Key message Adaptation of forest management to climate change requires an
understanding of the effects of climate on forests, industries and communities; prediction of …

Ecosystems provide important services that can help people adapt to climate variability and
change. Recognizing this role of ecosystems, several international and nongovernmental …

The relationship between forests and people is of substantial interest to peoples and
agencies that govern and use them, private sector actors that seek to manage and profit from …

The restoration of the livelihood of forest-based communities is an important element of
forest conservation. In this study, we developed a framework of restorative justice to critically …

Global and regional climate change assessments rely heavily on the general circulation
model (GCM) outputs such as provided by the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project …

Considerable efforts are focused on the consequences of climate change for tropical
rainforests. However, potentially the greatest threats to tropical biodiversity (synergistic …

The Congo Basin region of Central Africa contains the second largest contiguous tropical
rainforest in the world, which is an important source of livelihood for millions of people. It is …

This paper discusses the discourses on climate change adaptation and mitigation that are
currently at the forefront in the Congo Basin. On mitigation, the forests have enormous …

The prevalence and ranking of non-timber forest products (NTFPs) as safety-nets has been
well discussed, but rarely quantified. We report on group discussions and household …

Currently, products based on herbaceous plants are receiving global attention due to the
significant rise in human awareness of environmental protection and well-being. These …