Climate change presents additional challenges to a diverse country like Cameroon that shares the Congo Basin rainforest. Not only is the population vulnerable to the direct effects of climate change, forest-dependent communities are also vulnerable to changing environmental policy that may affect...
Brown, H.C.P.
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Nkem, J.
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Sonwa, D.J.
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Bele, Y.
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[Institutional adaptive capacity and climate change response in the Congo Basin forests of Cameroon]
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Institutional adaptive capacity and climate change response in the Congo Basin forests of Cameroon
The Congo Basin region of Central Africa contains the second largest contiguous tropical rainforest in the world, which is an important source of livelihood for millions of people. It is also important for climate change adaptation, as well as mitigation policies on Reducing Emissions from Defore...
Brown, H.C.P.
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[Gender, climate change and REDD+ in the Congo Basin forests of Central Africa]
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Gender, climate change and REDD+ in the Congo Basin forests of Central Africa
Tropical forests have a central role to play in a new mechanism designed to mitigate climate change, known as REDD+ (Reduced Emissions From Deforestation and Forest Degradation). Through semistructured interviews and content analysis of relevant documents, the perceptions of the opportunities and...
Brown, H.C.P.
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Smith, B.
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Sonwa, D.J.
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Somorin, O.A.
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Nkem, J.
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[Institutional perceptions of opportunities and challenges of REDD+ in the Congo Basin]
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Institutional perceptions of opportunities and challenges of REDD+ in the Congo Basin
Climate change will create challenges for forest-dependent communities in Africa. Local institutions play an important role in fostering community resilience in the context of change. The resilience of a community is influenced by social learning that can happen as people meet together and share ...
Brown, H.C.P.
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Sonwa, D.J.
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[Diversity within village institutions and its implication for resilience in the context of climate change in Cameroon]
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Diversity within village institutions and its implication for resilience in the context of climate change in Cameroon
This paper discusses the discourses on climate change adaptation and mitigation that are currently at the forefront in the Congo Basin. On mitigation, the forests have enormous opportunities to contribute to the reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) mechanism. But t...
Somorin, O.A.
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Brown, H.C.P.
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Visseren-Hamakers, I.J.
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Sonwa, D.J.
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Arts, Bas
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Nkem, J.
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[The Congo Basin forests in a changing climate: policy discourses on adaptation and mitigation (REDD+)]
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The Congo Basin forests in a changing climate: policy discourses on adaptation and mitigation (REDD+)
Brown, H.C.P.
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Sonwa, D.J.
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[Rural local institutions and climate change adaptation in forest communities in Cameroon]
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Rural local institutions and climate change adaptation in forest communities in Cameroon
Brown, H.C.P.
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Smith, B,Somorin, O.A
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Sonwa, D.J.
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Nkem, J.
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[Climate change and forest communities: prospects for building institutional adaptive capacity in the Congo Basin forests]
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Climate change and forest communities: prospects for building institutional adaptive capacity in the Congo Basin forests
Brown, H.C.P.
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Smith, B,Somorin, O.A
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Sonwa, D.J.
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Ngana, F.
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[Institutional perceptions, adaptive capacity and climate change response in a post-conflict country: a case study from Central African Republic]
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Institutional perceptions, adaptive capacity and climate change response in a post-conflict country: a case study from Central African Republic