This paper presents findings of a land-use and land-cover (LULC) change mapping exercise conducted in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Nine LULC classes were mapped from multi-temporal Landsat data of 1974, 1986 and 2000. Special attention was given to the growth or otherwise of agricultural land in relation to other LULC classes. Conversion of one land-use/-cover type to the other was identified, and its effects discussed. Major conversions occurred between agricultural lands, grasslands, evergreen forest, built-up areas and barren land.
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Library ResourceArtículos de revistas y librosDiciembre, 2011Sierra Leona
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Library ResourceArtículos de revistas y librosMarzo, 2016Camerún, Sierra Leona, África, África occidental
The West African cocoa belt, reaching from Sierra Leone to southern Cameroon, is the origin of about 70% of the world's cocoa (Theobroma cacao), which in turn is the basis of the livelihoods of about two million farmers. We analyze cocoa's vulnerability to climate change in the West African cocoa belt, based on climate projections for the 2050s of 19 Global Circulation Models under the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change intermediate emissions scenario RCP 6.0.
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Library ResourceEnero, 2002Liberia, Benin, Ghana, Sierra Leona, Togo, Côte d'Ivoire, África subsahariana
Kissidougou in Guinea, West Africa, is characterised by so-called 'forest islands', relics - it was assumed -of original dense forest cover. It was also assumed that local cultivation practice was to blame for the destruction of the trees. However, as collaborative research led by the School of Oriental and African Studies, the Institute of Development Studies and Guinean researchers discovered, villagers had a different story to tell: that the forest islands had in fact been established over several generations as part of a process of deliberate forest management.
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Library ResourceArtículos de revistas y librosDiciembre, 1995Angola, Burkina Faso, Estados Unidos de América, Mozambique, Burundi, Francia, Ghana, Congo, Djibouti, Sierra Leona, Níger, Rwanda, Liberia, Togo, Botswana, India, Senegal, Gabón, Kenya
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Library ResourceDocumentos de política y resúmenesSeptiembre, 2016Seychelles, Rwanda, Burkina Faso, Malawi, Somalia, Madagascar, República Centroafricana, Esuatini, Ghana, Djibouti, Sierra Leona, Etiopía, Eritrea, África
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Library ResourceInformes e investigacionesDiciembre, 1969Argelia, Francia, Rwanda, Canadá, Alemania, Dinamarca, Marruecos, Reino Unido, Ghana, Sierra Leona, Malawi, Níger, Camerún, Kenya, Liberia, Uganda, Gabón, Botswana, Senegal, Chad, Togo, Côte d'Ivoire
Meeting Name: African Forestry Commission
Meeting symbol/code: FO-AFC/69/REP.
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Library ResourceArtículos de revistas y librosDiciembre, 1993Liberia, Nigeria, Italia, Indonesia, Ghana, Sierra Leona, Brasil, Austria, África
In the context of developing a practicable and cost effective method for obtaining a country’s forest area by remote sensing, the computer processing of NOAA AVHRR HRPT data covering Liberia was investigated. The only cloud-free scene then recorded turned out to be severely and unevenly affected by atmospheric haze. To mitigate the effects of this, the country was divided into six areas (strata) of more uniform haze conditions.
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Library ResourceArtículos de revistas y librosDiciembre, 2007Angola, Mozambique, Zambia, Guatemala, China, Sierra Leona, Etiopía, Myanmar, Tailandia, Nueva Zelandia, Nepal, Laos, Filipinas, Viet Nam, Kirguistán, Italia, Tanzania, Países Bajos, India, Mongolia, Camboya, Asia
Laos depends heavily on rice based agriculture systems and there is evidence that the traditional diversified diet and income base is being eroded, resulting in a negative effect on the livelihoods of the people. The opportunity to gather food in forests is diminishing and dietary diversity is being narrowed.
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Library ResourceInformes e investigacionesDiciembre, 2001Francia, Liberia, Benin, Nigeria, Malí, Ghana, Guinea, Sierra Leona, Níger, Togo, África
La présente publication «Situation des ressources génétiques forestières de la Guinée» est issue d'un rapport national présenté à l'Atelier sous-régional FAO/IPGRI/ICRAF sur la conservation, la gestion, l'utilisation durable et la mise en valeur des ressources génétiques forestières de la zone sahélienne (Ouagadougou, 22-24 sept. 1998).
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Library ResourceArtículos de revistas y librosDiciembre, 1984Argelia, Egipto, Liberia, Estados Unidos de América, Alemania, Marruecos, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, Sierra Leona, África
This paper is written in fulfilment of the requirement of the Associate Regional Advisers (ARA) Programme which is run under the auspices of the Forest Industries Advisory Group (FIAG) for Africa. The objective of the Forest Industries Advisory Group is to assist African countries in promoting the growth of forest industries and their optimum contribution to economic and social development.
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