Identification of driving factors of land degradation and deforestation in the Wildlife Reserve of Bontioli (Burkina Faso, West Africa)

Global Ecology and Conservation

Volumn 4, Issue , 2015, Pages 559-571

  Dimobe, Kangbéni ^a,b,c   Ouédraogo, Amadé ^b   Soma, Soungalo ^b,c   Goetze, Dethardt ^c   Porembski, Stefan ^c   Thiombiano, Adjima ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOMÉ   (Togo)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE OUAGADOUGOU   (Burkina Faso)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Bontioli reserve; Diachronic analysis; Land degradation drivers; Land use; Sustainable use

Indexed keywords

EID: 84946233403     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23519894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gecco.2015.10.006     Document Type: Article

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