Vulnerability, forest-related sectors and climate change adaptation: The case of Cameroon

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 23, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-9

  Sonwa, Denis J ^a   Somorin, Olufunso A ^a,b   Jum, Cyprian ^a   Bele, Mekou Y ^a   Nkem, Johnson N ^c  

^a Yaoundé Cameroon ^*  (Cameroon)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Adaptive capacity; Cameroon; Climate change; Forest sector; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADAPTIVE CAPACITY; CAMEROON; FOREST SECTORS; VULNERABILITY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; FOOD SUPPLY;

FORESTRY;

ADAPTATION; BASINS; CAMEROON; CLIMATES; CONGO; ECOSYSTEMS; FOOD; VULNERABILITY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84865557180     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2012.06.009     Document Type: Review

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