analysis_on_Southern-_New_Guinea_freshwater_swamp_forest
Analysis on Southern New Guinea freshwater swamp forest
After I made global analysis on forests which i did here and shared results of my analysis here. I picked interest in Southern New Guinea freshwater swamp forest and analysed it here
Table of contents
Southern New Guinea freshwater swamp forest is of the biome Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests.
Administrative boundaries
Southern New Guinea freshwater swamp forest is located in West Africa
Location of the forest on the world map
Location of the forest in Africa
The forest run through the following countries
countries the forest covers
Bioclimatic zones
Agro-ecological zones
I plotted the agroecological zones of the forest here:
There are moist soils towards the south eastern part of the forest, Subhumid soils are distributed within the forst.
Carbon density
Most parts of the forestt has low carbon density except for two part in the central West and centarl East that has high carbon density
Dominant land cover and rainfed terrain suitabillity
The South-Eastern part of the forest has more land use than other parts
Most of the forest part is not suitable for rainfed agriculture except the parts highlighted in green which is in the Western part and a tiny portion in the East
Soil nutrients and water scarcity
There is little variablity in the soil nutrients of the forest which has low nutrients in the part highlighted green in the East that has high nutrients
There is no variability in water scarcity of the forest which belongs to the economic water scarcity zones
Protected areas
The South-Eastern part of the forest has the most protected areas and mmost protected areas are for agriculture
Rooting conditions
There is less variability in rooting conditions of the forest
Biomes
The biome of the forest is Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
Climate
climate zones
I plotted the climate zones of the forest here:
The climate towards the South of the forest is tropical moist and the the climatte towards the North is tropical dry
climate shifts
The five scenarios are as follows:
A1F1 (Global/Economic) - describes a future world of rapid economic growth, with a global population that peaks in the mid 2000’s and declines afterwards it follows a “business as usual” fossil fuel intensive future.
A2 (Local/Economic) - follows a more conservative economic world, where economic growth is more limited to smaller regions of the world. Technological change is slower in this storyline, while high fertility rates result in a booming population.
B1 (Global/Environmental) - assumes the same population growth as the A1 storyline. It differs in that it has less of a material intense society, and focuses more on clean and efficient technologies. It takes emphasis on global solutions to economic, social and environmental sustainability, but with no additional climate incentives.
B2 (Local/Environmental) - focuses on a society that looks for local solutions to economic, social, and environmental sustainability. It is a world with continuously increasing global population in accordance with the UN prediction, with intermediate levels of economic development, and less rapid technological change compared to the B1 and A1 storylines. It focuses on local and regional solutions to environmental protection and social equity.1
climate shifts from 1901 to 2000
predicted climate shifts from 2001 to 2100 - A1F1 scenario In this scenario it is still expected that it has a similar climate but it will still tend more towards hot semi-arid climate
predicted climate shifts from 2001 to 2100 - A2 scenario In this scenario it is expected it will have more of hot semi-arid climate but still less compared to the A1F1 scenario.
predicted climate shifts from 2001 to 2100 - B1 scenario In this scenario it is expected it will have less of hot semi-arid climate compared to the A1F1 scenario.
predicted climate shifts from 2001 to 2100 - B2 scenario In this scenario it is expected it will have less of hot semi-arid climate compared to the A1F1 scenario.
Soil
The forest has Leptosol in its South-Western part, small water bodies in the south, Solonchak, Lixisol in the west,
Author
Hafsah Anibaba - hafsahoyin@yahoo.com