Globally, agricultural soils are being evaluated for their role in climate change regulation as a potential sink for atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) through sequestration of organic carbon as soil organic matter. Scientists and policy analysts increasingly seek to develop programs and policies…
Context and backgroundA Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) for the Rabat-Salé-Kenitra (RSK) region represents a major opportunity to coordinate exchanges and share spatial data between several actors: producers or users of spatially referenced data on a regional scale.Goal and ObjectivesThe…
Context and backgroundIn the classified and managed forests of Upper-Casamance, the vegetation cover is undergoing significant changes. The result is a strong tendency to convert forest into savannah and cultivation areas, which goes against the policy of classification and management of forests…
The impact of climate change on annual and monthly air precipitation and temperature has received a great deal of attention by scholars worldwide. This study focuses on detecting trends in annual precipitation and temperature for Addis Ababa methodological station located in Addis Ababa. SPSS in…
‘‘End hunger, achieve food security, improve nutrition and promote agriculture†is one of the stated goals of the 2030 agenda for sustainable development. A major obstacle to achieving this goal is the growing incidence of armed conflict, terrorism and state fragility in the developing…
In recent decades, a new paradigm on the rational and careful use of land as a non-renewable resource has arisen. This definition requires new management methods based on the application of the “CLORPT” equation (state factor model) (CL—Climate, O—Organisms:living beings, R—Relief (topography),…
Forests cover about 40 % of the European Union (EU), providing a wide spectrum of invaluable ecosystem services to more than half a billion people. In order to protect and harness this crucial asset, EU policies are advancing multifunctional management. This study lays a basis for such an effort…