Consortium leader: Magdeburg University, Germany
Consortium: Université de Dschang, Cameroun; Magdeburg University, Germany; FODER, Cameroun
RESSAC contribution (€): 214 345
Abstract
Conversion of tropical forests to other types of land use leads to deforestation (loss of forest cover) and degradation (loss of forest quality) which contributes between 10 and 20% of global greenhouse gas emissions (Fry 2008). The forests of Central Africa are also at the heart of the covetousness of climate negotiations. The search for miracle solutions that could help stabilize or even reduce
average global temperatures has seen the birth of many initiatives including REDD+, CAFI, GCF. Connected to these new initiatives or new policy measures are new concepts and new knowledge that need to be mobilized by all stakeholders from global to local and from scientific to indigenous level. The KnowGlobal project focuses on the issue of knowledge transfer in the field of forest management and climate change in Central Africa in general and Cameroon, Gabon and DRC in particular.
Based on the literature review of stakeholders, constraints and operational difficulties regarding knowledge transfer about climate change in Central Africa, the project investigates on NGOs, researchers, the private sector, technical and financial partners as well as other forest managers using along the RIU model of scientific knowledge transfer (Böcher 2016, Böcher and Krott 2014) to
identify bottlenecks.
Several categories of actors will benefit from the results of this project: in particular, at the sub-regional level, COMIFAC and its specialized organizations (OFAC, RIOFAC), the states through its sectoral ministries (environment, forestry), civil society organizations, research organizations, and NGOs, which are largely involved in the process of construction and transfer of knowledge.
Concretely, the three master’s students will work respectively in DRC, Cameroon and Gabon while the postdoc fellow will not only oversee the studies in these three countries but also provide a more general and comparative analysis on the Central African sub-region.
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