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TAÏ NATIONAL PARK Pilot project in Ivory Coast

Land use changes include loss of forest cover, which in addition to contributing to climate changes also result in critical losses in biological diversity and other ecosystem services. These losses are producing negative impacts on human welfare and local cultures.
The project aims at assessing the feasibility of developing an efficient and effective methodology for measuring avoided deforestation (and associated carbon bio-sequestration) at the landscape level using earth observation from space combined with ground surveys.
- land use/land cover maps (2001, 2006, 2007 satellite images)
- changes detection

• Link With Climate Change

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  The primary source of the increased atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide results from fossil fuel use, with land use change providing another significant contribution, with emissions from deforestation and forest degradation accounting for 20-25% of the overall annual emissions of greenhouse gases (IPCC 2007).

• Local Actions

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  These results will help to prove the effectiveness of agroforestry practices in combating deforestation. Use of satellite imagery combined with ground surveys for land use mapping and change detection. Development of tools and methodology for sustainable REED policies.

• Region Name

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  Buffer zone of the Taï National Park. This park is a UNESCO World heritage site and biosphere reserve.

• Partners involved in project

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  UNESCO MAB