Promoting sustainable forestry resource use and improved livelihoods in refugee settings: A CIFOR-ICRAF-UNHCR partnership to support communities affected by displacement in Cameroon

Sub-Saharan Africa hosts 6.3 million refugees, more than 26 percent of the world’s refugee population. This represents an increase of 186 percent over the last decade compared to the previous figure of 2.2 million. As one of the most stable countries in the Central Africa region, Cameroon hosted abo...

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Main Authors: Ojong, M., Awono, A., Tshilombo, C., Abdou, M., Ada, H.N.
Format: Brief
Language:Inglés
Published: CIFOR-ICRAF 2023
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/135551
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Awono, A.
Tshilombo, C.
Abdou, M.
Ada, H.N.
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Awono, A.
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Tshilombo, C.
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description Sub-Saharan Africa hosts 6.3 million refugees, more than 26 percent of the world’s refugee population. This represents an increase of 186 percent over the last decade compared to the previous figure of 2.2 million. As one of the most stable countries in the Central Africa region, Cameroon hosted about 2,190,106 forcibly displaced persons spread across the country as of 31 May 2023. This comprised 469,281 registered refugees, 8,825 asylum seekers, 1,066,254 internally displaced persons (IDPs), and 645,746 returnees arriving mainly from Central Africa Republic and Nigeria.
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spelling CGSpace1355512023-12-20T00:22:30Z Promoting sustainable forestry resource use and improved livelihoods in refugee settings: A CIFOR-ICRAF-UNHCR partnership to support communities affected by displacement in Cameroon Ojong, M. Awono, A. Tshilombo, C. Abdou, M. Ada, H.N. refugees livelihoods environmental impacts Sub-Saharan Africa hosts 6.3 million refugees, more than 26 percent of the world’s refugee population. This represents an increase of 186 percent over the last decade compared to the previous figure of 2.2 million. As one of the most stable countries in the Central Africa region, Cameroon hosted about 2,190,106 forcibly displaced persons spread across the country as of 31 May 2023. This comprised 469,281 registered refugees, 8,825 asylum seekers, 1,066,254 internally displaced persons (IDPs), and 645,746 returnees arriving mainly from Central Africa Republic and Nigeria. 2023-09 2023-12-19T03:17:27Z 2023-12-19T03:17:27Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/135551 en Open Access CIFOR-ICRAF Ojong, M., Awono, A., Tshilombo, C., Abdou, M., Ada, H.N. 2023. Promoting sustainable forestry resource use and improved livelihoods in refugee settings: A CIFOR-ICRAF-UNHCR partnership to support communities affected by displacement in Cameroon. Bogor, Indonesia and Nairobi, Kenya. CIFOR-ICRAF. https://doi.org/10.17528/cifor-icraf/008991
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Abdou, M.
Ada, H.N.
Promoting sustainable forestry resource use and improved livelihoods in refugee settings: A CIFOR-ICRAF-UNHCR partnership to support communities affected by displacement in Cameroon
title Promoting sustainable forestry resource use and improved livelihoods in refugee settings: A CIFOR-ICRAF-UNHCR partnership to support communities affected by displacement in Cameroon
title_full Promoting sustainable forestry resource use and improved livelihoods in refugee settings: A CIFOR-ICRAF-UNHCR partnership to support communities affected by displacement in Cameroon
title_fullStr Promoting sustainable forestry resource use and improved livelihoods in refugee settings: A CIFOR-ICRAF-UNHCR partnership to support communities affected by displacement in Cameroon
title_full_unstemmed Promoting sustainable forestry resource use and improved livelihoods in refugee settings: A CIFOR-ICRAF-UNHCR partnership to support communities affected by displacement in Cameroon
title_short Promoting sustainable forestry resource use and improved livelihoods in refugee settings: A CIFOR-ICRAF-UNHCR partnership to support communities affected by displacement in Cameroon
title_sort promoting sustainable forestry resource use and improved livelihoods in refugee settings a cifor icraf unhcr partnership to support communities affected by displacement in cameroon
topic refugees
livelihoods
environmental impacts
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/135551
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