Factor Biases and Promoting Sustainable Development: Adaptation to Drought in the Senegal River Basin

Venema, Henry David; Schiller, Eric J.; Bass, Brad

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“…The trees protect irrigated plots from wind and water erosion, they regulate microclimate by decreasing insolation and evapotranspiration, and the agroforestry system needs less water than rice. 51 Trees can be beneficial for cash crops such as coffee and cacao as well. Coffee is sensitive to microclimate fluctuations-e.g., the optimal temperature range for Arabica coffee is 18-21 • C. 52 Shade trees control temperature and humidity fluctuations and can also provide protection from wind and storm events that defoliate coffee trees.…”

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“…Trees can also be used in irrigated areas—e.g., in the Senegal River basin, agroforestry (e.g., millet with Faidherbia albida ) could be applied where rice cultivation is not sustainable because of water scarcity. The trees protect irrigated plots from wind and water erosion, they regulate microclimate by decreasing insolation and evapotranspiration, and the agroforestry system needs less water than rice 51…”

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Forests and trees for social adaptation to climate variability and change

Pramova

Locatelli

Djoudi

et al. 2012

WIREs Climate Change

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Ecosystems provide important services that can help people adapt to climate variability and change. Recognizing this role of ecosystems, several international and nongovernmental organizations have promoted an ecosystem-based approach to adaptation. We review the scientific literature related to ecosystem-based adaptation (EBA) with forests and trees, and highlight five cases in which forests and trees can support adaptation: (1) forests and trees providing goods to local communities facing climatic threats; (2) trees in agricultural fields regulating water, soil, and microclimate for more resilient production; (3) forested watersheds regulating water and protecting soils for reduced climate impacts; (4) forests protecting coastal areas from climate-related threats; and (5) urban forests and trees regulating temperature and water for resilient cities. The literature provides evidence that EBA with forests and trees can reduce social vulnerability to climate hazards; however, uncertainties and knowledge gaps remain, particularly for regulating services in watersheds and coastal areas. Few studies have been undertaken on EBA specifically, but the abundant literature on ecosystem services can be used to fill knowledge gaps. Many studies assess the multiple benefits of ecosystems for human adaptation or well-being, but also recognize trade-offs between ecosystem services. Better understanding is needed of the efficiency, costs, and benefits, and trade-offs of EBA with forests and trees. Pilot projects under implementation could serve as learning sites and existing information could be systematized and revisited with a climate change adaptation lens.  2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. How to cite this article:WIREs Clim Change 2012Change , 3:581-596. doi: 10.1002 INTRODUCTIONC limate change will affect human well-being in many parts of the world 1 and effective adaptation is needed even under the most stringent mitigation * Correspondence to: e. 2 The role of ecosystem goods and services in societal adaptation to climate variability and change has received renewed recognition. Ecosystem-based adaptation (EBA) is an anthropocentric approach, in which ecosystem services are conserved or restored to reduce the vulnerability of people facing climate change threats. 3,4 Ecosystem services are the benefits people obtain from ecosystems and can be classified as provisioning services (e.g., timber and firewood), regulating services (e.g., water regulation), and cultural services (e.g., recreation). 5 Examples of EBA include the restoration of mangrove shelterbelts for the protection of coastal settlements against storms and waves and the conservation of forested watersheds for the reduction of flood risk. Many international and nongovernmental conservation and development organizations have promoted EBA by stressing its effectiveness in reducing social vulnerability, its cost-efficiency, and its co-benefits for biodiversity conservation, poverty reduction, and climate change mitigation. [6][7][8][9][10][11][12] However, the ...

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Section: Case 2: Trees In Agricultural Fields Regulating Water Soil and Microclimate For More Resilient Productionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Case 2: Trees In Agricultural Fields Regulating Water Soil and Microclimate For More Resilient Productionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Forests and trees for social adaptation to climate variability and change

Pramova

Locatelli

Djoudi

et al. 2012

WIREs Climate Change

154

125

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“…(Weissman, 1990). Water resources and irrigation (Barreteau and Bousquet, 2000), (Barreteau et al, 2004), (Lahtela, 2003), (Rasmussen et al, 1999), (Venema, 1996), (Venema and Schiller, 1995), (Venema et al, 1997). Health (Cohen, 1998), (Doerner et al, 2007), (Ju¨tting, 2004).…”

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A bibliography of applications of operational research in West Africa

Smith¹

2008

Int Trans Operational Res

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There is considerable interest in the potential for using operational research (O.R.) in developing countries. One sign of this is the formation of new societies for O.R. scientists in countries and regions where no such society had existed. Since 2003, such societies have been formed in several parts of Africa. This paper focuses on West Africa, and presents a bibliography of papers relating to applications of O.R. in the nations of this part of the continent. The paper describes the way in which the bibliography was collated and discusses the overall picture that the list of papers presents of the state of O.R. in the 18 countries that are considered.

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Adaptive neuro fuzzy inference system (ANFIS) machine learning algorithm for assessing environmental and socio-economic vulnerability to drought: a study in Godavari middle sub-basin, India

Masroor

Razavi-Termeh

Rahaman

et al. 2022

Stoch Environ Res Risk Assess

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Climate change has increased the frequency of drought occurrence in various parts of the world. Drought as a complex phenomenon causes severe impacts on ecological and socio-economic status. Short-term and long-term occurrences of drought have made many regions vulnerable globally. This paper makes an attempt to assess drought vulnerability in Godavari Middle Sub-basin of India. Twenty-four site specific socio-economic and environmental factors were identified based on the extensive literature review. Drought frequency was assessed using standardized precipitation index (SPI). These datasets were divided into training (70 %) and testing (30 %) data. Frequency ratio (FR) model was utilized to establish relationship among drought conditioning factors and drought frequency. Weights obtained from the FR model were used as input to the adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference systems (ANFIS) model. Drought vulnerability results were validated using the testing data and receiver operating characteristic (ROC). The accuracy of ANFIS models for one-month (0.957), three-months (0.882), six-months (0.964) and twelve-months (0.938) reflected high suitability of ANFIS model for the assessment of drought vulnerability. The findings revealed that very low normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) and increasing trend of highest maximum and mean maximum temperature were major environmental factors influencing high drought vulnerability in the sub-basin. High proportion of area under fallow land, high infant mortality rate (IMR) and moderate literacy rate were identified major socio-economic factors making watersheds vulnerable during short and long-term droughts. Largest area of the sub-basin was found under high vulnerability during threemonths, six-months and twelve-months droughts. Thus, the study calls for policy intervention towards lessening the impact of drought in highly vulnerable watersheds.

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Factor Biases and Promoting Sustainable Development: Adaptation to Drought in the Senegal River Basin

Cited by 5 publications

References 9 publications

Forests and trees for social adaptation to climate variability and change

Forests and trees for social adaptation to climate variability and change

A bibliography of applications of operational research in West Africa

Adaptive neuro fuzzy inference system (ANFIS) machine learning algorithm for assessing environmental and socio-economic vulnerability to drought: a study in Godavari middle sub-basin, India

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