COBAM News – Special Issue was published at the occasion of CIFOR’s 20th anniversary conference held in Central Africa on 22 and 23 May 2013. As a first edition released halfway through the project, it presents the state of advancement two years after the project was started, e.g. results so far obtained in terms of research on adaptation and mitigation policies and actors at the national level and the characteristic and specificities of the landscapes in which pilot projects on synergy between adaptation and mitigation are taking place. In sum, it answers the following questions: “What actions have taken places since 2010 when the project was launched? What results have been achieved? What are the future prospects?”

Special issue for CIFOR’s 20th anniversary (French edition only)

Table of Contents
- EDITORIAL
Climate Change: a fly in the ointment of environmental policies in Central Africa? - COBAM, a pool of scientific and research expertise
Special portfolio: COBAM mid-term halfway assessment
PACEBCo landscapes: COBAM’s site of implementation - IN VITRO
Exploring the possibilities for synergies between national adaptation and mitigation policies
Climate Change: coup de grâce for Congo’s basin populations? - IN SITU
From action research to pilot projects in the field - IN LIBRO
COBAM’s communication mobilizes all modern information dissemination vectors
Science-policy dialogue facilitation
Capacity building for decision-makers and local populations
Generating information on climate change vulnerability and the causes of forest degradation and deforestation in the region
Understanding the science-policy dialogue. Interview with Denis Sonwa - Blogbuster – Our bloggers’ life
- COBAM and the others… Interview with Anne Marie Tiani
- BRIEFS
- AGENDA
- COBAM NEWS TEAM
Publications included in this number
- COBAM 2011. Changement climatique et forêts dans le Bassin du Congo. Synergies entre l’adaptation et l’atténuation. Brief. CIFOR, Bogor, Indonésie.
- Maurice Tadjuidje, Barthelemy Dipapoundji and Saturnin Brice Mowawa, 2012. Le paysage de la Trinationale de la Sangha. Brief. CIFOR, Bogor, Indonésie.
- Jules Mayifilua, Deo Mbula, Jean-Claude Muliele et Innocent Ombeni, 2012. Le paysage de Maringa–Lopori–Wamba. Brief. CIFOR, Bogor, Indonésie.
- Boyzibu Ekhassa et Pierre Oyo, 2012. Le paysage de Lac Tele – Lac Tumba. Brief. CIFOR, Bogor, Indonésie.
- Raphael Ngeleza, 2012. Le paysage de Maiko-Tayna-Kahuzi-Biega. Brief. CIFOR, Bogor, Indonésie..
- Chrislain Eric Kenfack, 2013. Le Paysage Virunga. Brief. CIFOR, Bogor, Indonésie.
- Chrislain Eric Kenfack, 2013. Le Paysage Monte Alén/ Monts de Cristal. Brief. CIFOR, Bogor, Indonésie.
- Nguema J. et Pavageau C. 2012 Adaptation et atténuation en Guinée équatoriale: acteurs et processus politiques. Document de travail. CIFOR, Bogor, Indonésie.
- Pongui B. et Kenfack C. 2012 Adaptation et atténuation en République du Congo : acteurs et processus politiques. Document de travail. CIFOR, Bogor, Indonésie.
- Gapia M. et Bele Y. 2012 Adaptation et atténuation en République centrafricaine : acteurs et processus politiques. Document de travail. CIFOR, Bogor, Indonésie.
- Nguema J. et Pavageau C. 2013 Cambio climático y bosques en la cuenca del Congo. Sinergias entre la adaptación y la atenuación. Documento de trabajo. CIFOR, Bogor, Indonesia.
- Devisscher T., Bharwani S., Tiani A. M., Pavageau C., Kwack N., Taylor R. 2013. Current vulnerability in the Tri-National de la Sangha Landscape, Cameroon. Working paper. CIFOR, Bogor, Indonesia.
- Pavageau C., Bele Y, Tiani A.M. 2013. Current Vulnerability in the Virunga Landscape, Rwanda. Briefnote. CIFOR, Bogor, Indonesia.
- Devisscher T., Bharwani S., Tiani A. M., Pavageau C. 2013. Current vulnerability in the TNS Landscape, Cameroon. Briefnote. CIFOR, Bogor, Indonesia.
- Pavageau C., Morchain D., Coll Besa M. 2013. Current vulnerability in the Monte Alén-Monts de Cristal landscape, Equatorial Guinea. Briefnote. CIFOR, Bogor, Indonesia.
- Bele M.Y., Tiani A.M., Somorin O.A. and Sonwa D.J. 2013. Exploring vulnerability and adaptation needs to climate change of local communities in the humid forest zone of Cameroon. Climatic change.
- German L. A., Tiani A.-M., Daoudi A., Maravanyika, Tendayi M., Chuma E. 2012. Application of participatory action research to climate change adaptation in Africa: a reference guide International. Development Research Centre and Center for International Forestry Research.
- German, L. A., Tiani A.-M.,Daoudi A.,Maravanyika, Tendayi.,Chuma E. 2012. Application de la recherche action participative à l’adaptation aux chagements climatiques en Afrique: Guide de référence. Centre de recherche pour le développement international, Centre pour la recheche forestière internationale.
- Locatelli B. 2011. Les synergies entre adaptation et atténuation en quelques mots. Support distribué à travers la liste de distribution du COBAM à plus de 1000 individus dans le Bassin du Congo et ailleurs en Afrique.
- Pramova E., Locatelli B., Djoudi H. et. Somorin O. A. 2012. Le rôle des forêts et des arbres dans l’adaptation sociale à la variabilité et au changement climatiques. Brief. CIFOR, Bogor, Indonésie.
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