Making African forests fit for climate change - A Regional View of Climate-Change Impacts on Forests and People, and Options for Adaptation

This policy brief is the result of collaboration between the IUFRO-led CPF initiative "Global Forest Expert Panels" (GFEP), the IUFRO Special Programme for Developing Countries (IUFRO-SPDC), key experts from the Forestry Research Network for Sub-Saharan Africa, and on-going international research projects in Africa. It is based on a detailed analysis of relevant information contained in the global assessment report Adaptation of Forests and People to Climate Change (IUFRO World Series Volume 22) and more than 250 additional literature references identified by African experts. These references have been analysed in a separate scientific report "Making African Forests Fit for Climate Change". 

A short publication such as this cannot cover every issue related to the adaptation of forests and people to climate change in Africa. Moreover, the analysis reveals that there are still major gaps in knowledge about the impacts of climate change on forests and people in Africa and about how adaptation measures can best be tailored to local conditions. Nevertheless, it is our hope that this policy brief will contribute to the development of effective adaptation strategies in Africa and facilitate related international efforts.
 

Editors

• Michael Kleine, IUFRO-SPDC Coordinator
• Alexander Buck, GFEP Coordinator
• Chris Eastaugh, Content Editor

Published by
International Union of Forest Research organizations (IUFRO)

ISBN 978-3-901347-91-7
 

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