• Landscape Patterns and Modelling of Soil-Vegetation Relationship and Related Ecosystems Services to Support Landscape Conservation in the Mo River Basin (Togo) 

  Diwediga, Badabate (WASCAL, 2016-05)

  In order to support integrated landscapes and restoration efforts, this research focused on the assessment and monitoring of the spatio-temporal land use/cover change (LUCC) and degradation in the Mo River Basin (a subunit ...
• Soil Respiration across predominant Land-uses in the Vea catchment in the Sudan savannah zone, North-east Ghana 

  Owusu Prempeh, Nat (WASCAL, 2015-04)

  A study to quantify soil respiration (SR) across predominant land-uses in the Vea catchment, a semi-arid Savannah ecosystem of Ghana, was carried out using the closed static chamber method and CO2 transmitter (GMD 20, ...
• Carbon Stock Potential of Agroforestry Systems in Savannah West Africa: A Case Study of Agroforestry Parkland in Burkina Faso. 

  Neya, Tiga (WASCAL, 2019-02)

  Agroforestry plays an important role in food security and farmer‘s resilience to climate change and variability in West Africa. However, the link between agroforestry parkland profiles and the capability of these parklands ...
• Vulnerability of Rice and Maize Yields to Climate Variability in the Sudano-Sahelian Zone of The Gambia: Drivers and Adaptation Options 

  Sonko, Ebrima (WASCAL, 2019-06)

  Staple food crops are considered as the driving force for household food security and source of livelihood activities for many developing nations. Farming practices face many challenges due to the adverse impacts of climate ...
• Land Use and Climate Change Impacts on Water Resources and Water-Related Ecosystem Services Using a Multi-Model Approach in the Ouriyori Catchment (Benin) 

  Togbevi Honfin, Quentin Fiacre (WASCAL, 2019-06)

  Predicting and supplying freshwater resources in West Africa remain major concerns and challenges, basically due to factors such as lack of operational governance frameworks, socio-economic factors, poor resources at ...
• Modeling the Hydrological Response of the Dano Catchment, in the Volta Basin to Landuse Landcover Change and Climate Change 

  Okafor, Gloria Chinwendu (WASCAL, 2019-06)

  This study investigated the scenario-based impacts of land-use landcover change and climate change on water resources of the Dano Catchment, in the Volta basin. Combining remote sensing images, field investigation, and ...
• Stand Structure, Woody Species Diversity and Carbon Stocks in Urban Forests of a West African Sahelian Zone: A Case of Niamey and Maradi Cities, Niger 

  Moussa, Soule (WASCAL, 2019-06)

  Urbanization is a driver of deforestation, which results in the loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services. However, through the development of urban forests some of these losses can be regained in cities. Many studies ...
• Aboveground Biomass and CO2 Emissions from Land Use and Land Cover Change in Sudan Savannah Ecological Zone of Ghana 

  Coulibaly, Mah (WASCAL, 2019-06)

  Stabilising the global temperature within the predicted 2°C rise, it is necessary to provide accurate information to policymakers on the current state, temporal and spatial changes of CO2 emission from land use and land ...
• Land Use Change, Modelling of Soil Salinity and Households’ Decisions Under Climate Change Scenarios in the Coastal Agricultural Area of Senegal 

  Thiam, Sophie (WASCAL, 2019-05)

  Soil salinity remains one of the most severe environmental problems in the coastal agricultural areas in Senegal. It reduces crop yields thereby endangering smallholder farmers’ livelihood. To support effective land ...
• Assessing impact of Soil and Assessing Impact of Soil and Water Conservation Measures Oo Vegetation Cover in Burkina Faso using MODIS NDVI Data 

  Nyamekye, Clement (WASCAL, 2019-06)

  Following the decades of dramatic droughts that started in the 1960s, Burkina Faso started implementing Soil and Water Conservation in 1960s (SWC) measures to combat desertification. The implementation of SWC measures ...
• Effect of Climate Change and Variability on Pearl Millet (Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.) Production in the Sudanian and Sahelian Agro-Ecological Zones in Mali 

  Toure, Halimatou Aboubacar (WASCAL, 2016-05)

  Climate change is expected to increase vulnerability in all agro-ecological zones of Mali through rising temperature and more erratic rainfalls, which will have drastic consequences on food security and economic growth. ...
• Integrating Geoinformation and Socioeconomic Data for Assessing Urban Land-use Vulnerability to Potential Climate-change Impacts of Abuja 

  Mahmoud, Mahmoud Ibrahim (WASCAL, 2016-05)

  This dissertation is framed as a retrospective research concept that analysed and monitored land use change to assess the impacts of urbanization on climate in cities. Multi-source datasets such as remote sensing images, ...
• Charcoal production and its implication for woodland degradation and climate change in the Forest-Savannah Transition Zone of Ghana: the case of Kintampo Municipality 

  Raymond, Aabeyir (WASCAL, 2016-05)

  Charcoal production plays an important role in global socio-economic development as a source of income, energy and rural poverty alleviation. However, increasing commercial charcoal production has raised concerns about its ...
• Geoinformation Modelling of Peri-Urban Land Use and Land Cover Dynamics for Climate Variability and Climate Change in the Bosomtwe District, Ghana 

  Odame Appiah, Divine (WASCAL, 2016-04)

  This study modelled the socioeconomic drivers and the actual land use and land cover (LULC) changes, with special reference to vegetation cover and local climate variability and change, in the peri-urban Bosomtwe District ...
• Impacts of Community-Forest Management on Land Use Change, Vegetation Dynamics and Carbon Stocks in South-Eastern Senegal 

  Faye, Laurice Codou (WASCAL, 2016-04)

  Forest management is considered as a strategy of mitigation and adaptation to climate change because of its ability to contribute to improve local livelihood and reduce carbon emission from forest. This study investigated ...
• Vegetation Dynamics in the Southwest of Burkina Faso in response to Rainfall Variability and Land Use 

  Zoungrana, Benewinde Jean-Bosco (WASCAL, 2016-04)

  Assessing vegetation dynamics is relevant for ensuring sustainable development especially in regions where natural vegetation is altered by anthropogenic land use and rainfall variability. This is particularly crucial in ...
• Assessing Urban Flood Risks under Changing Climate and Land Use in Abidjan District, South Cote d’Ivoire 

  Danumah, Jean Homian (WASCAL, 2016-04)

  Climate change has become one of the global environmental issues more visible in recent decades. Flooding is one of the natural disasters that combine with climate change to create effects and cause some of the most ...
• Hydrological Modelling of Zaï Planting Pit for Rainwater Harvesting in Agroforestry Schemes for Climate Change Adaptation in the Sudano-Sahelian Zone of Niger 

  Nouhou Koutcha, Mariama (WASCAL, 2016-05)

  An estimated 23.5 % of global land area is affected by land degradation and this has resulted in 1 to 2.3 million hectares of agricultural land becoming unsuitable for cultivation. Situated in the Sudano-Sahelian zone, ...
• Land-Use Change Modelling, Scenarios Development and impacts Assessment on Co2 and N2o emissions from Vegetation Degradation in the Dassari Basin, Benin 

  Chabi, Adeyemi (WASCAL, 2016-05)

  The Kyoto Protocol of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was developed as an attempt to confront and begin to reverse the rising CO2 concentrations. But in order to set emission reduction ...
• Impact of Cashew Expansion on Land Use/ Land Cover Change and Carbon Stocks in the Forest-Savanna Transition Zone, North-East Côte d’Ivoire 

  Akpa, You Lucette (WASCAL, 2015-04)

  An increased production of cashew (Anacardium Occidentale L.) in the forest-savanna transition zone of Côte d’Ivoire calls for an understanding of the biophysical, ecological as well as climate change implications that may ...

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