Potential Geography and Conservation of Ipomoea beninensis, an Endangered Plant Species for Benin (West Africa)

Idohou, Rodrigue; Dassou, Gbèwonmèdéa Hospice; Panteli, Christoforos; Hounsou-Dindin, Guillaume; Adomou, Aristide Cossi

doi:10.3390/iecf2022-13345

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“…Spatial prioritization is a fundamental step in the framework for identifying suitable areas for biodiversity conservation (Kukkala & Moilanen, 2013). The utility of spatial prioritization is in balancing or trading‐off the multiple factors that determine the importance of an area for conservation interventions (Idohou et al, 2022; Kujala et al, 2018). This is essential for the control of the different types of habitats capable of sheltering the species in order to set up strategies for the reconstitution of new populations in these different types of habitats.…”

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Climate change effects on desert date Balanites aegyptiaca (L.) Delile in Benin: Implications for conservation and domestication

Hounsou-Dindin

Idohou

Hounsode

et al. 2023

Natural Resources Forum

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Effectiveness of Balanites aegyptiaca conservation and sustainable exploitation requires a better knowledge of the intrinsic environmental factors linked with its current and future geographic distribution. This study aimed to map suitable areas for the conservation and domestication of B. aegyptiaca under present‐day and future climate conditions in Benin. A total of 424 occurrence records of B. aegyptiaca were combined with the environmental variables of two climatic scenarios (optimistic RCP 4.5 and pessimistic RCP 8.5) following the biodiversity modeling approach (biomod2). Findings were that under current and future climate conditions (RCP 4.5 and 8.5), almost one‐third of the country's area (protected and non‐protected areas), mainly located in the semiarid zone, presents a high probability of suitable areas for the conservation and domestication of B. aegyptiaca by 2055 time horizon. Exceptionally, a fine portion of medium suitable area for its distribution was found in the coastal area. Whatever the future climatic scenarios, a probable potential extension of the suitable areas (2.52% for RCP 4.5 and 0.43% for RCP 8.5) will be noted, thus emphasizing a positive impact of climate changes on the species. These findings are timely and could be used for setting appropriate management policies targeting the species in Benin.

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