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  Local vulnerability, Forest communities and Forestcarbon conservation: case of southern Cameroon

  Academic Journals, 2013

  This research paper, published in the international Journal of Biodiversity and Conservation, reports on a study of two community forests', Nomedjoh and Nkolenyeng, Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) projects located in south Cameroon.
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  Cambodian agriculture: Adaptation to climate change impact

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2013

  Cambodia has been identified as one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change. This International Food and Policy Institute discussion paper utilises crop models and village surveys to provide an overview of Cambodian agriculture's adaptation to climate change impacts.
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  Communiuty perception on climate change and usage patterns on non-timber forest products by communities around Kilolo District, Tanzania

  Ethiopian Journal of Environmental Studies and Management, 2013

  This paper explores the current use pattern of non-timber forest product (NTFPs) by forest-dependent communities as a strategy to cope with the impacts of climate change and variability around the New Dabaga-Ulongambi Forest Reserve (NDUFR) in Kilolo District. It also documents local peoples’ perceptions of climate change which were in linie with available climatic data records.
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  Recognizing local agro-ecological knowledge in sustainable intensification of tree-crop-livestock farming systems

  World Agroforestry Centre, 2013

  This technical paper by the World Agroforestry Centre analyses what farmers in the highlands of Ethiopia currently know about ecosystem processes and the interactions between trees, crops and livestock. The aim is to use this information to guide interventions that will build more intensive and climate-resilient systems.
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  Strategic environmental assessment and adaptation to climate change

  Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2010

  Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) provides a framework for assessing and managing a broad range of environmental risks which need to be addressed in the development and appraisal of policies, plans and programmes (PPPs).
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  Adaptation: decision making under uncertainty

  Evidence on Demand, 2013

  The second Topic Guide is now available for download. ‘Adaptation: Decision Making Under Uncertainty’ is a peer-reviewed report about the latest thinking on how to manage climate change in development decisions.
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  Analysis of farmers’ adaptation strategies to climate change in cocoa production in Kwara State

  Journal of Agricultural Extension, 2013

  Changing climate and weather patterns are predicted to have severe negative impacts on food production, food security and natural resources in the immediate and coming years. Climate change alters the development of cocoa pods, insect pests and pathogens which translate into lower crop yields and impact farm income.
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  Indigenous women's preferences for climate change adaptation and aquaculture development to build capacity in the Northern Territory

  National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility, 2013

  Research was carried out on South Goulburn Island, Northern Territory, to improve understandings of local, Indigenous people’s dependency on marine resources, and of their perspectives on climate change, and aquaculture as a means towards adapting to climate change.
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  Challenges for a climate compatible development: how to strengthen agricultural, livestock and forestry public policies

  Latin American Platform on Climate, 2012

  This policy brief emerges from a process of analysis of the status and quality of the public policies on climate change and development in ten Latin American countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Uruguay, Colombia, El Salvador and Paraguay.
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  Determinants of choice of indigenous climate related strategies by smallholder farmers in northern Ghana

  British Journal of Environment and Climate Change, 2013

  This study assesses the determinants of choice of indigenous climate related strategies by smallholder farmers in northern Ghana. The study uses primary data obtained through community focus group discussions and household surveys, and subjected to the Multinomial Logit regression model.

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