USING RGB COLOR LIGHTS TO DETERMINE THE EFFECTS OF HUMAN PRESSURE ON BIG SCALE AFRICAN NATIONAL PARKS

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Table 1. List of BSANP their establishment date, area and geographic position.

No	Country	Name of BSANP	Establishment date	Area (Km^2)		Latitude/longitude of centroid
1	Central African Republic	Manovo-Gounda-Saint Floris National Park	1933	18,909	9°31ʹN/21°21ʹE
2	Mauritania	Banc d’Arguin National Park	1978	12,075	20°10ʹN/16°24ʹE
3	Namibia	Namib-Naukluft National Park	1986	50,766	24°40’S/15°16ʹE
4	South Sudan	Southern National Park	1939	22,800	6°32ʹN/28°40ʹE
5	Sudan	Radom National Park	1980	12,500	9°50ʹN/24°45ʹE

Figure 1. The LULC classes for Manovo-Gounda-Saint Floris NP based on 30 mx 30 m imagery.

Figure 2. The LULC classes for Banc d’Arguin NP based on 30 mx 30 m imagery.

Figure 3. The LULC classes for Namib-Naukluft NP based on 30mx 30 m imagery.

Figure 4. The LULC classes for Southern NP based on 30mx 30 m imagery.

Figure 5. The LULC classes for Random NP based on 30mx 30 m imagery.

Table 2. The LULC class numerical value and portion for Manovo-Gounda-Saint Floris NP.

	Manovo-Gounda-Saint Floris NP (Central African Republic)
	Covered area [sq.km]	%	Covered area [sq.km]	%	Covered area [sq.km]	%
	1985		2000		2015
Forest/dense vegetation	2753.78	14.70	1927.76	10.29	4394.47	23.45
Shrub	5136.62	27.41	6469.80	34.53	3141.10	16.76
Grass	4929.17	26.31	6905.85	36.86	4273.49	22.81
Water	883.92	4.72	813.89	4.34	0.00	0.00
Burned land	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	3536.62	18.87
Bare land	5034.46	26.87	2620.44	13.98	3391.95	18.10
Total	18,737.95		18,737.73		18,737.63

Table 3. The LULC class numerical value and portion for Banc d’Arguin NP.

	Banc d’Arguin NP (Mauritania)
	Covered area [sq.km]	%	Covered area [sq.km]	%	Covered area [sq.km]	%
	1985		2000		2015
Bedrock	535.88	4.49	535.54	4.48	872.74	7.32
Sand strips	722.43	6.06	2250.33	18.83	2397.41	20.10
Sand dunes	4774.13	40.02	3334.31	27.90	3149.70	26.41
Water	5896.40	49.43	5832.25	48.80	5504.82	46.16
Total	11,928.83		11,952.43		11,924.67

Table 4. The LULC class numerical value and portion for Namib Naukluft NP.

	Namib Naukluft NP (Namibia)
	Covered area [sq.km]	%	Covered area [sq.km]	%	Covered area [sq.km]	%
	1985		2000		2015
Forest/dense vegetation	3628.21	7.15	3106.95	6.12	6340.44	12.50
Shrub	19,840.85	39.12	19,250.20	37.95	15,006.13	29.58
Grass	11,352.09	22.38	13,240.17	26.10	20,901.90	41.20
Water	15,899.01	31.35	15,132.65	29.83	8483.26	16.72
Total	50,720.16		50,729.97		50,731.73

Table 5. The LULC class numerical value and portion for Southern NP.

	Southern NP (South Sudan)
	Covered area [sq.km]	%	Covered area [sq.km]	%	Covered area [sq.km]	%
	1985		2000		2015
Forest/dense vegetation	4041.65	21.00	4696.13	24.40	5422.98	28.18
Shrub	5305.95	27.57	1874.01	9.74	0.00	0.00
Grass	5444.22	28.29	5999.44	31.17	5112.52	26.57
Burned land	1641.83	8.53	3339.68	17.35	3240.64	16.84
Bare land	2811.68	14.61	3335.19	17.33	5469.08	28.42
Total	19,245.33		19,244.45		19,245.22

Table 6. The LULC class numerical value and portion for Radom NP.

	Radom NP (Sudan)
	Covered area [sq.km]	%	Covered area [sq.km]	%	Covered area [sq.km]	%
	1985		2000		2015
Burned land	2782.89	19.00	1154.80	7.87	1517.07	10.34
Dense vegetation	3058.27	20.89	1552.18	10.58	2842.54	19.37
Shrub	2712.74	18.53	6003.58	40.92	3785.00	25.80
Grass	2989.11	20.41	4740.80	32.31	5511.27	37.56
Bare land	3099.97	21.17	1221.12	8.32	1016.60	6.93
Total	14,642.97		14,672.48		14,672.47

Figure 6. Pixel over pixel comparison over Manovo-Gounda-Saint Floris NP.

Figure 7. Pixel over pixel comparison over Banc d’Arguin NP.

Figure 8. Pixel over pixel comparison over Namib Naukluft NP.

Figure 9. Pixel over pixel comparison over Southern NP.

Figure 10. Pixel over pixel comparison over Random NP.

Figure 11. LULC class proportions and trend over Manovo-Gounda-Saint Floris NP.

Figure 12. LULC class proportions and trend over Banc d’Arguin NP.

Figure 13. LULC class proportions and trend over Namib Naukluft NP.

Figure 14. LULC class proportions and trend over Southern NP.

Figure 15. LULC class proportions and trend over Random NP.