@article{fdi:010061917,
  title = {{A} potential feedback between landuse and climate in the {R}ungwe tropical highland stresses a critical environmental research challenge},
  author = {{W}illiamson, {D}avid and {M}ajule, {A}. and {D}elalande, {M}. and {M}wakisunga, {B}. and {M}athe, {P}. {E}. and {G}wambene, {B}. and {B}ergonzini, {L}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{C}haracteristic trends in landuse and climate highlight critical challenges in future resource management along the tropical topoclimosequence ({TCS}) of the {R}ungwe {V}olcanic {P}rovince ({RVP}), a major headwater biodiversity and food reservoir of {T}anzania. {T}he {RVP} orography supports a coherent distribution of agroecosystems and livelihoods, from hot irrigated lowlands to endangered afromontane forests above 1500 m.a.s.l. {R}ecent increases in deforestation, land fragmentation and soil denudation/compaction in the densely populated {TCS} were combined with a strengthened need and consumption of water in the lower, warmer and drier end-member. {C}onsistent with a regional decline of the long rains, a considerable (up to 30%) decrease in annual rainfall and a pervasive decline of the {L}ake {M}asoko ({LM}) aquifer testifies to a strong aridification trend. {W}e suggest here that current landuse and demographic trends likely amplified the hydrological response of the {TCS} to regional and global warming. {T}esting such a hypothesis, however, requires improved local monitoring, to allow scaling and quantification of local hydrological budgets associated with landuse impacts, and evaluation of the contribution of trees and agroforestry systems to mitigating the aridification trend.},
  keywords = {{TANZANIE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{C}urrent {O}pinion in {E}nvironmental {S}ustainability},
  volume = {6},
  numero = {},
  pages = {116--122},
  ISSN = {1877-3435},
  year = {2014},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.cosust.2013.11.014},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010061917},
}