Forest Dynamics in the North of the Classified Forest of Haut-Sassandra During the Period of Armed Conflicts in Ivory Coast

Akoua Tamia Madeleine Kouakou; Yao Sadaiou Sabas Barima; Apollinaire Kouassi Kouakou; N’guessan François Kouamé; Jan Bogaert; Justin Yatty Kouadio

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Forest Dynamics in the North of the Classified Forest of Haut-Sassandra During the Period of Armed Conflicts in Ivory Coast

Akoua Tamia Madeleine Kouakou, Yao Sadaiou Sabas Barima, Apollinaire Kouassi Kouakou, N’guessan François Kouamé, Jan Bogaert, Justin Yatty Kouadio

Published in American Journal of Life Sciences (Volume 3, Issue 5)

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Ivory Coast (or Côte d'Ivoire) has experienced a succession of political and military crises from 2002 to 2011. This has resulted in a general degradation of the environment. In rural areas, the natural formations such classified forest of Haut-Sassandra (CFHS) in the West Central, underwent severe human pressure. This study, which took place in the northern part of the CFHS, aimed to determine the spatial and temporal evolution of the forest and its floristic composition during this time of conflicts. Two satellite images dated from 2001 and 2013 were the subject of a supervised classification from the maximum likelihood algorithm. Floristic surveys were used to determine the current state floristic diversity of CFHS compared to the situation prior to the conflicts. The results show that forest areas, representing 94 % of the area in 2001, increased to 34 % in 2013, representing an annual rate of 5 % of deforestation. About 13 % of species recorded before the conflict had disappeared in 2013. However, with 239 inventoried northern of CFHS remains a refuge area of the Ivorian plant diversity.

Published in	American Journal of Life Sciences (Volume 3, Issue 5)
DOI	10.11648/j.ajls.20150305.17
Page(s)	375-382
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Armed Conflicts, Human Pressure, Spatial Transformations, Flora, Endemic Plant Species

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Akoua Tamia Madeleine Kouakou; Yao Sadaiou Sabas Barima; Apollinaire Kouassi Kouakou; N’guessan François Kouamé; Jan Bogaert, et al. Forest Dynamics in the North of the Classified Forest of Haut-Sassandra During the Period of Armed Conflicts in Ivory Coast. Am. J. Life Sci. 2015, 3(5), 375-382. doi: 10.11648/j.ajls.20150305.17

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Akoua Tamia Madeleine Kouakou, Yao Sadaiou Sabas Barima, Apollinaire Kouassi Kouakou, N’guessan François Kouamé, Jan Bogaert, et al. Forest Dynamics in the North of the Classified Forest of Haut-Sassandra During the Period of Armed Conflicts in Ivory Coast. Am J Life Sci. 2015;3(5):375-382. doi: 10.11648/j.ajls.20150305.17

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Akoua Tamia Madeleine Kouakou

Université Jean Lorougnon Guédé, Unité de Formation et de Recherche en Environnement, Daloa, C?te d’Ivoire
Yao Sadaiou Sabas Barima

Université Jean Lorougnon Guédé, Unité de Formation et de Recherche en Environnement, Daloa, C?te d’Ivoire
Apollinaire Kouassi Kouakou

Université Jean Lorougnon Guédé, Unité de Formation et de Recherche en Environnement, Daloa, C?te d’Ivoire
N’guessan François Kouamé
Jan Bogaert

Université de Liège, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, Unité Biodiversité et Paysage, Gembloux, Belgium
Justin Yatty Kouadio

Université Jean Lorougnon Guédé, Unité de Formation et de Recherche en Agroforesterie, Daloa, C?te d’Ivoire

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