8:30 am – 9:30 am

Keynote Addresses/Presentations by GOFC-WARN key partners

Welcome Address: Prof Kehinde OGUNJOBI (WASCAL) (10 mins)

Statement 1: Dr. Krishna Prasad Vadrevu (NASA) (10 mins including updates on GOFC and new opportunities)

Statement 2: Prof Cheikh Mbow (Future Africa) (5 mins, about emerging regional land use challenges)

Keynote Presentation 1: Prof David Skole (GOFC-GOLD) (20 mins)

Keynote Presentation 2: Dr. Zoltan Vekerdy (EOAfrica, Uni. Twente) (15 mins)

Dr Oble NEYA (WASCAL)

9:30 am – 9:40 am

Houskeeping anouncements

Clay OBOTH (START)

Presentations – Session 1: Land Use/Land Cover dynamics

(Presentation: 15 mins; Q&A: 10 mins)

9:40 am – 10:05 am

Abu Itohan-Osa
Topic: Detecting cocoa plantations in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana and their implications on protected areas

Dr Gerald FORKUOR (UNU-INRA)

10:05 am – 10:30 am

Salomon Obahoundje
Topic: Implication of land use/cover changes and rainfall variability on streamflow dynamics in Mono River Basin

10:30 am – 10:55 am

Eric M. Mortey
Topic: Assessment of ESA 300m land cover map for Regional climate modeling over West Africa

10:55 am – 11:10 am

Short break

Presentations – Session 2: Land Use/Land Cover

(Presentation: 15 mins; Q&A: 10 mins)

11:10 am – 11:35 am

Ibrahima Pouye
Topic: Shoreline dynamic modeling of Dakar region Senegal from 1990 to 2020: GIS approach

Jean Luc Kouaasi (AGIR)

Prof Cheikh MBOW (Future AFRICA)

11:35 am – 12:00 pm

Sébastien Kouta
Topic: Agricultural disturbances and degradation of the woody flora in the cotton basin of North Benin

12:00 pm – 12:25 pm

Yao Koffi Leon
Topic: Analysis of land use from multi-date satellite data: Case of the N'zi watershed (Côte d'Ivoire)

12:25 pm – 12:50 pm

Paul Bartel
Topic: Framework for regional harmonization for LULC methods and systems

12:50 pm – 1:00 pm

Announcements, etc. + Closure of Day 1

8:30 am – 8:45 am

Housekeeping announcements

Clay OBOTH (START)

Presentations – Session 3: Fire Monitoring-Biomass and vegetation Mapping

(Presentation: 15 mins; Q&A: 10 mins)

8:45 am – 9:10 am

Jean-Luc Kouassi (AGIR)
Topic: Monitoring wildfires and their drivers in Cote d’Ivoire

Dr Oble NEYA (WASCAL)

9:10 am – 9:35 am

Gerald Forkuor (UNU)
Topic: Above-ground biomass mapping in West African dryland forest using Sentinel-1 and 2 datasets – A case study

9:35 am – 10:00 am

Frank Thonfeld
Topic: Mapping vegetation structure in West Africa

10:00 am – 10:25 am

Clement Nyamekye
Topic: Usage of MODIS NDVI to Evaluate the Effect of Soil and Water Conservation Measures on Vegetation in Burkina Faso

10:25 am – 10:50 am

Boubacar Solly
Topic: Detection of recent changes in Gambia vegetation cover using time series MODIS NDVI

10:50 am – 11: 15 am

Momath Diankha
Topic: The use of Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) to assess urban forests dynamics in West Africa: A case study of Mbao Classified Forest, Dakar (Senegal)

11:15 am – 11:30 am

Short break

Discussion session

11:30 am – 12:30 pm

Final Discussion: Ideas for strengthening the GOFC-GOLD WARN network (including ways to engage new members) and suggestions for next activities

Prof Cheikh MBOW (Future AFRICA

12:30 pm – 12:50 pm

Closing Remarks:

Prof. David Skole (GOFC-GOLD)

Prof Kehinde OGUNJOBI (WASCAL)

Dr Oble NEYA (WASCAL)

12:50 pm – 1:00 pm

Announcements + closure of the workshop