Table 1. Selected environment characteristics of landscape groups defined in Akonolinga district.
Landscape | Major features* | Mean EVI in December* | EVI decrease 2001–12* | Area with WI>18* | Forested Wetland* | Cultivated Wetland* | N villages | Total Population | Main watershed |
Savannah | Savannah (81%) | 0,367 | 0,049 | 6% | 0 | 0 | 2 | 538 | Nyong |
Urban Nyong | Young cultivated secondary forest (29%), Urban (5%), and cultivated land (9%) | 0,381 | 0,047 | 37% | 7% | 8% | 7 | 17813 | Nyong |
Rural Nyong | Young cultivated secondary forest (25%) | 0,392 | 0,062 | 20% | 5% | 3% | 20 | 6656 | Nyong |
Cultivated Forest <10 km Nyong | Young cultivated secondary forest (37%) | 0,417 | 0,039 | 6% | 10% | 3% | 16 | 5015 | Nyong |
Cultivated Forest >10 km Nyong | Young cultivated secondary forest (39%) | 0,416 | 0,026 | 7% | 10% | 2% | 31 | 8529 | Dja |
Young Forest | Young secondary forest (38%) | 0,417 | 0,074 | 5% | 9% | + | 12 | 3069 | Nyong |
Forest 2 | Adult secondary forest (50%) | 0,415 | 0,076 | 5% | 0 | + | 58 | 16729 | Nyong |
Forest 1 | Adult secondary forest (48%) and Primary forest (18%) | 0,420 | 0,068 | 4% | + | + | 8 | 1839 | Dja |
*median value for each landscape group; + present, <1%.