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AbstractThis paper addresses the correlation between land-use changes and communal conflicts in Sub-Saharan Africa. In particular, by articulating the analysis on a 0.5° × 0.5° regular grid, we estimate the probability of a communal conflict event at time

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Agricultural households’ adaptation to weather shocks in Sub-Saharan Africa: implications for land-use change and deforestation

Environment and Development Economics ◽

10.1017/s1355770x2000056x ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-23

Author(s):

Julia Girard ◽

Philippe Delacote ◽

Antoine Leblois

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Land Use Change ◽

Growing Season ◽

Sub Saharan Africa ◽

Labor Income ◽

Weather Shocks ◽

Land Use Decisions ◽

Agricultural Households ◽

Sub Saharan

Abstract Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa is regularly threatened by the occurrence of weather shocks. We wonder whether the way farmers respond to shocks can affect land use and induce deforestation. Reviewing the existing literature, we found that this question has only been marginally studied. Drawing from the adaptation and land-use change literatures, we then expose the mechanisms through which weather shocks can push farmers to induce land-use change, or conversely to foster conservation. As farmers cope with shocks, their responses can cause degradations in ecosystems which could, in the long term, encourage deforestation and land-use change. To prepare for the next growing season, or adapt to climate variability and risk in the longer term, farmers also make structural adjustments in their farm and land-use decisions, which may lead to changes in land holding. They also resort to adaptation strategies that can indirectly affect land-use decisions by affecting households’ resources (labor, income).

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Emissions of carbon from land use change in sub-Saharan Africa

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ◽

10.1029/2005jg000076 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 111 (G2) ◽

pp. n/a-n/a ◽

Cited By ~ 49

Author(s):

R. A. Houghton ◽

J. L. Hackler

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Land Use Change ◽

Sub Saharan Africa ◽

Sub Saharan

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The dynamics of land use change and tenure systems in Sub-Saharan Africa cities; learning from Himo community protest, conflict and interest in urban planning practice in Tanzania

Habitat International ◽

10.1016/j.habitatint.2009.08.004 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 34 (2) ◽

pp. 154-164 ◽

Cited By ~ 15

Author(s):

W. Magigi ◽

A.W. Drescher

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Urban Planning ◽

Land Use Change ◽

Sub Saharan Africa ◽

Planning Practice ◽

Sub Saharan

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The Impact of Charcoal Production for Energy on Tropical Rainforest Resources in Nigeria

10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-11780 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Angelique Lansu ◽

Jaap Bos ◽

Wilfried Ivens

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Land Use Change ◽

Population Growth ◽

Open Data ◽

Forest Degradation ◽

Sub Saharan Africa ◽

Charcoal Production ◽

Household Energy ◽

Sub Saharan ◽

The Impact

<p>In Sub Saharan Africa, many people depend on biomass for their household energy. Charcoal production is a common technique for converting biomass into a useful energy source. Nigeria is the biggest charcoal producer in Sub Saharan Africa. A large amount of wood is harvested from Nigerian forests for this charcoal production for energy. The Nexus of charcoal-land use change-energy imposes a considerable burden on the amount of wood that must be extracted from the forest for charcoal production. Therefore, charcoal production is linked to deforestation and forest degradation. However, it is not clear to what extent the demand for charcoal in Nigeria contributes to deforestation by land use change, and degradation of forests by selected wood logging. In this study, an attempt was made to provide an answer to this and to state which situation could occur by 2030, following the expected population growth in Nigeria. To achieve this, literature and open data on charcoal production, deforestation, forest degradation and population growth in Nigeria have been collected and analysed. Subsequently, calculations were carried out to determine to what extent charcoal production contributed to deforestation in the period 1990-2015. In this period, the share of deforestation due to charcoal production increased from 6% to 14%. If the expected charcoal production in 2030 were to apply to the current situation, this share would be around 20%. The quantity of wood required can also be expressed in numbers of hectares with biomass. In that case, around 80,000 ha would be required in 2030. To validate the findings, further research is needed on the amount of biomass per hectare in Nigerian forests, and on the amount of charcoal exported, not only as source of household energy but also globally as barbecue fuel. A more extensive analysis of open data on the nexus charcoal-land use change-energy at multiple scales will help to project future interlinkages.</p>

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Land-Use Management and Carbon Sequestering in Sub-Saharan Africa

Journal of Environmental Systems ◽

10.2190/552y-ad1t-nmxq-n536 ◽

1992 ◽

Vol 22 (3) ◽

pp. 199-210 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

R. D. Perlack ◽

R. L. Graham ◽

A. M. G. Prasad

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Sub Saharan Africa ◽

Land Use Management ◽

Carbon Sequestering ◽

Sub Saharan

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Key Challenges for Land Use Planning and Its Environmental Assessments in the Abuja City-Region, Nigeria

Land ◽

10.3390/land10050443 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (5) ◽

pp. 443

Author(s):

Evidence Chinedu Enoguanbhor ◽

Florian Gollnow ◽

Blake Byron Walker ◽

Jonas Ostergaard Nielsen ◽

Tobia Lakes

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Land Cover ◽

Environmental Assessment ◽

Land Use Planning ◽

Environmental Sustainability ◽

Sub Saharan Africa ◽

Environmental Assessments ◽

City Regions ◽

Sub Saharan ◽

Land Cover Maps

Land use planning as strategic instruments to guide urban dynamics faces particular challenges in the Global South, including Sub-Saharan Africa, where urgent interventions are required to improve urban and environmental sustainability. This study investigated and identified key challenges of land use planning and its environmental assessments to improve the urban and environmental sustainability of city-regions. In doing so, we combined expert interviews and questionnaires with spatial analyses of urban and regional land use plans, as well as current and future urban land cover maps derived from Geographic Information Systems and remote sensing. By overlaying and contrasting land use plans and land cover maps, we investigated spatial inconsistencies between urban and regional plans and the associated urban land dynamics and used expert surveys to identify the causes of such inconsistencies. We furthermore identified and interrogated key challenges facing land use planning, including its environmental assessment procedures, and explored means for overcoming these barriers to rapid, yet environmentally sound urban growth. The results illuminated multiple inconsistencies (e.g., spatial conflicts) between urban and regional plans, most prominently stemming from conflicts in administrative boundaries and a lack of interdepartmental coordination. Key findings identified a lack of Strategic Environmental Assessment and inadequate implementation of land use plans caused by e.g., insufficient funding, lack of political will, political interference, corruption as challenges facing land use planning strategies for urban and environmental sustainability. The baseline information provided in this study is crucial to improve strategic planning and urban/environmental sustainability of city-regions in Sub-Saharan Africa and across the Global South, where land use planning faces similar challenges to address haphazard urban expansion patterns.

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Land-use change on Mount Gede, Indonesia, reduced native earthworm populations and diversity

Australian Journal of Zoology ◽

10.1071/zo17028 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 65 (4) ◽

pp. 217 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Andy Darmawan ◽

Tri Atmowidi ◽

Wasmen Manalu ◽

Bambang Suryobroto

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Land Use Change ◽

Native Species ◽

Crop Production ◽

Diversity Index ◽

Agroforestry Systems ◽

Tree Cover ◽

Managed Forest ◽

Earthworm Species ◽

Mixed Plantation

The conversion of natural forest to agroforestry plantations and annual cropping systems alters the soil habitat and food resources for biota, including earthworms. Native earthworm species may disappear whereas exotic species with greater tolerance of disturbance and less niche specialisation may thrive. The objective of the study was to compare the earthworm diversity in managed forest and agroforestry systems, which were cultivated for mixed plantation and annual crop production on Mount Gede, Indonesia. All the habitats in the study area were impacted by humans. The forest habitat was a managed forest, with a permanent tree cover, whereas mixed plantation had a partial shrub cover. Meanwhile, homogenous plantation was cultivated with annual crops. Among 3787 individuals collected during July–October 2012, five Oriental earthworm species were identified in the soil communities of Mount Gede: Drawida nepalensis, Notoscolex javanica, Pheretima pura-group, Polypheretima moelleri, and Polypheretima sempolensis. Also, 18 species were found that are reported to be non-Oriental in origin. Anthropogenic disturbance of forests on Mount Gede, due to conversion into plantations, alters the earthworm environment by increasing soil water content, temperature and total phosphorous content, while decreasing organic carbon. N. javanica was the only native species to survive this deforestation, while the exotic Ocnerodrilus occidentalis and Pontoscolex corethrurus thrived, becoming the eudominant species. From the forest area to the mixed and homogenous plantations, the predicted decreasing diversity is evidenced by the lowering trend of Shannon’s diversity index. In conclusion, the land-use change into mixed plantations and annual croplands has reduced earthworm diversity in this region of Mount Gede, Indonesia.

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