American Journal of Environmental Protection

Volume 5, Issue 1, February 2016

  • Land Use and Land Cover Change in a Community-Managed Forest in South-Eastern Senegal Under a Formal Forest Management Regime

    Laurice Codou Faye, Hyacinthe Sambou, Boateng Kyereh, Bienvenu Sambou

    Issue: Volume 5, Issue 1, February 2016
    Pages: 1-10
    Received: 02 December 2015
    Accepted: 17 December 2015
    Published: 08 January 2016
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    Abstract: While most studies of community forests in Senegal address issues in institutional and political arrangements for managing forests, this study was carried out to find out how these political and institutional changes embodied in the new approach to forest management impact on land use and land cover change in the country. Using the Missirah Forest ... Show More
  • Pollution of the Chari River in the Slaughterhouse Farcha (N'djamena) in Chad

    Tchadanaye New Mahamat, Noumi Guy Bertrand, Paloumi Yabe

    Issue: Volume 5, Issue 1, February 2016
    Pages: 11-19
    Received: 21 December 2015
    Accepted: 31 December 2015
    Published: 11 January 2016
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    Abstract: This study was carried out to evaluate the influence of the discharge of effluents Farcha slaughterhouses pollution of the Chari River. To overcome this, water and sediment samples were taken upstream to the outlet and downstream of Farcha slaughterhouse. These samples were subjected to some physicochemical analysis. Slaughterhouse effluent showed ... Show More