|
<<<,Home page
<<<website Content page
|
Theme: THE DEGRADATION OF WETLANDS AND ITS SOCIO ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS IN NDOP CENTRAL SUBDIVISION, NORTH WEST PROVINCE CAMEROON
TABLE OF CONTENTS
>>ABSTRACT
>>RESUME
>>Part 1: Theses project
>>1.1. INTRODUCTION
>>1.2. Spatio-Temporal delimitation and Justification ofTheme
>>1.3. STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
>>1.4 SCIENTIFIC BACKGROUND AND LITERATURE REVIEW
>>1.4.1: WETLAND DEGRADATION
>>1.4.2: FACTORS ACCOUNTING FOR WETLAND LOSS AND DEGRADATION
>>1.4.3: VALUES, FUNCTIONS AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE OF WETLANDS
>>1.4.4. PROBLEMS LINKED TO WETLAND DEGRADATION AND STRATEGIES PUT IN PLACE BY ACTORS
>>1.4.5 BACKGROUND ON THE STUDY AREA
>>1.4.6: OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
>>1.5 .THEORITICAL AND CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK OF THE STUDY
>>1.5.1. Wetland
>>1.5.2. WETLAND DEGRADATION
>>1.6. HYPOTHESIS OF THE STUDY
>>1.7. INTEREST AND IMPORTANCE OF THE RESEARCH
>>1.8 METHODOLOGY
>>1.8.2.7.Provisional work Schedule
FIRST RESULTS
WETLAND DEGRADATION IN NDOP CENTRAL SUBDIVISION: TRENDS AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS
>>2.1 The degradation of wetlands in Ndop Central Subdivision from the 1960s to 2007
>>2.1.1 Wetland transformation and loss from Ndop Central Subdivision from 1963 to 2007
>>2.1.1.1 Analysis of land use from aerial photos of 1963
>>2.1.1.2. Analysis from satellite images of 1988
>>2.1.1.3 Analysis from satellite images of 2002
>>2.1.1.2.1 Changes in wetland flora biodiversity
>>2.1.2 Changes in wetland fauna biodiversity
>>2.1.3. Change in water flow patterns and water quality within the wetlands of Ndop Central Subdivision
>>2.2 Factors accounting for wetland degradation in Ndop Central Subdivision
>>2.2.1.1. Food crop cultivation and its associated practices
>>2.2.1.2. Rice cultivation and seasonal crop rotation practices
>>2.2.1.3 The application of chemical fertilizers on wetlands
>>2.2.1.4. Deforestation
>>2.2.1.5. Hunting, fishing and gathering activities
>>2.2.1.6. Transhumance
>>2.2.1.7 Bush fires
>>2.2.1.8 A change in land tenure policies and local laws
>>2.2.1.9. Increase in route network
>>2.2.2. The construction of the Bamendjin dam
>>DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION
>>BIBLIOGRAPHY
|
