Cheikh Mbow

Dr. Cheikh Mbow Director International START Secretariat 1440 G Stree North-West Washington, DC 20005 United States of America Phone: +1 202 462 2213 Phone2: +1 202 644 1101 E-mail: start(at)start.org URL Institution: www.start.org/

Key Publications of Cheikh Mbow (up to ten) :
1- Mbow C., Nielsen T.T., Rasmussen K. 2000. Savanna fires in East-Central Senegal: distribution patterns, resource management and perceptions. Human Ecology, Kluver Academic Publishers, New York.28 (4): 561-583.
2- Mbow, C., Goïta, K., Bénié G. 2004. Spectral indices and fire behavior simulation for fire risk assessment in savanna ecosystems. Remote Sensing of Environment, Elsevier. 91(1):1-13.
3- Mbow, C., Diop, A., Diaw, A.T., Niang, C.I. 2008. Urban sprawl development and flooding at Yeumbeul suburb (Dakar-Senegal). African Journal of Environmental Sciences and Technology. Academic Journals, pp 75-88.
4- Mbow, C, Mertz, O. Diouf , A., Rasmussen, K., Reenberg, A., 2008. The history of environmental change and adaptation in eastern Saloum-Senegal – driving forces and perceptions. Global and Planetary Change-Elsevier, 64:210-221.
5-Mertz, O., Mbow, C. Reenberg, A., Genesio, L., Lambin, E.F., D’haen, S., Zorom, M., Rasmussen, K., Diallo, D., Barbier, B., Bouzou Moussa, I.,Diouf, A., Nielsen, J.O., Sandholt, I. (2010). "Climate Factors Play a Limited Role for Past Adaptation Strategies in West Africa." Ecology and Society 15 (4:25. [online] URL: http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol15/iss4/art25/): 15 p.
6-Mbow, C., Fensholt, R., Rasmussen, K., & Diop, D. (2013). Can vegetation productivity be derived from greenness in a semi-arid environment? Evidence from ground-based measurements. Journal of Arid Environment, 97, 56-65.
7-Cheikh Mbow, Meine Van Noordwijk., Eike Luedeling, Henry Neufeldt, Peter A Minang, Godwin Kowero (2014). Agroforestry solutions to address climate change and food security challenges in Africa. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 6:61-67.
8- Cheikh Mbow, Pete Smith, David Skole, Lalisa Duguma, Mercedes Bustamante (2014). Achieving Mitigation and Adaptation to climate change through sustainable agroforestry practices in Africa. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 6:8-14.
9-Martin Brandt, Kjeld Rasmussen, Pierre Hiernaux, Stefanie Herrmann, Compton J. Tucker, Xiaoye Tong, Feng Tian, Ole Mertz, Laurent Kergoat, Cheikh Mbow, John L. David, Katherine A. Melocik, Morgane Dendoncker, Caroline Vincke & Rasmus Fensholt, 2018: Reduction of tree cover in West African woodlands and promotion in semi-arid farmlands. Nature Geoscience, 11, pages 328–333
10-Smith, P., M. Bustamante, H. Ahammad, H. Clark, H. Dong, E. A. Elsiddig, H. Haberl, R. Harper, J. House, M. Jafari, O. Masera, C. Mbow, N. H. Ravindranath, C. W. Rice, C. R. Abad, A. Romanovskaya, F. Sperling and F. Tubiello (2014). Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU). IPCC-Climate Change 2014: Mitigation of Climate Change. Contribution of Working Group III to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Edenhofer, O., R. Pichs-Madruga et al. Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA, Cambridge University Press. WG-III: 811-922.






Specialties of Cheikh Mbow:
Forestry, agroforestry, remote sensing, land use, climate change

Last update: 11/30/22
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