Gaston Buh Wung, GIS Coordinator, WWF Cameroon Country Program Office
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ABSTRACT: "Estimation of Mangrove Forest Cover Change and Carbon Stock Assessment; a Remote Sensing Approach in the Ndongere Mangrove Forest, Southwest Cameroon " Gaston Buh, WWF Cameroon
This research used satellite remote sensing techniques of SPOT and Landsat images of 1990-2000, 2000-2010, and 2010-2018 in the study of mangrove forest dynamics of Ndongere National Park’s mangroves. Questionnaires administered to authorities and community members enabled an understanding of the causes of the changes observed. An intensive inventory of biomass conducted led to the estimation of carbon stock using 04 carbon pools and application of canopy height. Results indicate that between 1990 and 2000, the mangrove zone experienced an approximate total change in its mangroves cover by losing 33.68ha of its forest, with an annual percentage change of ~0.03%.
