Modélisation rétrospective du défrichement de la forêt classée du Haut-Sassandra (Côte d’Ivoire) dans un contexte de conflits armés (2001-2013)

Andrieu, Julien; Barima, Yao Sadaiou Sabas; Moreno, Diego; Vignal, Matthieu; Zerbo, Roger

doi:10.3917/eg.473.0219

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“…The results reported by Koné [65] and Amani [67] identify institutional weaknesses as contributing factors to forest encroachment in gazetted forests. Moreover, the socio-political crisis during the period 2002 to 2011 emphasised legal and institutional weaknesses and facilitated a massive migration and infiltration of predominantly foreign populations into gazetted forests for cocoa growing, which has negatively impacted the forestlands [28,64,[68][69][70][71].…”

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Assessing Land Use and Land Cover Change and Farmers’ Perceptions of Deforestation and Land Degradation in South-West Côte d’Ivoire, West Africa

Kouassi

Gyau²,

Diby

et al. 2021

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Deforestation and land degradation remain two major economic and environmental threats in Côte d’Ivoire. This study assessed land use and land cover (LULC) change and farmers’ perceptions of the drivers and effects of deforestation and land degradation in south-western Côte d’Ivoire. We used remotely sensed data to determine LULC change trends, and a household survey to collect farmers’ perceptions of deforestation and land degradation. A total of 411 households were interviewed using a structured questionnaire and the focus group discussions involved 25 farmers. Landsat image analysis reported a drastic LULC change and a conversion of forestlands into agriculture from 1987 to 2015 at a rate of 1.44%/year and 3.44%/year for dense forests and degraded forests, respectively. The household survey revealed that the major causes of deforestation perceived by farmers included population growth (79.3%), extensive agriculture (72.9%), migration (54.2%) and logging (47.7%). Land degradation evolved, from a shortened fallow period (46.7%) and an inappropriate application of inputs (31.4%). The perceived major effects linked to deforestation encompassed land degradation (70.6%), loss of biodiversity (63.8%), global warming (56.9%) and loss of livelihood assets (54.3%). Therefore, this study recommends participatory landscape planning, reforestation and capacity building of stakeholders for sustainable intensification of the production systems to reduce LULC challenges for enhanced productive and protective functions of remaining forests.

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Assessing Land Use and Land Cover Change and Farmers’ Perceptions of Deforestation and Land Degradation in South-West Côte d’Ivoire, West Africa

Kouassi

Gyau²,

Diby

et al. 2021

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Drivers of tropical deforestation: a global review of methodological approaches and analytical scales

Bernhard,

Shapiro,

Hunt

2023

Biodivers Conserv

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Transparency, traceability and deforestation in the Ivorian cocoa supply chain

Renier

Vandromme

Meyfroidt

et al. 2023

Environ. Res. Lett.

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Cocoa production has been identified as a major global driver of deforestation, but its precise contribution to deforestation dynamics in West Africa remains unclear. It is also unknown to what degree companies and international markets are able to trace their cocoa imports, and satisfy their sustainable sourcing commitments. Here, we use publicly-available remote-sensing and supply chain data for Côte d’Ivoire, the world’s largest cocoa producer, to quantify cocoa-driven deforestation and trace 2019 cocoa exports and the associated deforestation from their department of origin, via trading companies, to international markets. We find 2.4 Mha of cocoa deforestation and degradation over 2000–2019, i.e. 125 000 ha y−1, representing 45% of the total deforestation and forest degradation over that period. Only 43.6% (95% CI: 42.6%–44.7%) of exports can be traced back to a specific cooperative and department. The majority of cocoa (over 55%) thus remains untraced, either indirectly sourced from local intermediaries by major traders (23.9%, 95% CI: 22.9%–24.9%), or exported by untransparent traders—who disclose no information about their suppliers (32.4%). Traceability to farm lags further behind, and is insufficient to meet the EU due-diligence legislation’s proposed requirement for geolocation of product origins. We estimate that trading companies in the Cocoa and Forests Initiative have mapped 40% of the total farms supplying them, representing only 22% of all Ivorian cocoa exports in 2019. We identify 838 000 hectares of deforestation over 2000–2015 associated with 2019 EU imports, 56% of this arising through untraced sourcing. We discuss issues of company- and state-led traceability systems, often presented as solutions to deforestation, and stress the need for transparency and for the sector to work beyond individual supply chains, at landscape-level, calling for collaboration, stronger regulatory policies, and investments to preserve the remaining stretches of forests in West Africa.

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Modélisation rétrospective du défrichement de la forêt classée du Haut-Sassandra (Côte d’Ivoire) dans un contexte de conflits armés (2001-2013)

Cited by 4 publications

References 23 publications

Assessing Land Use and Land Cover Change and Farmers’ Perceptions of Deforestation and Land Degradation in South-West Côte d’Ivoire, West Africa

Assessing Land Use and Land Cover Change and Farmers’ Perceptions of Deforestation and Land Degradation in South-West Côte d’Ivoire, West Africa

Drivers of tropical deforestation: a global review of methodological approaches and analytical scales

Transparency, traceability and deforestation in the Ivorian cocoa supply chain

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