[ Perceptions paysannes de l'évolution du climat dans le Parc National de Haut Niger en Guinée: (I) tendances des paramètres climatiques et impacts sur les ressources naturelles ]
Volume 48, Issue 2, May 2020, Pages 258–274
Samuel Yonkeu1, Sidiki Camara2, and Martin Yelkouni3
1 Université Senghor d’Alexandrie, Egypt
2 Ministère de l’Environnement des Eaux Foret, Direction Nationale de l’Environnement, Conakry, Guinea
3 Université Senghor, Département d’environnement d’Alexandrie, Egypt
Original language: French
Copyright © 2020 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
The study deals with farmers’ perception of climate variability and its risks on natural resources in order to analyze and assess the adaptation strategies of local populations to this variability and climate change in the National Park of Upper Niger. To this end, we surveyed 150 heads of households in five villages (Beindou, Kourasambouya, Yèrèdou, Sidakoro and Niako) and conducted focus groups with certain structured groups in these localities. The results of these participatory surveys were compared with climate data to assess the level of accuracy of this perception. For the analysis of climatic factors, daily rainfall data from the Faranah meteorological station for the 1961-2013 series were used. Also, the identification of future climate risks, a projection of average temperatures and precipitation by 2025-2050, was analyzed. The perception of populations on the climate converges with the results of the analysis on rainfall. The major climatic risks are drought, strong winds, shortening of the length of the season, the longer and more frequent dry sequence. The main resources impacted are crops, water resources, vegetation and soil. The different strategies have been put in place to deal with it. This aspect is developed in a second article.
Author Keywords: Guinea, Climate change, Perception, Impact, Risk, Natural resources.
Volume 48, Issue 2, May 2020, Pages 258–274
Samuel Yonkeu1, Sidiki Camara2, and Martin Yelkouni3
1 Université Senghor d’Alexandrie, Egypt
2 Ministère de l’Environnement des Eaux Foret, Direction Nationale de l’Environnement, Conakry, Guinea
3 Université Senghor, Département d’environnement d’Alexandrie, Egypt
Original language: French
Copyright © 2020 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
The study deals with farmers’ perception of climate variability and its risks on natural resources in order to analyze and assess the adaptation strategies of local populations to this variability and climate change in the National Park of Upper Niger. To this end, we surveyed 150 heads of households in five villages (Beindou, Kourasambouya, Yèrèdou, Sidakoro and Niako) and conducted focus groups with certain structured groups in these localities. The results of these participatory surveys were compared with climate data to assess the level of accuracy of this perception. For the analysis of climatic factors, daily rainfall data from the Faranah meteorological station for the 1961-2013 series were used. Also, the identification of future climate risks, a projection of average temperatures and precipitation by 2025-2050, was analyzed. The perception of populations on the climate converges with the results of the analysis on rainfall. The major climatic risks are drought, strong winds, shortening of the length of the season, the longer and more frequent dry sequence. The main resources impacted are crops, water resources, vegetation and soil. The different strategies have been put in place to deal with it. This aspect is developed in a second article.
Author Keywords: Guinea, Climate change, Perception, Impact, Risk, Natural resources.
Abstract: (french)
L’étude traite de la perception paysanne de la variabilité du climat et ses risques sur les ressources naturelles en vue d’analyser et d’évaluer les stratégies d’adaptation des populations locales face à cette variabilité et aux changements climatiques dans le Parc National du Haut Niger. À cet effet, nous avons enquêté 150 chefs de ménages dans cinq villages (Beindou, Kourasambouya, Yèrèdou, Sidakoro et Niako) et menés des focus groupes avec certaines groupes structurés de ces localités. Les résultats de ces enquêtes participatives ont été confrontés avec les données climatiques pour apprécier le niveau de justesse de cette perception. Pour l’analyse des facteurs climatiques, les données journalières de pluviométrie de la station météorologique de Faranah sur la série 1961-2013 ont été utilisées. De même l’identification des risques climatiques futurs, projection des températures et des précipitations moyennes à l’horizon de 2025-2050, a été analysé. La perception des populations sur le climat converge avec les résultats de l’analyse sur la pluviométrie. Les risques climatiques majeurs sont la sécheresse, les vents violents, le raccourcissement de la longueur de saison, la séquence sèche plus longue et fréquente. Les principales ressources impactées sont les cultures, les ressources en eau, la végétation et le sol. Les différentes stratégies ont été mises en place pour y faire face. Cet aspect est développé dans un deuxième article.
Author Keywords: Guinée, Changement climatique, Perception, Impact, Risque, Ressources naturelles.
How to Cite this Article
Samuel Yonkeu, Sidiki Camara, and Martin Yelkouni, “Farmers' perceptions of the climate change in the Upper Niger National Park in Guinea: (I) climate parameters trends and impacts on natural resources,” International Journal of Innovation and Scientific Research, vol. 48, no. 2, pp. 258–274, May 2020.
