IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/gam/jsusta/v14y2022i10p6301-d821061.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Land Cover and Land Use Changes between 1986 and 2018, and Preliminary Carbon Footprint Implications for Manoka Island (Littoral Region of Cameroon)

Author

Listed:
  • Claude Tatuebu Tagne

    (Department of Geography, Faculty of Arts, Letters and Social Sciences, The University of Yaoundé 1, Yaoundé P.O. Box 755, Cameroon)

  • Denis Jean Sonwa

    (Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Messa, Yaoundé P.O. Box 16 317, Cameroon)

  • Abdon Awono

    (Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Messa, Yaoundé P.O. Box 16 317, Cameroon)

  • Moustapha Njayou Mama

    (Fondation Pour le Tri-National de la Sangha, Yaoundé P.O. Box 35 372, Cameroon)

  • Evariste Fongnzossie

    (Advanced Teacher’s Training School for Technical Education, The University of Douala, Douala P.O. Box 1872, Cameroon)

  • Riddley Ngala Mbiybe

    (Department of Geography, Faculty of Arts, Letters and Social Sciences, The University of Yaoundé 1, Yaoundé P.O. Box 755, Cameroon)

  • Lydie Flora Essamba à Rim

    (Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Messa, Yaoundé P.O. Box 16 317, Cameroon)

  • Rufin Dominique Ntja

    (Cameroon Ecology, Edea P.O. Box 791, Cameroon)

Abstract

Land and resource use patterns in coastal areas play a key role in the resilience of ecosystems and populations to climate change. Knowing their spatiotemporal dynamics therefore constitutes a strategic tool to help decision-makers. Based on documentary research, geographic information system (GIS), image processing, and field work, this article maps land use on Manoka Island between 1986 and 2018 and identifies the drivers of change and avenues for intervention with a view to strengthening climate change mitigation. The results show a decrease of 4% in forest area on Manoka Island, representing an average of 112 ha of inland forest and 267 ha of mangrove converted between 1986 and 2018. This increases the degraded forest area by 268% (degraded mangrove and degraded inland forest) and exposes some camps to erosion and flooding. Reduction in forest area is mainly linked to the harvesting of fuelwood and the conversion of forests into farmland and residential areas. Settlements have increased in area from 15 ha in 1986 to 90.4 ha in 2018 to the detriment of natural spaces.

Suggested Citation

  • Claude Tatuebu Tagne & Denis Jean Sonwa & Abdon Awono & Moustapha Njayou Mama & Evariste Fongnzossie & Riddley Ngala Mbiybe & Lydie Flora Essamba à Rim & Rufin Dominique Ntja, 2022. "Land Cover and Land Use Changes between 1986 and 2018, and Preliminary Carbon Footprint Implications for Manoka Island (Littoral Region of Cameroon)," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(10), pages 1-19, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:14:y:2022:i:10:p:6301-:d:821061
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/14/10/6301/pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/14/10/6301/
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Ernest Molua, 2009. "Accommodation of climate change in coastal areas of cameroon: selection of household-level protection options," Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, Springer, vol. 14(8), pages 721-735, December.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Claudio Fabian Szlafsztein & Andréa Nazaré Barata Araújo, 2021. "Autonomous flood adaptation measures in Amazonian cities (Belem, Brazil)," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 108(1), pages 1069-1087, August.
    2. G. Lacerda & C. Silva & C. Pimenteira & R. Kopp & R. Grumback & L. Rosa & M. Freitas, 2014. "Guidelines for the strategic management of flood risks in industrial plant oil in the Brazilian coast: adaptive measures to the impacts by relative sea level rise," Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, Springer, vol. 19(7), pages 1041-1062, October.
    3. Walter Leal Filho & Francine Modesto & Gustavo J. Nagy & Mustafa Saroar & Nsani YannickToamukum & Michael Ha’apio, 2018. "Fostering coastal resilience to climate change vulnerability in Bangladesh, Brazil, Cameroon and Uruguay: a cross-country comparison," Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, Springer, vol. 23(4), pages 579-602, April.
    4. Jana Koerth & Athanasios T. Vafeidis & Jochen Hinkel, 2017. "Household‐Level Coastal Adaptation and Its Drivers: A Systematic Case Study Review," Risk Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 37(4), pages 629-646, April.
    5. Lisa Mason & T. Agan, 2015. "Weather variability in urban Philippines: a gender analysis of household impacts," Climatic Change, Springer, vol. 132(4), pages 589-599, October.
    6. Md. Sazzad Ansari & Jeroen Warner & Vibhas Sukhwani & Rajib Shaw, 2022. "Protection Motivation Status and Factors Influencing Risk Reduction Measures among the Flood-Prone Households in Bangladesh," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(18), pages 1-21, September.
    7. Ernest Molua, 2012. "Climate extremes, location vulnerability and private costs of property protection in Southwestern Cameroon," Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, Springer, vol. 17(3), pages 293-310, March.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:14:y:2022:i:10:p:6301-:d:821061. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: MDPI Indexing Manager (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.mdpi.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.