The role of forest ecosystems in community-based coping strategies to climate hazards: Three examples from rural areas in Africa

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 24, Issue , 2012, Pages 20-28

  Robledo, Carmenza ^a   Clot, Nicole ^a   Hammill, Anne ^b   Riché, Béatrice ^b  

^a Environment and Climate Change Group   (Switzerland)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptation to climate change; Climate hazards; Community resilience; Coping strategy; Livelihood; Local adaptive capacity

Indexed keywords

ACCESS RIGHTS; CIVIL SOCIETY; COMMUNITY RESILIENCE; COPING STRATEGIES; EXTREME EVENTS; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST USE; HIGH PRESSURE; INTERDISCIPLINARY TEAMS; LAND TENURE; LAND-USE CHANGE; LIVELIHOOD; LOCAL ADAPTATION; LOCAL-ADAPTIVE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; POLICY MAKERS; RISK SCREENING; RURAL COMMUNITY; TANZANIA;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECOSYSTEMS; HAZARDS; RURAL AREAS;

FORESTRY;

CLIMATES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; HAZARDS; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 84867333998     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2011.04.006     Document Type: Article

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