Protected forest areas and their neighboring communities in Burkina Faso are facing numerous challenges related to climate change, climate variability, and human impact, without a good understanding of the relationship ...
Africa stands as the most susceptible continent to the ramifications of changes in climate. The repercussions of climate change on human well-being have garnered increased scrutiny in recent times. Malaria, a prevalent ...
This study analyzed the resilience to food insecurity of rural households in the Senegalese Groundnut Basin in response to climate-related risks. Cross-sectional data from the National Food Security, Nutrition, and Resilience ...
This study investigates the relationship between climate and asthma to improve monitoring and healthcare management. The study focuses on three areas: examining the link between climatic and environmental variables and ...
A great deal of research has shown that climate change is one of the current threats to pollinators. It has a significant influence on other strictly related factors, such as diseases and predators, causing the weakening ...
Pastoral resources play an important role in the livestock production and reproduction system in the south-west of Mali. These pastoral resources are very sensitive to climatic hazards which are negatively affecting their ...
In the context of recurrent extreme climate events in Niger, adaptation policies promote climate services (CS) to support climate risk management by strengthening institutional and CS capacity. However, the constant ...
Extreme precipitation during the West African summer monsoon causes significant flooding
and drought, impacting food security, infrastructure, and regional socioecological systems. This
thesis examines monsoon precipitation's ...
Flood risk management in The Gambia faces significant challenges due to the increasing impacts of climate-related disasters, requesting innovative approaches that integrate both Indigenous knowledge (IK) and scientific ...
This study used two observation datasets (the Global Precipitation Climatology Project (GPCP) and the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM)), to evaluate the ability of nine regional climate models (RCMs) that ...
Wildfires in Ghana's part of the Northern Savannah zone have recently become a primary environmental and socio-economic concern due to climate change and human activities. The aftermath of such a fire can be stretched ...
Yam, a staple food crop in Côte d'Ivoire, is the main source of livelihood for many inhabitants in the Gontougo region. Changes and variations in climate have significant impacts on its productivity. Soil depletion, ...
This Thesis seeks to understand the space-time variations of extreme rainfall events, and the assess flood risk and community vulnerability to floods in the southern Burkina Faso. To achieve this, the specific objectives ...
The Savanna region of Northern Togo is facing degradation of its main agroecosystems due to the decrease in their ecosystem services exacerbated by the increase frequency and intensity of extreme climatic events, such as ...
The increasing risk of coastal flooding in urban areas, driven by climate change and socioeconomic development, underscores the importance of accurate information for adaptation planning and risk mitigation. Yet, in ...
Migration has become a phenomenon experienced by most young people in the Savannah Region, the northern region of Togo, bordering Burkina Faso, Benin and Ghana. The region has been subject to the adverse effects of climate ...
The white-thighed colobus (Colobus vellerosus), a Critically Endangered primate endemic to West Africa, faces imminent extinction due to rapid habitat loss, intense anthropogenic pressures, and accelerating climate change. ...
Biodiversity loss driven by human activities is accelerating globally, yet some functional groups remain largely overlooked in conservation planning. Desiccation-tolerant (DT) vascular plants, which can survive extreme ...
Tropical savanna species influence ecosystem multifunctionality through the ecological
mechanisms underlying the provision of multiple ecosystem services. Despite this
functionality, anthropogenic factors such as ...
Crop and livestock production are critical to food security in The Gambia, yet yields have declined, partly due to the impacts of climate change and environmental pollution. This study investigated the potential of mesophilic ...