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
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+)