Natural Distribution of <i>Nauclea diderrichii</i> (Rubiceae) in Semi Deciduous Forest of Togo (West Africa) and Implementation of Integrated Silviculture — Oak Academic Publishing
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Natural Distribution of <i>Nauclea diderrichii</i> (Rubiceae) in Semi Deciduous Forest of Togo (West Africa) and Implementation of Integrated Silviculture
Laboratoire de Botanique et Ecologie Végétale, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Lomé, Lomé, Togo
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Département de Zoologie, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Lomé, Lomé, Togo
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Forest Research Institute of Ghana (FORIG), Kumasi, Ghana
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Forest Research Institute of Ghana (FORIG), Kumasi, Ghana
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Laboratoire de Botanique et Ecologie Végétale, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Lomé, Lomé, Togo
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Laboratoire de Botanique et Ecologie Végétale, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Lomé, Lomé, Togo
1 Laboratoire de Botanique et Ecologie Végétale, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Lomé, Lomé, Togo
2 Département de Zoologie, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Lomé, Lomé, Togo
3 Forest Research Institute of Ghana (FORIG), Kumasi, Ghana
4 Forest Research Institute of Ghana (FORIG), Kumasi, Ghana
5 Laboratoire de Botanique et Ecologie Végétale, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Lomé, Lomé, Togo
6 Laboratoire de Botanique et Ecologie Végétale, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Lomé, Lomé, Togo
West African tropical forests spread from Senegal to Togo. They are considered as one of the world biodiversity hotspots. But these forests are disappearing very quickly because of human activities. In Togo, tropical forests degradation has been increased since 1980 because of improved coffee cultivation; about 67% of forests in the sub-humid mountains zone disappeared between 1978 and 2000. Facing this fast deterioration of the forests, populations begin to plant teak (an exotic species) that is the only choice proposed by local forest service. This survey consists in valuing the potentialities to restore the Togolese tropical forest using the local commercial species, recognized on the wood market. The first species retained is Nauclea diderrichii (De Wild. & Th. Dur.) Merrill, that spreads in the African tropical forest from the Sierra Leonne to Uganda and through the Congo basin. In Togo, this plant species colonises the plain of the Litimé. The objective of the present study is to analyze the distribution of the natural populations in the plain of Litimé forest but also natural and artificial regeneration of the species. The perspective is to repeat this experiment with other local species in other regions of Togo in order to diversify the plantations and to protect the local forest biodiversity.
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