Satellite monitoring of land-use and land-cover changes in northern Togo protected areas

• 作 者: Fousseni Folega Chun-yu Zhang Xiu-hai Zhao Kperkouma Wala Komlan Batawila Hua-guo Huang Marra Dourma Koffi Akpagana
• 机 构: The Key Laboratory for Silviculture and Conservation of Ministry of Education,Université de Lomé
• 出 处: Journal of Forestry Research
• 发表日期: 2014年02期
• 关键词: land change NDVI land cover protected areas Northern Togo
• 基金项目: This work was supported by the Chinese Ministry of Sciences and Technology -- the host of China-Africa Science and Technology Partnership Program (CASTEP);the National Special Research Program for For

Remote-sensing data for protected areas in northern Togo, obtained in three different years(2007, 2000, and 1987), were used to assess and map changes in land cover and land use for this drought prone zone. The normalized difference vegetation index(ND