scholarly journals The Degradation of the Bafut-Ngemba Forest Reserve Revisited: A Spatio-temporal Analysis of Forest Cover Change Dynamics

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 33
Author(s):  
Josephine Akenji Maghah ◽  
Reeves Meli Fokeng
Keyword(s):  
Forest Cover ◽  
Temporal Analysis ◽  
Forest Cover Change ◽  
Forest Reserve ◽  
Change Dynamics ◽  
Spatio Temporal

scholarly journals Spatial and temporal analysis of forest cover change in Falgore Game Reserve in Kano, Nigeria

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Sabiu Suleiman ◽  
Oliver Vivian Wasonga ◽  
Judith Syombua Mbau ◽  
Yazan Ahmed Elhadi
Keyword(s):  
Forest Cover ◽  
Temporal Analysis ◽  
Forest Cover Change ◽  
Spatial And Temporal Analysis ◽  
Game Reserve

Does Land Tenure Insecurity Affect Forest Cover Change? Evidence from Gerejeda State Forest in Ethiopia

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 101-120
Author(s):  
Berhanu Kefale Alemie ◽  
Tadesse Amsalu
Keyword(s):  
Land Tenure ◽  
Forest Cover ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Theoretical Models ◽  
Temporal Data ◽  
Forest Cover Change ◽  
Tenure Security ◽  
Data Analyses ◽  
Forest Cover Changes ◽  
Spatio Temporal

Literature shows that most evidences on the link between land tenure and land cover change come either from theoretical models or isolated tenure regimes. Specific to Ethiopia, the existing literature is limited to the investigation of these pertinent issues in isolation. This research aimed to investigate the effect of different tenure regimes on forest cover changes in Ethiopia. Three tenure regimes are experienced in Ethiopia from 1973 to 2015. Both social and spatio-temporal data analyses are carried out. The spatial results demonstrated that the forest cover has declined across time. This study reveals that tenure security is necessary to prevent mismanagement of forest cover, and its effect becomes more visible when it is integrated with measures that halt the direct and underlying drivers of forest cover change. Thus, tenure security should be considered as one important attribute in realizing sustainable forest management in particular and rural development in general.

scholarly journals Spatio-temporal analysis of urban sprawl and land use / land cover changes in a suburb of Lagos and Ogun metropolises, Nigeria (1986-2014)

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-42
Author(s):  
O.H. Adedeji ◽  
C.O. Adeofun ◽  
O.O. Tope-Ajayi ◽  
M.O. Ogunkola
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Land Cover ◽  
Urban Sprawl ◽  
Forest Cover ◽  
Temporal Analysis ◽  
Land Cover Changes ◽  
Land Use Land Cover ◽  
Change Analysis ◽  
Spatio Temporal ◽  
Light Forest

Urban sprawl and land use / land cover changes in a suburb of Lagos, Nigeria were assessed using Landsat TM 1984 and 2000 and Landsat OLI of 2014. Five broad land use and land cover classes i.e. built-up area, bare ground, water body, thick forest and light forest were identified and mapped. Thick forest had the largest coverage of 8537.72 hectares (67.52%) of the land cover while built-up was just 1075.99 hectares (8.51 %).Between 1984 and 2014 built up areas gained 6423.38 hectares (59.31 % increase) compared to 8612.09 hectares loss by thick forest cover. A post-classification change analysis from 1984 to 2014 reveals that thick and light forest types had the highest net losses because of conversion to other uses, especially built-up. Urbanization and subsequent urban sprawl is a major factor of land degradation leading to rapid losses of non-urban land uses, especially in the urban fringes. Keywords: Land use/land cover change; change detection; remote sensing; GIS; urbanisation

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