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Monitoring of anthropogenic effects on forest ecosystems within the municipality of Valli`eres in the Republic of Haiti from 1984 to 2019
Salomon, Waselin; Useni Sikuzani, Yannick; Kouakou, Akoua Tamia Madeleine et al.
2021In Trees, Forests and People, 5 (2021)
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Keywords :
Deforestation; Fragmentation; Landscape metrics; Remote sensing / GIS; Spatial process
Abstract :
[en] The forest resources within the municipality of Valli`eres in the Republic of Haiti are subject to ever-increasing anthropogenic pressures, leading to a reduction in their area and the degradation of their ecosystem services. This study quantified the spatial pattern changes of forest ecosystems within the municipality of Valli`eres from 1984 to 2019 using a cartographic approach coupled with landscape metrics. The evolving trend in the landscape within the municipality of Valli`eres and its sections reveals that in 35 years the area of forests land has diminished through the fragmentation of the large initial patches, as opposed to the progressive dynamics of agricultural and bare land, mainly under strain from the creation and merging of the patches. The underlying causes of the observed landscape dynamics are demographic pressure coupled with the lack of an appropriate program for the preservation of forest resources and improvement of the standard of living conditions of the local population. Our results justify the implementation of strategies to preserve the rare patches of the forests that remain, taking into account the local socio-economic context.
Disciplines :
Environmental sciences & ecology
Author, co-author :
Salomon, Waselin ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > TERRA Research Centre
Useni Sikuzani, Yannick;  Université de Lubumbashi - UNILU > Faculté des Sciences Agronomiques > Unité Ecologie, Restauration Ecologique et Paysage
Kouakou, Akoua Tamia Madeleine;  Université Jean Lorougnon Guédé, Unité de Formation et de Recherche Environnement, 150 Daloa (Cote d'Ivoire)
Barima, Sadaiou Sabas;  Université Jean Lorougnon Guédé, Unité de Formation et de Recherche Environnement, 150 Daloa (Cote d'Ivoire)
Theodat, Jean Marie;  Université Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne, Laboratoire de géographie PRODIG, Campus Condorcet Bâtiment de Recherche Sud, 5, cours des Humanités 93 322 Aubervilliers Cedex, France
Bogaert, Jan  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département GxABT > Biodiversité et Paysage
Language :
English
Title :
Monitoring of anthropogenic effects on forest ecosystems within the municipality of Valli`eres in the Republic of Haiti from 1984 to 2019
Publication date :
25 August 2021
Journal title :
Trees, Forests and People
eISSN :
2666-7193
Publisher :
Elsevier
Volume :
5
Issue :
2021
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Funders :
ARES CCD - Académie de Recherche et d'Enseignement Supérieur. Coopération au Développement [BE]
AUF - Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie [CA]
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