This study addresses the challenges and opportunities for implementing global environmental policy at the local level. It seeks to understand the dynamics of global, national, sub-national and landscape (project) level realities that will enable or inhibit the realization of mu lti-lateral environmental agreements. The Clean Development Mechanism of the Ky oto Protocol is examined as an example of global environmental policy, while community carbon forestry in Cameroon is used as a developing country context. The study presents a cross- scale analysis from multiple dimensions including: forest policy (macro level); information management (macro-meso-micr o levels); community capacity, local knowledge, and governance (at micro le vel). These dimensio ns constitute the various angles or lenses through which I examine the issues in the each of the ensuing chapters. Permit me to begin by introducing the underlying concepts, research problem, questions, context and methods of this study in this opening chapter
Publication year
2007
Authors
Language
English
Keywords
environmental management, environmental policies, forestry, services
Geographic
Cameroon
