The link between forest, water and people: an agenda to promote in the context of climate change in Central Africa

Central Africa is known for its substantial reserve of clean water. This reserve is unfortunately declining with climate changes. While forests, another natural resource of the zone has up to now been the focus of most efforts, mainly for biodiversity conservation, this is not yet the case for water...

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Main Authors: Sonwa, D.J., Gapia, M, Pokam, W.M, Losembe, F, Mfochivé, O.F.
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: 2012
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/94314
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Gapia, M
Pokam, W.M
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Mfochivé, O.F.
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description Central Africa is known for its substantial reserve of clean water. This reserve is unfortunately declining with climate changes. While forests, another natural resource of the zone has up to now been the focus of most efforts, mainly for biodiversity conservation, this is not yet the case for water resources on which plants are however dependent. In the context of this paper, we revisit (1) climate changes, (2), their impact on the water system, (3) the incidence of disturbances on the water system, (4) the current responses and the way these responses should be oriented for a good synergy between the water, forestry and development sectors in a context of adaptation to climate change.
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spelling CGSpace943142024-06-13T08:14:24Z The link between forest, water and people: an agenda to promote in the context of climate change in Central Africa Sonwa, D.J. Gapia, M Pokam, W.M Losembe, F Mfochivé, O.F. biodiversity climate change hydrology forests water management conservation Central Africa is known for its substantial reserve of clean water. This reserve is unfortunately declining with climate changes. While forests, another natural resource of the zone has up to now been the focus of most efforts, mainly for biodiversity conservation, this is not yet the case for water resources on which plants are however dependent. In the context of this paper, we revisit (1) climate changes, (2), their impact on the water system, (3) the incidence of disturbances on the water system, (4) the current responses and the way these responses should be oriented for a good synergy between the water, forestry and development sectors in a context of adaptation to climate change. 2012 2018-07-03T10:57:20Z 2018-07-03T10:57:20Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/94314 en Open Access Sonwa, D.J., Gapia, M., Pokam, W.M., Losembe, F., Mfochivé, O.F. . 2012. The link between forest, water and people : an agenda to promote in the context of climate change in Central Africa. Nature and Faune 27(1): 48-52.
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climate change
hydrology
forests
water management
conservation
Sonwa, D.J.
Gapia, M
Pokam, W.M
Losembe, F
Mfochivé, O.F.
The link between forest, water and people: an agenda to promote in the context of climate change in Central Africa
title The link between forest, water and people: an agenda to promote in the context of climate change in Central Africa
title_full The link between forest, water and people: an agenda to promote in the context of climate change in Central Africa
title_fullStr The link between forest, water and people: an agenda to promote in the context of climate change in Central Africa
title_full_unstemmed The link between forest, water and people: an agenda to promote in the context of climate change in Central Africa
title_short The link between forest, water and people: an agenda to promote in the context of climate change in Central Africa
title_sort link between forest water and people an agenda to promote in the context of climate change in central africa
topic biodiversity
climate change
hydrology
forests
water management
conservation
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/94314
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