Participatory Geographic Information Systems (P-GIS) for natural resource management and food security in Africa : ict4d article, March 2011
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2011
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ENDA Lead Africa, Dakar, SN
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This pan-African programme of research contributes to making available good quality, reliable and accessible information systems through P-GIS to improve natural resources management and promote food security. Excessive deforestation of the Gishwati mountainous forest, with subsequent changes in biodiversity, are a result of growth in population density; creating a land cover map is important for evaluating and monitoring the trend of forest and biodiversity losses. Medium resolution imagery detects and monitors visual information, showing land use change of forested areas, and correlates it with other data gradients of biodiversity loss and changes occurring in the area.
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French version available in IDRC Digital Library: Systèmes d'information géographique participatifs (SIG-P) dans la gestion des ressources naturelles et la sécurité alimentaire en Afrique : ict4d article, mars 2011
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AFRICA, FOOD SECURITY, SUSTAINABLE NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, PARTICIPATORY GIS, DEFORESTATION, RWANDA--GISHWATI MOUNTAINS, BIODIVERSITY, LAND USE AND COVER CHANGE (LUCC), POPULATION PRESSURE, REMOTE SENSING, WILDLIFE CONSERVATION
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IDRC Research Results / Résultats de recherches du CRDI
2010-2019 / Années 2010-2019
Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) / Technologies de l’information et de la communication
Research Results (ACACIA) / Résultats de recherches (ACACIA)
Research Results (CCW) / Résultats de recherches (CCE)
Sub-Saharan Africa / Afrique subsaharienne
2010-2019 / Années 2010-2019
Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) / Technologies de l’information et de la communication
Research Results (ACACIA) / Résultats de recherches (ACACIA)
Research Results (CCW) / Résultats de recherches (CCE)
Sub-Saharan Africa / Afrique subsaharienne