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
The Guinean rain forest (GRF) of West Africa, identified over 20 years ago as a global biodiversity hotspot, had reduced to 113,000 km2 at the start of the new millennium which was 18% of its original area. The principal driver of this environmental change has been the expansion of extensive smal...
Gockowski, J.
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Sonwa, D.J.
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[Cocoa intensification scenarios and their predicted impact on CO2 emissions, biodiversity conservation, and rural livelihoods in the Guinea rain forest of West Africa]
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Cocoa intensification scenarios and their predicted impact on CO2 emissions, biodiversity conservation, and rural livelihoods in the Guinea rain forest of West Africa
In Central Africa, important carbon stocks are stored in natural forest stands, while activities that modify the carbon storage occur in the forest landscape. Besides clean development mechanisms, the reduction of emission through deforestation and degradation (REDD) initiative is viewed as one w...
Sonwa, D.J.
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Walker, S.
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Nasi, Robert
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Kanninen, M.
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[Potential synergies of the main current forestry efforts and climate change mitigation in Central Africa]
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Potential synergies of the main current forestry efforts and climate change mitigation in Central Africa
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+)