Impact of land use and climate change on forest reserves in Ghana

Kantanka, Samuel Nana Safo; Addaney, Michael; Akudugu, Jonas Ayaribilla; Anaafo, David; Apeatse, Richmond Quaye; Clarke, Loretta

doi:10.1080/19376812.2022.2070768

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“…The same applies to the government's lack of attention and socialization with the community. There need to be strict punishments for perpetrators involved in forest illegality, interventions to increase community capacity within the area by related stakeholders, and forest-surrounding communities to protect forest reserves [42].…”

Section: Figure 4 Demographic Growth Chartmentioning

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Analysis of land cover change due to deforestation at Holiday Resort Nature Park, North Sumatra Province, Indonesia

Daulay

Ahmad²,

Purwoko³

2023

J. Sylva Indonesiana

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. Deforestation activities in Indonesia are increasingly becoming a real concern. All of these actions resulted in the loss of 50% of the world's tropical forests, impacting the livelihoods of forest-dependent people. Changes in land cover are common in natural resource use areas. Land change is an important issue for planners and policymakers. One of them is the encroachment of the Holiday Resort Nature Park (HRNP) area of North Sumatra Province, which is a form of forest governance and weak law enforcement. Especially in this area, there are Sumatran elephants (Elephas maximus sumatranus), which are classified as critically endangered species. Analysis of land cover change can be used as material for formulating policies. By utilizing the Geographic Information System (GIS), it will be easier to analyze land cover and land use changes. The purpose of this study was to analyze land cover changes due to deforestation at HRNP. Spatial analysis of cover change using imagery and testing the accuracy of deforestation data, land cover satellite imagery, and verification in the field. The results showed that during the past 30 years, there has been deforestation from secondary dryland forest of 2079.3 ha to forest, namely swamp shrubs covering an area of 30.5 ha (1.5%) and non-forest covering an area of 2048.8 ha (98.6%). The highest deforestation rate occurred from 1996 to 2000 as much as 2027.3 ha (97.5%). The form of land cover due to deforestation is plantations 1990.8 ha (95.7%) and land cover forms 57.8 ha (2.8%). The conclusion shows that deforestation was triggered by weak law enforcement from the beginning until now, thus providing a more realistic opportunity for communities to encroach

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Section: Figure 4 Demographic Growth Chartmentioning

confidence: 99%

Analysis of land cover change due to deforestation at Holiday Resort Nature Park, North Sumatra Province, Indonesia

Daulay

Ahmad²,

Purwoko³

2023

J. Sylva Indonesiana

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“…However, other studies indicate a decrease in rainfall amounts on average by 10% to 40% (Nicholson, 2000;Worishima & Akasaka, 2010). In Africa generally, rainfall is projected to increase (Mohamed et al, 2002;Sultan et al, 2013;Safo et al, 2022) with the exceptions of South Africa and parts of the Horn of Africa where rainfall is projected to decline by about 10% by 2050 (Worishima & Akasaka, 2010). Consequently, some areas under rain fed conditions are likely to become unsuitable for cropping.…”

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Medium Term Climate Change Effects on Millet Yields in Gulu District, Northern Uganda

Oriangi,

Bamutaze,

Mukwaya

et al. 2024

Afr. j. clim. chang. resour. sustain.

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Climate change is expected to adversely affect crop yields and livelihoods of agro-dependent societies, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa. However, there remain gaps on the effects of expected regional climatic changes on key food security crops. This study assessed the projected climatic conditions and expected changes in millet yields for Paicho Sub County (S/C) in Gulu District up to the year 2033 using a cross sectional study design. To determine future climatic conditions, PRECIS (Providing Regional Climates for Impact Studies) model was used based on projected conditions at a 50 km spatial resolution while millet yields were modelled using Penman Grindley soil moisture balance model. PRECIS projected changes for 2033 reveal a strong and significant decrease in rainfall (p< 0.05). This is likely to decrease millet yields by 2.6% below the average current yields of 1.8 tons per hectare per year under business-as-usual scenario. The finding indicates a need for improved millet varieties that can survive under changed climatic conditions

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Spatio-temporal dynamics of tree cover change in semi-arid Ghana: evidence from Sentinel-2 time series data

Korah

Ahmed

2023

African Geographical Review

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Impact of land use and climate change on forest reserves in Ghana

Cited by 4 publications

References 40 publications

Analysis of land cover change due to deforestation at Holiday Resort Nature Park, North Sumatra Province, Indonesia

Analysis of land cover change due to deforestation at Holiday Resort Nature Park, North Sumatra Province, Indonesia

Medium Term Climate Change Effects on Millet Yields in Gulu District, Northern Uganda

Spatio-temporal dynamics of tree cover change in semi-arid Ghana: evidence from Sentinel-2 time series data

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