Suitability for agroforestry implementation around Itombwe Natural Reserve (RNI), eastern DR Congo: Application of the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) approach in geographic information system tool

Suitability for agroforestry implementation around Itombwe Natural Reserve (RNI), eastern DR Congo: Application of the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) approach in geographic information system tool

The choice of appropriate land use suitability based on specific environmental and socio-economic factors could ensure sustainable land resource management in rural areas. Different land use suitability assessment approaches exist and have been successfully applied for agroforestry systems, natural...

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Main Authors: Chuma, G.B (Author), Cirezi, N.C (Author), Ganza, D.M (Author), Katcho, K. (Author), Mondo, J.M (Author), Mugumaarhahama, Y. (Author), Mushagalusa, G.N (Author), Serge, S.S (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier B.V. 2021
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Abbreviations:
AF:
agroforestry
Agroforestry
AHP:
analytical hierarchy process
Aw:
CFB:
CI:
consistency index
CR: consistency ratio
CWB:
decision making
DEM:
Democratic Republic Congo
Democratic Republic of Congo
digital elevation model
DRC/DR Congo:
FAO:
Food and Agricultural Organization
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
forestry policy
geographic information system
GIS
GIS:
Itombwe Mountains
Land use suitability
MCDA:
multicriteria analysis
Multi-Criteria Analysis (MCA)
multi-criteria decision analysis
nontimber forest product
non-timber forest products
NTFPs:
PCA:
policy implementation
principal component analysis
Reserve Naturelle d'Itombwe/Natural Reserve of Itombwe
RN Itombwe
RNI:
subtropical highland climate
Sud Kivu
temperate oceanic climate
Tropical rainforest climate
tropical wet and dry or savanna climate
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