Abstract:
Environmental degradation is a serious problem in the fragile ecosystem of the Sudano-Sahelian zone of West Africa. To test, adopt and extend appropriate technologies to ...Show MoreMetadata
Abstract:
Environmental degradation is a serious problem in the fragile ecosystem of the Sudano-Sahelian zone of West Africa. To test, adopt and extend appropriate technologies to prevent further degradation, remote sensing and GIS technologies were used to identify, and characterize a farmer-manageable in-land dry valley system in Niger. Appropriate land management units were delineated. Interventions that will address specific natural resource management problems specific to each land management unit but also linked to the restitution of other units were tested. This holistic approach has proven successful and it is being extended to regions of similar ecosystems.
Published in: IGARSS 2003. 2003 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. Proceedings (IEEE Cat. No.03CH37477)
Date of Conference: 21-25 July 2003
Date Added to IEEE Xplore: 10 May 2004
Print ISBN:0-7803-7929-2