Space mapping technology in support of the project for biodiversity retoration of degraded cocoa production landscapes in West Africa
Ampadu, Okyeame ... [et al.]
Among the evidenced-based contributors to the global climatic change is the loss of the primary forest cover of the tropical rain forest through tree-cropping of the crop variety that requires no-shade. Particularly in Ghana and the Ivory Coast the no-shade type of cocoa farming has destroyed the multiple canopy rainforest and its associated multiple species. Space images show devastating expansion of this economy in the forest region of the Western Region of Ghana. So disturbing is the degradation that Conservation International, UNDP and WCN, are putting together a ten-year program for biodiversity restoration of the affected lands, where replanting is due. The program needs the support of digital mapping for facilitating the use of space imageries for monitoring and evaluation. The project is a multi-discipline and multi-sectoral one which will need Geographic Information System for integrating the various data sets and use for spatial analysis to monitor and evaluate the changes. In the initial study the use of satellite images and ancillary maps in digital format proved that digital maps could not be ignored. This paper presents what was done and the relevance of it to the sub-regional project which will cover the cocoa-growing countries in West Africa.
Event: 5th FIG Regional Conference for Africa : Promoting Land Administration and Good Governance
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