Laboratoire de Géomatique Appliquée et Environnemétrie, École Régionale Post Universitaire d’Aménagement et de Gestion Intégrés des Forêts et Territoires Tropicaux, Kinshasa, RD Congo
Better management of a protected area in the context of human pressures through its improved knowledge and the latter in particular through regular evaluation of its spatial dynamics. The purpose of this study is to quantify and analyze the spatial dynamics of the hunting area and Bombo Lumene reserve between 2000 and 2015 to assess the trend during this period. The methodology consists of using two Landsat ETM + scenes (Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus) of 03.03.2000 and OLI (Operational Land Imager OLI) of 04.06.2015, which were classified by object-oriented approach after ortho rectification. The results of the study provide information that the site is threatened by human impacts with an increase of 20,083 ha of anthropized area (5.7%); grassland lost 8,124 ha of its area (2.3%); bushland lost 29,543 hectares of its area (8.4%). The forest has meanwhile gained 1,545 ha (0.3%), while woodland won 11,635 ha (3.3%).
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