Kangbéni Dimobe|Amadé Ouédraogo|Soungalo Soma|Dethardt Goetze|Stefan Porembski|Adjima Thiombiano
Identification of driving factors of land degradation and deforestation in the Wildlife Reserve of Bontioli (Burkina Faso, West Africa)
University of Lomé|University of Rostock|Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo|Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo|University of Rostock|Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo|University of Rostock|University of Rostock|Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo
africa protected areas play important role mitigating effects climate change carbon sequestration threatened due increasing land degradation deforestation ldd total wildlife reserve bontioli twrb burkina faso one countrys refuges high biodiversity reserve seriously threatened human activities little information available onsite causes degradation extent study carried investigate drivers extent ldd twrb household surveys focus group discussions field observations used identify socioeconomic factors influence land use land cover lulc changes socioeconomic data analyzed using rankings binary logistic regression techniques logistic regression model used establish relationship socioeconomic drivers land cover change remote sensing gis techniques used analyze land use lulc changes 29 years employing landsat images 1984 2001 2013 performed supervised classification based maximum likelihood algorithm derive vegetation maps results revealed significant p 005 lulc change one class lulc another 1984 2001 tree savannas bare soils agricultural lands increased 1755 1879 2177879 respectively woodland gallery forest shrub savannas water bodies decreased 2202 503 4008 312 respectively 2001 2013 gallery forests decreased 1433 tree savannas 2230 shrub savannas 514 agricultural lands increased 16787 woodlands 321 ldd occurred higher rate areas bordering reserve compared coreprotected area inaccessible areas agricultural expansion wood cutting activities main direct causes ldd extensive land utilization agriculture major threat conservation biodiversity reserve research highlighted soundness gis remote sensing practical application assess vegetation change extent burkina faso understanding signal extent vegetation change particularly important support efforts policy makers halt least slow deforestation country need control immediate causes lulc dynamics limiting agricultural land expansion wood cutting study area