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Natural Resources, Socio-Ecological Sensitivity and Climate Change in the Volta-Oti Basin, West Africa (Paperback)
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Natural Resources, Socio-Ecological Sensitivity and Climate Change in the Volta-Oti Basin, West Africa (Paperback)
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This book presents the outcome of an interdisciplinary and
international workshop supported by the Volkswagen Stiftung
(funding line 'Knowledge for Tomorrow') on the topic of 'Natural
Resources, Socio-Ecological Sensitivity and Climate Change in the
Volta-Oti Basin, West Africa'. The conference was jointly organised
by Goethe-University Frankfurt (Germany) and the University of Kara
(Togo) held from March 6 to 8, 2019 in northern Togo. It aimed to
strengthen capacities of junior scientists from the sub-region,
exchange and mobilise theoretical and methodological background
from various scientific fields (Botany, Construction, Geology,
Geography, Infrastructure, Politics, Remote Sensing, Sociology and
Urban Planning). One goal was to deliver reliable elements for
ongoing and profound environmental analyses that lie outside the
common questions of the academic and civil society stakeholders.
Ecosystem fragmentation and deforestation in West Africa are mainly
triggered by humans such as agriculture and small-scale forest
disturbances for charcoal and firewood production. Increasing
population pressure, declining of carrying capacity and demand for
agricultural land caused the reduction of land conservation
capacities, even in protected areas. The complexity of interactions
between environmental and socio-ecological systems and subsequent
effects (sensitivity) has raised ongoing international awareness in
light of ongoing climate change. By the example of natural
resources, land use and stakeholders' perceptions within the
Volta-Oti Basin the book's proceedings present, discuss and
distribute new findings that will sustainably stimulate the
international debate. The workshop also intended to overcome
national borders and language barriers between the Anglophone
(Ghana) and the Francophone (Benin, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast,
Togo) research communities, and supported better West African
cooperation and networking. The young as well as the established
partners formed new collaborations, and the event at the University
of Kara (Togo) was a truly unique opportunity for all involved, not
only to discuss science, but also to assess applied and best future
management practices for the Oti-Volta Basin in West Africa.
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