Dr. Dimobe, Kangbeni

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Dimobe Kangbeni
Expertise
GIS and Remote Sensing, Tropical Forestry, Forest estimations, Biomass modeling, Ecosystem functioning, Ecology, Conservation Biology, Ecological Modeling, Ecological Restoration, Ecological Statistics, Forest Ecology, Forest Management, Landscape Ecology, Management of Protected Area, Natural Resource Management and Conservation, Non-Timber Forest Products Assessment.
Research grade
Junior Research Scientist
Institution information

Laboratory of Plant Biology and Ecology, University Ouaga I Pr Joseph Ki-Zerbo, Burkina Faso

Civic and professional organizations
  • REDD+ Community
  • Ecosystem based Adaptation for food security in Africa Assembly
  • Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC)
  • South African Association of Botanists (SAAB)
  • American Geophysical Union (AGU)
Educational background
  • Ph.D.,University Ouaga1 Pr Joseph Ki-Zerbo (Burkina Faso), 2017, Major: Plant Ecology
  • MSc, University of Lomé (Togo), 2010, Major: Ecology, Biodiversity Conservation
  • BS, University of Lomé (Togo), 2006, Major: Natural Sciences
Current research
  • Contribution to the sustainable management of biodiversity in Sudanian savannas under the current global change
  • Identification of driving factors of land degradation and deforestation in the protected areas of Burkina Faso (West Africa) through the use of earth observation data (e..g. Sentinel, Landsat, MODIS)
  • Development of allometric models for the prediction of aboveground biomass and carbon of valuable savannas tree species in West Africa
  • Species distribution modeling
Biography

Dr. Kangbeni Dimobe is a Botanist with special interest in the application of GIS and Remote Sensing techniques in natural resource management. He is member of the Laboratory of Plant Biology and Ecology at University Ouaga1 Pr Joseph Ki-Zerbo (Burkina Faso) and University of Lomé (Togo). He is also external collaborator of the Institute of Biological Sciences, Department of Botany at University of Rostock (Germany). Kangbeni's background is Botanist, with an Msc in Botany from University of Lomé (Togo) and a PhD in Landscape Ecology within the program WASCAL at University of Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso). he has experience in GIS & Remote sensing, Biogeography, Biodiversity conservation, Forest estimation, Biomass modelling, Ecosystem services and Functional ecology. Some of his fellowships and grants include the African Forest Forum Research Grant (2016); West African Science Service Center on Climate change and Adapted Land use (WASCAL) full PhD-scholarship (2012); International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) Research grant (2012); IUFRO-SPDC Sponsorship, International Union of Forest Research Organizations (2012). He participated in several conferences and workshops in Germany, South Africa, USA, Kenya, Togo, Burkina Faso, Ghana and Benin. Dr. Dimobe has authored and co-authored more than twenty publications in peer-reviewed international journals and books (https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kangbeni_Dimobe5). Currently he is working on Ecological modeling to assess the extent to which climate change could affect the distribution range and carbon stock of economically valuable savanna tree species in Sub-Sahara Africa.

Featured publications
  1. Dimobe K., Goetze D., Ouédraogo A., Mensah S., Porembski S., Thiombiano A. (2018a): Aboveground biomass allometric equations and carbon content of the shea butter tree (Vitellaria paradoxa C.F. Gaertn., Sapotaceae) components in Sudanian savannas (West Africa). Agroforestry Systems, 1-14, DOI 10.1007/s10457-018-0213-y. Impact Factor: 1.201
  2. Dimobe K., Mensah S., Goetze D., Ouédraogo A., Kuyah S., Porembski S., Thiombiano A. (2018b): Aboveground biomass partitioning and additive models based on seemingly unrelated regression for Combretum glutinosum and Terminalia laxiflora in West Africa. Biomass and Bioenergy, 115: 151–159. Impact Factor: 3.358
  3. Dimobe K, Kouakou N. J-L., Tondoh E. J., Zoungrana B. J.B., Forkuor G., Ouédraogo K., (2018c). Predicting the Potential Impact of Climate Change on Carbon Stock in Semi-Arid West African Savannas. Land, 7 (4) 124; doi:10.3390/land7040124.
  4. Stein K., Stenchly K., Coulibaly D., Pauly A., Dimobe K., Steffan-Dewenter I., Konaté S., Goetze D., Porembski S., Linsenmair E. K. (2018). Impact of human disturbance on bee pollinator communities in savanna and agricultural sites in Burkina Faso, West Africa. Ecology and Evolution, https://doi .org/10.1002/ece3.4197. Impact Factor: 2.537
  5. Sylla M.B., Pal J.S., Faye A., Dimobe K., Kunstmann H., (2018). Climate change to severely impact West African basin scale irrigation in 2 °C and 1.5 °C global warming scenarios. Scientific Reports, 8 (1):14395, DOI:10.1038/s41598-018-32736-0. Impact Factor: 4.122
  6. Sylla M.B., Faye A., Klutse N.A.B., Dimobe K., (2018). Projected increased risk of water deficit over major West African river basins under future climates. Climatic Change, 1-12, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-018-2308-x. Impact Factor: 3.537
  7. Dimobe K., Goetze D., Ouédraogo A., Forkuor G., Wala K., Porembski S., Thiombiano A. (2017). Spatio-temporal dynamics in land use and habitat fragmentation within a protected area dedicated to tourism in a Sudanian savanna of West Africa. Journal of Landscape Ecology, 10 (1): 75–95.
  8. Forkuor G., Dimobe K., Idriss S., Ibrahim B., Tondoh J. (2017). Landsat-8 vs. Sentinel-2: examining the added value of sentinel-2's red-edge bands to land-use and land-cover mapping in Burkina Faso. GIScience & Remote Sensing, 55(3), 331-354. https://doi.org/10.1080/15481603.2017.1370169. Impact Factor: 3.00
  9. Dimobe K., Ouédraogo A., Soma S., Goetze D., Porembski S., Thiombiano A. (2015). Identification of driving factors of land degradation and deforestation in the Wildlife Reserve of Bontioli (Burkina Faso, West Africa). Global Ecology and Conservation, 4, 559-571. Impact Factor: 2.174
  10. Kebenzikato A. B., Wala K., Atakpama W., Dimobe K., Dourma M., Woégan A. Y., Batawila K., Akpagana K. (2015). Connaissances ethnobotaniques du baobab (Adansonia digitata L.) au Togo. Biotechnologie, Agronomie, Société et Environnement, 19(3), 247-261. Impact Factor: 0.884
  11. Padakale E., Atakpama W., Dourma M., Dimobe K., Wala K., Guelly K.A., Akpagana K., (2015). Woody Species Diversity and Structure of Parkia biglobosa Jacq. Dong Parklands in the Sudanian Zone of Togo (West Africa). Annual Research & Review in Biology, 6(2): 103-114.
  12. Agbogan A., Tozo K., Wala K., Bellefontaine R., Dourma M., Akpavi S., Woegan A. Y., Dimobe K., Akpagana K. (2015). Structure des populations de Sclerocarya birrea, Lannea microcarpa et Haematostaphis barteri au nord du Togo. Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences, 25(2), 3871-3886.
  13. Wembou E.N.P., Woegan Y., Atakpama W., Dimobe K., Tozo K., Dansi A., Akpagana K., (2015). Contribution des aires protégées à la conservation in situ des espèces sauvages négligées et sous-utilisées: cas de Dioscorea praehensilis Benth. dans la zone écologique IV du Togo. Afrique Science: Revue Internationale des Sciences et Technologie, 11(5) (2015) 391 – 405.
  14. Dimobe K., Wala K., Dourma M., Kiki M., Woegan Y., Folega F., Batawila K., Akpagana K. (2014). Disturbance and Population Structure of Plant Communities in the Wildlife Reserve of Oti-Mandouri in Togo (West Africa). Annual Research & Review in Biology, 4(15): 2501-2516.
  15. Kebenzikato A. B., Wala K., Dourma M., Atakpama W., Dimobe K., Pereki H., Batawila K., Akpagana K (2014). Distribution et structure des parcs à Adansonia digitata L. (baobab) au Togo. Afrique Science: Revue Internationale des Sciences et Technologie, 10(2) 434 – 449
  16. Dimobe K., Wala K., Batawila K., Dourma M., Woegan A. Y., Akpagana K. (2012). Analyse spatiale des différentes formes de pressions anthropiques dans la réserve de faune de l’Oti-Mandouri (Togo). VertigO, http://vertigo.revues.org/12423; DOI :10.4000/vertigo.12423
  17. Folega F., Zhao X., Batawila K., Zhang C., Huang H., Dimobe K., Pereki H., Bawa A., Wala K., Akpagana K. (2012). Quick numerical assessment of plant communities and land use change of Oti prefecture protected areas (North Togo). African Journal of Agricultural Research, 7(6), 1011-1022.
  18. Atakpama W., Batawila K., Dourma M., Pereki H., Wala K., Dimobe K., Akpagana K., Gbeassor M. (2012). Ethnobotanical Knowledge of Sterculia setigera Del. in the Sudanian Zone of Togo (West Africa). ISRN Botany, doi:10.5402/2012/723157.
  19. Dimobe, K., Tondoh, J. E., Weber, J. C., Bayala, J., Ouedraogo K., Greenough, K. Farmers’ preferred tree species and their potential carbon stocks in southern Burkina Faso: implications for biocarbon initiatives. Accepted in PlosOne.
Contact information

University Ouaga I Pr Joseph Ki-Zerbo, UFR/SVT, Laboratory of Plant Biology and Ecology,
03 B.P. 7021 Ouagadougou 03, Burkina Faso
E-mail : kangbenidimobe@yahoo.fr / kangbenidimobe@gmail.com

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