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Gender and Forests
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 350

Gender and Forests

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2016-04-14
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  • Publisher: Routledge

This enlightening book brings together the work of gender and forestry specialists from various backgrounds and fields of research and action to analyse global gender conditions as related to forests. Using a variety of methods and approaches, they build on a spectrum of theoretical perspectives to bring depth and breadth to the relevant issues and address timely and under-studied themes. Focusing particularly on tropical forests, the book presents both local case studies and global comparative studies from Africa, Asia, and Latin America, as well as the US and Europe. The studies range from personal histories of elderly American women’s attitudes toward conservation, to a combined qualitative / quantitative international comparative study on REDD+, to a longitudinal examination of oil palm and gender roles over time in Kalimantan. Issues are examined across scales, from the household to the nation state and the global arena; and reach back to the past to inform present and future considerations. The collection will be of relevance to academics, researchers, policy makers and advocates with different levels of familiarity with gender issues in the field of forestry.

Testing the influence of radio programs on climate change knowledge
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 26

Testing the influence of radio programs on climate change knowledge

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2015-03-20
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  • Publisher: CIFOR

This working paper sheds light on the impact of radio programs on the climate change knowledge of local populations in the Congo Basin. We provide an assessment of the change in knowledge of a rural village in the Congo Basin after inhabitants listened to one of the radio programs that were prepared on climate change. The document also provides potential indicators for result up-scaling. After applying a micro-economic model to a case–control experiment, both before and after exposure to one radio program, the results show an increase in knowledge of 22.3% attributable to the radio program. In addition, a series of reactions were recorded from different end users, such as other media, ministries, NGO representatives and researchers, who reacted positively to the broadcasts. We recommend the use of radio programs to increase knowledge and induce behavioral changes with regard to climate change adaptation and mitigation

Deforestation and forest degradation in the Congo Basin: State of knowledge, current causes and perspectives
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 59

Deforestation and forest degradation in the Congo Basin: State of knowledge, current causes and perspectives

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2015-12-02
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  • Publisher: CIFOR

The Congo Basin comprises Cameroon, Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon. It covers close to 70% of the forestlands of Africa. Of the 530 million hectares in the Congo Basin, 300 million are composed of forests: 99% of these are primary or naturally regenerated forests, as opposed to plantations.

Routledge Handbook of Climate Law and Governance
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 533

Routledge Handbook of Climate Law and Governance

  • Categories: Law

Courage, Contributions and Compliance: The Routledge Handbook of Climate Law and Governance recognises calls from the United Nations (UN), the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The elders, and others, for climate justice and urgent action, and convenes insights from leading legal and institutional experts, professors, professionals and early career scholars on emerging climate law and policy challenges, commitments and solutions. The collection explores the role of law and governance in scaling up global responses to climate change and advancing sustainability. Based on careful study of international advances and the full spectrum of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)...

Guide de cartographie participative géoréférencée pour la gestion communautaire du terroir
  • Language: fr
  • Pages: 32

Guide de cartographie participative géoréférencée pour la gestion communautaire du terroir

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2014-12-04
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  • Publisher: CIFOR

La connaissance des terroirs villageois et des types d’occupation des terres est primordiale pour réaliser les scénarios de référence dans le cadre des projets qui entendent bénéficier des payements pour services environnementaux. Dans ce contexte, la cartographie participative a fait ses preuves en tant qu’outil de facilitation de la participation populaire dans la mesure où elle permet aux populations locales de s’exprimer et de représenter les activités et les types d’utilisation des terres de leur terroir. Plus encore, la cartographie participative dite ‘géoréférencée’ permet non seulement de positionner les objets en relation avec les coordonnées spatiales (GPS) mais aussi de numériser ces données afin de ressortir un rendu validé et utilisable par toutes les parties prenantes. Si l’utilité de ce type d’outil est de plus en plus reconnue, des difficultés demeurent quant au protocole de sa réalisation.

Changement climatique dans le Bassin du Congo
  • Language: fr
  • Pages: 51

Changement climatique dans le Bassin du Congo

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2015-06-09
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  • Publisher: CIFOR

Ce document présente l’état des lieux des informations et connaissances sur le changement climatique échangées entre acteurs dans quatre pays du Bassin du Congo, à savoir au Cameroun, au Congo, au Gabon et en République démocratique du Congo. Il ressort de cette étude les observations suivantes : la REDD + et plus particulièrement le MNV sont au centre des discussions concernant la réduction des émissions de CO2 du fait de leurs liens avec les politiques forestières;l’adaptation est dominée par l’évaluation de la vulnérabilité des communautés locales et, dans une moindre mesure, des systèmes naturels;les politiques et pratiques d’adaptation des communautés et des écos...