Session 8. Socio-Economic Functions and Livelihoods

Chair: Perry Brown

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Oral presentations

  • Factors Affecting the Role of Urban and Peri-Urban Forests in Adaptation to Changing Climatic Conditions in Khartoum State, Sudan - Rahamtalla Hamad Ibrahim
  • Climate Change, Non-Timber Forest Products and Rural Livelihood: A Study in the Drought-Prone District of West Bengal - Basu Jyotish Prakash
  • Integrated Forest Management for Restoration of Ecosystem Services and Rural Livelihood Security in Himalaya, in View of Impacts of Climate Change - Tiwari Prakash C.
  • Balancing Livelihoods Needs for Adaptation and Reducing Carbon Emissions from Forests: Case Study of Community Forestry in the Cameroon Forest Policy Reform - Bele M.Y., Jum C. and Nkem J.
  • Mitigation and Adaptation Potential of Agroforestry: Adaptation Implications and Policy Options for Meeting Challenges of Sustainable Livelihoods and Environmental Sustainability - Saxena Vivek
  • Impacts of Climate Change on Forest Recreation and Tourism and the Livelihoods of Communities that Depend on this Industry - Dimond Alison T., Brown Perry and Freimund Wayne
  • Adaptation of Forest Management among Small-Scale Private Forest Owners - Blennow Kristina
  • Effects of Land-Use and Climate Changes on the Mount Marsabit’s Forest Ecosystem, Kenya - Adano Wario R.
  • Role of Community-Based Forest Management to Address Climate Change Problem: A Case of Nepalese Community Forestry - Dhakal M. and Masuda M.
  • Land-Use/Land-Cover Change, Deforestation and Food Insecurity in Ethiopia - Garedew E., Sandewall M. and Söderberg U.
  • Climate Variability and Change in North-Western Bangladesh: Role of Smallholder Agroforestry in Adaptation to Desertification - Alam M.
  • Contribution of Farmer-Managed Tree Natural Regeneration to Environmental and Climatic Risks Minimization in the Sahelian Part of Niger (West Africa) - Larwanou M., Illiassou M. and Moustapha M.A.

Posters

  • Community-Based Forest Management: A Case Study of Wuda-Taye Forest Reserve, Nigeria - Aneni T.I. and Okali D.U.
  • Finding the Deforestation, Energy and Food Security Nexus: Is a PCD Approach to Adaptation the Link? - Muller J. and Sparks D.
  • The Socio-Economic Impact of Industrial Plantation Programmes on Rural Livelihood: A Case Study of Communities in Forest Reserves in Nigeria - Afolabi O.R. and Onyekwelu, J.C.
  • Community-Based Activities in Disaster-Prone Upland Areas as a Means of Adapting to a Changing Climate in The Philippine Countryside - Sanchez P.A.J. Lasco R.D. and Espaldon M.V.O.
  • Climate Change, Resettled Communities, Forest Resources Conservation and Livelihood Options around Kafta-Sheraro Forest Reserve, Tigray Region, Ethiopia - Eniang Edem A., Mengistu Genet F. and Yidego Teshale
  • Impact Assessment of Climate Change on Fuelwood Production and Utilization in Ghana: An Essential Tool for Adaptation - Tekpetey S.L., Frimpong-Mensah Nana K. and Idinoba M.

Abstracts accepted but not presented

  • A Battlefield for Forests: An Actor-Oriented Analysis for Studying Local Institutions and the Deployment of Ecosystem Services in Central Argentina - Rodríguez-Bilella P.
  • Towards Developing Options and Indicators on Community-Based Sustainable Management of Forest Resources in the Era of Climate Change - Case Study From Orissa, India - Ojha Nabaghan
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