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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245 1 0 |a 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 
260 0 |b Elsevier B.V.  |c 2021 
856 |z View Fulltext in Publisher  |u https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tfp.2021.100125 
520 3 |a 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 or semi-natural ecosystems. In this study, different land use suitability levels for agroforestry were assessed around the Itombwe Natural Reserve (RNI), eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Information related to soil unity, topography, climate, road infrastructures, rivers, villages, land use and land cover were analyzed using the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP). Moreover, spatial analyses were conducted for determining the matrix that confronts adopted variables and their corresponding weights. After performing the analyses in ArcGIS 10.7, results allowed identifying four agroforestry suitability zones, ranging from very high (~29.2%), high (~22.3%), moderate (~34%) and low (~14.5%) suitable zones. Suitability classes varied with locations (districts). The zoning around the RNI and the produced suitability maps from this study provide a valuable resource for decision-making in targeting areas suitable for agroforestry, and thus, contribute in preserving the RNI from degradation related to inadequate anthropogenic practices. © 2021 
650 0 4 |a Abbreviations: 
650 0 4 |a AF: 
650 0 4 |a agroforestry 
650 0 4 |a Agroforestry 
650 0 4 |a AHP: 
650 0 4 |a analytical hierarchy process 
650 0 4 |a analytical hierarchy process 
650 0 4 |a Aw: 
650 0 4 |a CFB: 
650 0 4 |a CI: 
650 0 4 |a consistency index 
650 0 4 |a CR: consistency ratio 
650 0 4 |a CWB: 
650 0 4 |a decision making 
650 0 4 |a DEM: 
650 0 4 |a Democratic Republic Congo 
650 0 4 |a Democratic Republic of Congo 
650 0 4 |a digital elevation model 
650 0 4 |a DRC/DR Congo: 
650 0 4 |a FAO: 
650 0 4 |a Food and Agricultural Organization 
650 0 4 |a Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations 
650 0 4 |a forestry policy 
650 0 4 |a geographic information system 
650 0 4 |a GIS 
650 0 4 |a GIS 
650 0 4 |a GIS: 
650 0 4 |a Itombwe Mountains 
650 0 4 |a Land use suitability 
650 0 4 |a MCDA: 
650 0 4 |a multicriteria analysis 
650 0 4 |a Multi-Criteria Analysis (MCA) 
650 0 4 |a multi-criteria decision analysis 
650 0 4 |a nontimber forest product 
650 0 4 |a non-timber forest products 
650 0 4 |a NTFPs: 
650 0 4 |a PCA: 
650 0 4 |a policy implementation 
650 0 4 |a principal component analysis 
650 0 4 |a principal component analysis 
650 0 4 |a Reserve Naturelle d'Itombwe/Natural Reserve of Itombwe 
650 0 4 |a RN Itombwe 
650 0 4 |a RNI: 
650 0 4 |a subtropical highland climate 
650 0 4 |a Sud Kivu 
650 0 4 |a temperate oceanic climate 
650 0 4 |a Tropical rainforest climate 
650 0 4 |a tropical wet and dry or savanna climate 
700 1 |a Chuma, G.B.  |e author 
700 1 |a Cirezi, N.C.  |e author 
700 1 |a Ganza, D.M.  |e author 
700 1 |a Katcho, K.  |e author 
700 1 |a Mondo, J.M.  |e author 
700 1 |a Mugumaarhahama, Y.  |e author 
700 1 |a Mushagalusa, G.N.  |e author 
700 1 |a Serge, S.S.  |e author 
773 |t Trees, Forests and People