[ Analyse diachronique de la dynamique forestière et de la susceptibilité aux incendies de forêt: Cas de la province de Fahs-Anjra, Maroc ]
Volume 41, Issue 2, December 2023, Pages 680–695
Nisserine Ben Driss1
1 Structure de recherche: Dynamique Spatiale et Développement Territorial, Laboratoire de recherche: Homme Espace et Développement, Département de Géographie, Faculté des Lettres et des Sciences Humaines, Université Abdelmalek Essaâdi, Tétouan, Morocco
Original language: French
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.
The province of Fahs-Anjra is a province characterized by a very significant forest area, a very rich and diversified biodiversity. The environmental problems in the province are multifaceted and continue to take on an uneven scale and manifest themselves on various scales: entire forests are destroyed and species disappear, ecological disasters multiply, water becomes a rare resource whose uses require more and more arbitration, etc. Faced with the urgency of the ecological crisis, perceived through climate change, natural disasters and the scarcity of natural resources, the concern to control environmental problems through sustainable development has become a global concern, which is growing. over the years. In fact, the degradation of forest space, caused by human activities and climate change, poses major challenges to sustainable development. Forest fires are the main cause of degradation of these forests; almost a minimum of 200 serious forest fire incidents were recorded between 2008 and 2020, that is to say, an average of 16 fires each year. To deal with forest degradation and monitor their condition, different techniques and methods have been developed for a long time: Geographic Information Systems (GIS) make it possible to georeference observed degradation, and remote sensing, which thanks to satellite images, makes it possible to map plant cover at very varied time and space scales.
Author Keywords: Forest, fires, SIG, Remote Sensing, province of Fahs-Anjra.
Volume 41, Issue 2, December 2023, Pages 680–695
Nisserine Ben Driss1
1 Structure de recherche: Dynamique Spatiale et Développement Territorial, Laboratoire de recherche: Homme Espace et Développement, Département de Géographie, Faculté des Lettres et des Sciences Humaines, Université Abdelmalek Essaâdi, Tétouan, Morocco
Original language: French
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
The province of Fahs-Anjra is a province characterized by a very significant forest area, a very rich and diversified biodiversity. The environmental problems in the province are multifaceted and continue to take on an uneven scale and manifest themselves on various scales: entire forests are destroyed and species disappear, ecological disasters multiply, water becomes a rare resource whose uses require more and more arbitration, etc. Faced with the urgency of the ecological crisis, perceived through climate change, natural disasters and the scarcity of natural resources, the concern to control environmental problems through sustainable development has become a global concern, which is growing. over the years. In fact, the degradation of forest space, caused by human activities and climate change, poses major challenges to sustainable development. Forest fires are the main cause of degradation of these forests; almost a minimum of 200 serious forest fire incidents were recorded between 2008 and 2020, that is to say, an average of 16 fires each year. To deal with forest degradation and monitor their condition, different techniques and methods have been developed for a long time: Geographic Information Systems (GIS) make it possible to georeference observed degradation, and remote sensing, which thanks to satellite images, makes it possible to map plant cover at very varied time and space scales.
Author Keywords: Forest, fires, SIG, Remote Sensing, province of Fahs-Anjra.
Abstract: (french)
La province de Fahs-Anjra est une province caractérisée par un espace forestier très important, une biodiversité très riche et diversifiée. Les problèmes de l’environnement dans la province sont multiformes et ne cessent de prendre une ampleur inégale et de se manifester à diverses échelles: des forêts entières sont détruites et des espèces disparaissent, les catastrophes écologiques se multiplient, l’eau devient une ressource rare dont les utilisations nécessitent de plus en plus d’arbitrage etc. Face à l’urgence de la crise écologique, perçue aussi bien à travers les changements climatiques, les catastrophes naturelles et la raréfaction des ressources naturelles, le souci de maîtrise des problèmes environnementaux par un développement durable est devenu une préoccupation mondiale, qui se fait croissante au fil des années. En fait, la dégradation de l’espace forestier, causée par les activités humaines et les changements climatiques, posent des défis majeurs au développement durable. Les feux de forêts sont la principale cause de dégradation de ces forêts; presque un minimum de 200 incidents graves de feux de forêt ont été enregistrés entre 2008 et 2020, c’est-à-dire, une moyenne de. 16 incendies chaque année. Pour faire face à la dégradation des forêts et suivre leur état, différentes techniques et méthodes ont été développées depuis longtemps: les Systèmes d’Information Géographique (SIG) permettent de géoréférencer les dégradations observées, et la télédétection, qui grâce aux images satellitaires, elle permet de cartographier les couverts végétaux à des échelles de temps et d’espace très variées.
Author Keywords: Forêts, incendies, SIG, Télédétection, province Fahs-Anjra.
How to Cite this Article
Nisserine Ben Driss, “Diachronic analysis of forest dynamics and susceptibility to forest fires: Case of the province of Fahs-Anjra, Morocco,” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 41, no. 2, pp. 680–695, December 2023.
