Population growth and human activities have negatively affected the vegetation cover in Côte d'Ivoire. The objective of this study is to analyse the land cover dynamics around the Taabo Dam from 1988 to 2017 and from 2017 to 2050. Landsat satellite data from 1988, 2002 and 2017 were used. Supervised maximum likelihood classification and Pontius intensity analysis were applied. It was found that global change was most rapid from 2017 to 2050. Losses and gains of water and bare soil are dormant while those of the other classes are active during the first-time interval. During the second time interval, the gain of crop and fallow and bare soil will be active but their loss will be dormant. Water will have dormant gains and losses while grassy savannah and shrubland will have active gains and losses. The gain from crops and fallows targets bare soil and habitats, shrub and grass savannah but avoids water. However, the gain in bare soil and habitats targeted crop and fallow land and grassy savannah, but avoided water and shrub savannah in both intervals.
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