Volume 40, Issue 3, September 2023, Pages 686–697
Yao Bertin KOUAKOU1, Kanga Justin KOUASSI2, Affia Sonmia Francia KOSSONOU3, N’Guessan Achille KOFFI4, Djah François MALAN5, and BAKAYOKO Adama6
1 Université Jean Lorougnon Guédé, UFR Agroforesterie, BP 150 Daloa, Côte d’Ivoire
2 Université Jean Lorougnon Guédé, UFR Agroforesterie, BP 150 Daloa, Côte d’Ivoire
3 Laboratoire de Botanique, UFR Biosciences, Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny, 22 BP 582 Abidjan 22, Côte d’Ivoire
4 Université Jean Lorougnon Guédé, UFR Agroforesterie, BP 150 Daloa, Côte d’Ivoire
5 Université Nangui Abrogoua, UFR des Sciences de la Nature, 02 BP 801 Abidjan 02, Côte d’Ivoire
6 Laboratoire de Botanique et Valorisation de la Diversité Végétale, UFR Sciences de la Nature, Université NANGUI ABROGOUA, 02 BP 801 Abidjan 02, Côte d’Ivoire
Original language: English
Copyright © 2023 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.
This study aims to investigate the diversity of species and assessing the availability of woodfuel plants used in rural areas by Koulango and Lobi populations on Eastern periphery of Comoé National Park. Two surveys were conducted in ten villages: a house-to-house interview and an individual walk-in-the woods interview with some informants. Frequency of citation use value were used to estimate the local knowledge of woodfuel plants. Floristic inventory based on random plot sampling method was applied on 200 small squares. A qualitative analysis through the households has showed that firewood was the fuel most used in households. Among the useful species, 6 plants were the most use species by both local populations. According to plants availability, in Comoé National Park, juvenile individual of 12 plants such as Berlinia grandiflora, Burkea africana and Vitellaria paradoxa were the most abundant species. Adult individual of plants were the most abundant species. In rural area, 8 plants like Daniellia oliveri, and Vitellaria paradoxa were the most abundant species. Annona senegalensis, Saba senegalensis and Vitellaria paradoxa were the 3 most abundant species. However, juvenile individual and adult individual of 16 plants such as Bombax costatum Margaritaria discoidea and Raphia sudanica were very rare in both areas (CNP and rural area). The study pointed out the importance of use value as tool to select the species which conservation must be emphasized in the management plans to meet not only the need of the populations but also to improve the conservation statute of the species. Finally, this study raises the fact that there is an urgent need to develop methods for a sustainable use of these plants from Eastern periphery of Comoé National Park.
Author Keywords: Wood fuel plants, Use value, Abundance, Comoé National Park, Côte d’Ivoire.
Yao Bertin KOUAKOU1, Kanga Justin KOUASSI2, Affia Sonmia Francia KOSSONOU3, N’Guessan Achille KOFFI4, Djah François MALAN5, and BAKAYOKO Adama6
1 Université Jean Lorougnon Guédé, UFR Agroforesterie, BP 150 Daloa, Côte d’Ivoire
2 Université Jean Lorougnon Guédé, UFR Agroforesterie, BP 150 Daloa, Côte d’Ivoire
3 Laboratoire de Botanique, UFR Biosciences, Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny, 22 BP 582 Abidjan 22, Côte d’Ivoire
4 Université Jean Lorougnon Guédé, UFR Agroforesterie, BP 150 Daloa, Côte d’Ivoire
5 Université Nangui Abrogoua, UFR des Sciences de la Nature, 02 BP 801 Abidjan 02, Côte d’Ivoire
6 Laboratoire de Botanique et Valorisation de la Diversité Végétale, UFR Sciences de la Nature, Université NANGUI ABROGOUA, 02 BP 801 Abidjan 02, Côte d’Ivoire
Original language: English
Copyright © 2023 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
This study aims to investigate the diversity of species and assessing the availability of woodfuel plants used in rural areas by Koulango and Lobi populations on Eastern periphery of Comoé National Park. Two surveys were conducted in ten villages: a house-to-house interview and an individual walk-in-the woods interview with some informants. Frequency of citation use value were used to estimate the local knowledge of woodfuel plants. Floristic inventory based on random plot sampling method was applied on 200 small squares. A qualitative analysis through the households has showed that firewood was the fuel most used in households. Among the useful species, 6 plants were the most use species by both local populations. According to plants availability, in Comoé National Park, juvenile individual of 12 plants such as Berlinia grandiflora, Burkea africana and Vitellaria paradoxa were the most abundant species. Adult individual of plants were the most abundant species. In rural area, 8 plants like Daniellia oliveri, and Vitellaria paradoxa were the most abundant species. Annona senegalensis, Saba senegalensis and Vitellaria paradoxa were the 3 most abundant species. However, juvenile individual and adult individual of 16 plants such as Bombax costatum Margaritaria discoidea and Raphia sudanica were very rare in both areas (CNP and rural area). The study pointed out the importance of use value as tool to select the species which conservation must be emphasized in the management plans to meet not only the need of the populations but also to improve the conservation statute of the species. Finally, this study raises the fact that there is an urgent need to develop methods for a sustainable use of these plants from Eastern periphery of Comoé National Park.
Author Keywords: Wood fuel plants, Use value, Abundance, Comoé National Park, Côte d’Ivoire.
How to Cite this Article
Yao Bertin KOUAKOU, Kanga Justin KOUASSI, Affia Sonmia Francia KOSSONOU, N’Guessan Achille KOFFI, Djah François MALAN, and BAKAYOKO Adama, “Diversity and availability of woodfuel used in rural areas by Koulango and Lobi populations on Eastern periphery of Comoé National Park (Côte d’Ivoire),” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 40, no. 3, pp. 686–697, September 2023.
