurements of the Earth's terrestrial and polar regions in the visible, near-infrared, short …

Congo Basin forest loss dominated by increasing smallholder clearing

A Tyukavina, MC Hansen, P Potapov, D Parker… - Science …, 2018‏ - science.org
A regional assessment of forest disturbance dynamics from 2000 to 2014 was performed for
the Congo Basin countries using time-series satellite data. Area of forest loss was estimated …

Determination of tropical deforestation rates and related carbon losses from 1990 to 2010

F Achard, R Beuchle, P Mayaux, HJ Stibig… - Global change …, 2014‏ - Wiley Online Library
We estimate changes in forest cover (deforestation and forest regrowth) in the tropics for the
two last decades (1990–2000 and 2000–2010) based on a sample of 4000 units of 10× 10 …

The carbon footprint of traditional woodfuels

R Bailis, R Drigo, A Ghilardi, O Masera - Nature Climate Change, 2015‏ - nature.com
Over half of all wood harvested worldwide is used as fuel, supplying∼ 9% of global primary
energy. By depleting stocks of woody biomass, unsustainable harvesting can contribute to …

Using spatial statistics to identify emerging hot spots of forest loss

NL Harris, E Goldman, C Gabris… - Environmental …, 2017‏ - iopscience.iop.org
As sources of data for global forest monitoring grow larger, more complex and numerous,
data analysis and interpretation become critical bottlenecks for effectively using them to …

The future of sub-Saharan Africa's biodiversity in the face of climate and societal change

CA Chapman, K Abernathy, LJ Chapman… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2022‏ - frontiersin.org
Many of the world's most biodiverse regions are found in the poorest and second most
populous continent of Africa; a continent facing exceptional challenges. Africa is projected to …

[HTML][HTML] Co-benefits and trade-offs of agroforestry for climate change mitigation and other sustainability goals in West Africa

H Tschora, F Cherubini - Global Ecology and Conservation, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Agroforestry is a land management practice where trees are grown around or among crops
or pastureland. This integration of agriculture and forestry is frequently seen as an option …

Human population growth offsets climate-driven increase in woody vegetation in sub-Saharan Africa

M Brandt, K Rasmussen, J Peñuelas, F Tian… - Nature ecology & …, 2017‏ - nature.com
The rapidly growing human population in sub-Saharan Africa generates increasing demand
for agricultural land and forest products, which presumably leads to deforestation …