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1、ForestsandclimatechangeadaptationpoliciesInCameroonMekouYoussoufaBele&OlufunsoSomorin&DenisJeanSonwa&JohnsonNdiNkem&Brunolocatelli.AbstractNowadays,adaptationhasbecomeakeyfocusofthescientificandpolicy-making.communitiesandisamajorareaofdiscussioninthemultilateralclimatechangeprocess.
2、Asclimatechangeisprojectedtohitthepoorestthehardest,itisespeciallyimportantfordevelopingcountriestopayparticularattentiontothemanagementofnaturalresourcesandagricultural.Activities.InmostofthesecountriessuchasCameroon,forestcanplayimportantroleinAchievingbroaderclimatechangeadaptatio
3、ngoals.However,forestgenerallyreceivesverylittleAttentioninnationaldevelopmentprogrammeandstrategiessuchaspolicydialoguesonclimateChangeandpovertyreductionstrategies.UsingaqualitativeapproachtodatacollectionthroughContentanalysisofrelevantCameroonpolicydocuments,theintegrationofclima
4、techangeAdaptationwasexploredandthelevelofattentiongiventoforestsforadaptationanalysed.ResultsIndicatethat,withtheexceptionoftheFirstNationalCommunicationtoUNFCCCthatfocusedMostlyonmitigationandrelatedissues,currentpolicydocumentsinCameroonarevoidofTangiblereferencetoclimatechange,an
5、dhencefailingindrawingtherelevanceofforestinMitigAdaptStrategGlobChange(2011)16:369–385DOI10.1007/s11027-010-9264-8M.Y.Bele(*):O.Somorin:D.J.SonwaCenterforInternationalForestryResearch(CIFOR),P.O.Box2008,Yaoundé,CameroonE-mail:b.youssoufa@cgiar.orgD.J.SonwaE-mail:d.sonwa@cgiar.orgO.S
6、omorinForestandNatureConservationPolicyWageningenUniversity,P.O.Box6708PB,Wageningen,theNetherlandsE-mail:o.somorin@cgiar.orgE-mail:olufunso.somorin@wur.nlJ.N.NkemUnitedNationsDevelopmentProgramme(UNDP),UnitedNationsOfficeinNairobiGigiri,BlockU308,P.O.Box30552-00100,Nairobi,KenyaE-ma
7、il:johnson.nkem@undp.orgCenterforInternationalForestryResearch(CIFOR),P.O.Box16000,Bogor,IndonesiaShelteringpopulationsfromthemanyprojectedimpactsofclimatechange.PoliciesrelatedtoForestrelyonageneralizedconceptofsustainableforestmanagementanddonotidentifytheSpecificchangesthatneedtob
8、eincorporate