The Land/Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone of West and Central Africa

Chapter 1 The Western and Central Africa Land–Sea Interface: A Vulnerable, Threatened, and Important Coastal Zone Within a Changing Environment

Chapter 2 West African Coastal Area: Challenges and Outlook

Chapter 3 Morphological and Hydrodynamic Changes in the Lower Estuary of the Senegal River: Effects on the Environment of the Breach of the ‘Langue De Barbarie’ Sand Spit in 2003

Chapter 4 Management of a Tropical River: Impacts on the Resilience of the Senegal River Estuary

Chapter 5 Combined Uses of Supervised Classification and Normalized Difference Vegetation Index Techniques to Monitor Land Degradation in the Saloum Saline Estuary System

Chapter 6 Studies and Transactions on Pollution Assessment of the Lagos Lagoon System, Nigeria

Chapter 7 Estuarine and Ocean Circulation Dynamics in the Niger Delta, Nigeria: Implications for Oil Spill and Pollution Management

Chapter 8 Morphological Characteristics of the Bonny and Cross River (Calabar) Estuaries in Nigeria: Implications for Navigation and Environmental Hazards

Chapter 9 Status of Large Marine Flagship Faunal Diversity Within Cameroon Estuaries of Central African Coast

Chapter 10 Morphology Analysis of Niger Delta Shoreline and Estuaries for Ecotourism Potential in Nigeria

Chapter 11 Importance of Mangrove Litter Production in the Protection of Atlantic Coastal Forest of Cameroon and Ghana

Chapter 12 Carbon Budget as a Tool for Assessing Mangrove Forests Degradation in the Western, Coastal Wetlands Complex (Ramsar Site 1017) of Southern Benin, West Africa

Chapter 13 Mangrove Conditions as Indicator for Potential Payment for Ecosystem Services in Some Estuaries of Western Region of Ghana, West Africa

Chapter 14 Plantation Agriculture as a Driver of Deforestation and Degradation of Central African Coastal Estuarine Forest Landscape of South-Western Cameroon

Chapter 15 Assessment of Mangrove Carbon Stocks in Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of Congo (RoC) and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Including their Potential for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+)

Chapter 16 Governing Through Networks: Working Toward a Sustainable Management of West Africa’s Coastal Mangrove Ecosystems

Chapter 17 The Importance of Scientific Knowledge as Support to Protection, Conservation and Management of West and Central African Estuaries