Protected areas against global warming - Oumar Bakayoko

The objective of this study is to assess the carbon stock and reservoir of the Banco National Park located in the southeast of Côte d'Ivoire in West Africa. The study was based on the processing of Landsat and Quickbird satellite images and a forest inventory. The results obtained show that the carbon stock and reservoir of the biomass are important. However, a trend towards deforestation and degradation of the Park is observed. The use of satellite images at different dates allowed to locate the..