DAAD climapAfrica Postdoc Fellow
Université de Lomé
Togo
My research addresses degraded land restoration, plant carbon sequestration assessment, and the conservation of high socio-economic trees as alternatives for achieving improved population resilience and climate change mitigation. Using environmental data, I am expecting to elucidate possible drivers and indicators of land degradation and suggest restoration strategies in West Africa. In my climapAfrica research project at the University of Lomé, Togo, I aim at assessing the current extent of ‘zippele’ in Burkina Faso, to understand the impacts of climate change on its extension and management, and to determine best practices for the restoration, containment and prevention of these degraded lands. I am looking forward to strengthening my skills in soil conservation and degraded land restoration strategies. My research goals involve the analysis and parameterization of "zippele" lands models in West Africa.
Climate change expertise and interests
- Climate change
- Land degradation
- Land use
- Land restoration
- Carbon sequestration
- Agroforestry
- Plant modelling
Publications – (most recent)
Bayen P.,Lykke A. M., Kagambèga W. F., Bognounou F., Thiombiano A. 2021. Effect of water stress on growth and dry matter distribution of four dryland species used in tree planting in the Sahel.Forestry,1-13. 2.
Bayen P.,Lykke A. M., Moussa B. M., Bognounou F., Thiombiano A. 2020. Effects of Three Different Planting Techniques on Soil Water Content, Survival, and Growth of Senegalia Seedlings on Semi-Arid Degraded Lands in Burkina Faso. Tropical Conservation Science, 13, 1940082920972081.
Bayen P.,Noulèkoun F., Bognounou F., Lykke A. M., Djomo A., Lamers J. P. A., Thiombiano A., 2020. Models for estimating aboveground biomass of four dryland woody species in Burkina Faso, West Africa. Journal of Arid Environments, 180 (104205).
Professional career interests
With climapAfrica, I am looking to strengthen my skills in the construction, parameterization, and analysis of "zippele" degraded land extension models in West Africa.
I participate at climapAfrica because
The ClimapAfrica will offer an opportunity to exchange ideas across disciplines/research a reason climate change.With ClimpAfrica I would like to develop and promote a dynamic intergenerational network of African and European scientists who collaborate on the multidimensional impacts of climate change on agriculture, forestry, and food systems in Africa