Institutional adaptive capacity and climate change response in the Congo Basin forests of Cameroon

Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 263-282

  Brown, H Carolyn Peach ^a   Nkem, Johnson Ndi ^b   Sonwa, Denis J ^c   Bele, Youssoufa ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

^c Center for International Forestry Research CIFOR   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Adaptive capacity; Cameroon; Climate change; Congo Basin forest; Institutions; Perception

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SOCIETY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FOREST RESOURCE; PERCEPTION; PRIVATE SECTOR; RAINFOREST; STATE ROLE;

CAMEROON; CONGO BASIN;

EID: 77952321854     PISSN: 13812386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11027-010-9216-3     Document Type: Article

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