May 14, 2012
Since the 1992 Rio Convention, sustainable forest management has become a major issue in the Congo Basin. This is reflected in reforms of forest legislations in most of the countries in the sub-region, which give greater consideration to biodiversity. Animal species are particularly concerned since management plans for timber concessions must now include a component about wildlife. Forest...
March 27, 2012
The forests of SE Cameroon lie within the Sangha tri-national landscape (TNS), a priority area for biodiversity conservation under the Congo Basin Forest Partnership. A monitoring program showed minimal changes in conservation and local livelihoods indicators from 2006 to 2008. Following the global financial crisis in late 2008 global demand for...
March 25, 2012
Indentifying common priorities in shared natural resource systems constitutes an important platform for implementing adaptation and a major step in sharing a common responsibility in addressing climate change. Predominated by discourses on REDD + (Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation...
March 15, 2012
Desde 2009, o CIFOR iniciou o Estudo Comparativo Global de REDD+ (GCS-REDD) em novo países: Bolívia, Brasil, Peru, República dos Camarões, República Democrática do Congo, Tanzânia, Indonésia, Nepal e Vietname. Uma analise parcial é feito em três países: Papua Nova Guiné, Moçambique e Burkina Faso. Depois de analisar políticas nacionais e estratégias emergentes de REDD+, os...
March 8, 2012
This chapter provides an overview of the woodfuel sector in the Congo Basin countries, with a special emphasis on those areas where the exploitation of woodfuel poses threats to the sustainability of the resource base and to the livelihoods of those depending on it. With regard to the fact that little data exist, this chapter draws...
March 4, 2012
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The design of the 2010 State of the Forest report does not differ fundamentally from that of the 2008 report and relies on indicators decided on collectively by about sixty contributors. Data collection was organized from 2009 to 2010 using national groups consisting of four to ten members, depending on the countries, all of whom worked for public...
Ce chapitre donne un aperçu du secteur du bois énergie dans les pays du bassin du Congo, en insistant particulièrement sur les régions où l’exploitation du bois énergie menace la durabilité de la ressource et les moyens de subsistance de ceux qui en dépendent. Vu qu’il existe peu de...
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Le processus d’élaboration de l’EDF 2010 n’est pas fort différent de celui du rapport 2008 et s’appuie sur des indicateurs définis de manière collégiale par une soixantaine d’acteurs. La collecte des données s’est organisée de 2009 a 2010 autour de groupes nationaux, de 4 a 10 membres selon les pays, tous travaillant au sein des...
February 24, 2012
The leaves of these Gnetum spp. lianas have long been harvested from humid forests for consumption and traded as a popular vegetable across the Congo Basin. Recent data on the current environmental, social and economic aspects of this forest product are however sparse. Value chain analysis was used to gather information on stakeholders involved in the chain from forest to consumer (small...