Building Regional Priorities in Forests for Development and Adaptation to Climate Change in the Congo Basin

Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 441-450

  Sonwa, Denis J ^a   Nkem, Johnson N ^b   Idinoba, Monica E ^c   Bele, Mekou Y ^a   Jum, Cyprain ^a  

^a Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)   (Cameroon)

^b UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME   (United States)

^c African Union Commission   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

adaptation; Climate Change; Congo Basin; development sectors; ecosystem services; Science policy dialogue

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST PRODUCT; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; PRIORITIZATION; REGIONAL PLANNING; RURAL AREA; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY;

CAMEROON; CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; CONGO BASIN; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO;

EID: 84858752308     PISSN: 13812386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11027-011-9335-5     Document Type: Article

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