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Institutional adaptive capacity and climate change response in the Congo Basin forests of Cameroon

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  • H. Brown & Johnson Nkem & Denis Sonwa & Youssoufa Bele, 2010. "Institutional adaptive capacity and climate change response in the Congo Basin forests of Cameroon," Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, Springer, vol. 15(3), pages 263-282, March.
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    DOI: 10.1007/s11027-010-9216-3
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    1. Tomas Gabriel Bas & Jacques Gagnon & Philippe Gagnon & Angela Contreras, 2022. "Analysis of Agro Alternatives to Boost Cameroon’s Socio-Environmental Resilience, Sustainable Development, and Conservation of Native Forests," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(14), pages 1-28, July.
    2. Denis Sonwa & Johnson Nkem & Monica Idinoba & Mekou Bele & Cyprain Jum, 2012. "Building regional priorities in forests for development and adaptation to climate change in the Congo Basin," Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, Springer, vol. 17(4), pages 441-450, April.
    3. Mekou Bele & Olufunso Somorin & Denis Sonwa & Johnson Nkem & Bruno Locatelli, 2011. "Forests and climate change adaptation policies in Cameroon," Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, Springer, vol. 16(3), pages 369-385, March.
    4. Clint T. Lewis & Ming-Chien Su, 2021. "Climate Change Adaptation and Sectoral Policy Coherence in the Caribbean," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(15), pages 1-22, July.
    5. Mekou Bele & Anne Tiani & Olufunso Somorin & Denis Sonwa, 2013. "Exploring vulnerability and adaptation to climate change of communities in the forest zone of Cameroon," Climatic Change, Springer, vol. 119(3), pages 875-889, August.
    6. Johnson Nkem & Olufunso Somorin & Cyprian Jum & Monica Idinoba & Youssoufa Bele & Denis Sonwa, 2013. "Profiling climate change vulnerability of forest indigenous communities in the Congo Basin," Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, Springer, vol. 18(5), pages 513-533, June.
    7. Denis Jean Sonwa & Mfochivé Oumarou Farikou & Gapia Martial & Fiyo Losembe Félix, 2020. "Living under a Fluctuating Climate and a Drying Congo Basin," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(7), pages 1-22, April.
    8. Wisemen Chingombe & Happwell Musarandega, 2021. "Understanding the Logic of Climate Change Adaptation: Unpacking Barriers to Climate Change Adaptation by Smallholder Farmers in Chimanimani District, Zimbabwe," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(7), pages 1-18, March.
    9. Sonwa, Denis J. & Somorin, Olufunso A. & Jum, Cyprian & Bele, Mekou Y. & Nkem, Johnson N., 2012. "Vulnerability, forest-related sectors and climate change adaptation: The case of Cameroon," Forest Policy and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 23(C), pages 1-9.
    10. Bele, Mekou Youssoufa & Sonwa, Denis Jean & Tiani, Anne-Marie, 2015. "Adapting the Congo Basin forests management to climate change: Linkages among biodiversity, forest loss, and human well-being," Forest Policy and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 50(C), pages 1-10.
    11. Xiaolong Xue & Liang Wang & Rebecca J. Yang, 2018. "Exploring the science of resilience: critical review and bibliometric analysis," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 90(1), pages 477-510, January.

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