Dénis Sonwa
Biographic Data
| ID | 6568012 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dénis Sonwa |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dénis |
| FAMILY NAME | Sonwa |
| SIGNATURE | SONWA D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Center for International Forestry Research |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6427-3428 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 61 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 21 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Indigenous Women’s Participation in Forest Governance and Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Cameroon and Central African Republic: A Comparative Strengths, Opportunities,…
Indigenous women serve as primary forest stewards in Central Africa, yet remain systematically marginalized from REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) decision-making. Employing SOAR (Strengths, Opportunities, Aspirations, Results) analysis, an appreciative inquiry framework, this study compares Indigenous women’s REDD+ participation across Cameroon and the Central African Republic (CAR). Through systematic review o…
Central African biomass carbon losses and gains during 2010–2019
Tailored policies for perennial woody crops are crucial to advance sustainable development
Effectiveness of the Yangambi Biosphere Reserve in Reducing Deforestation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
To what extent is Redd + integrated into land-use sectors driving deforestation? Insights from Cameroon
Small scale agriculture continues to drive deforestation and degradation in fragmented forests in the Congo Basin (2015–2020)
The Central African region hosts the largest continuous tract of forest in Africa, regulating global climate while providing essential resources and livelihoods for millions of people and harbouring extensive biodiversity. Extractive industries, infrastructure development and industrial agriculture have often been cited as major threats to these forests and are expected to increase. A regional collaborative effort has produced the first systemati…
Mainstreaming communication of adaptation to climate change: Some initiatives from Central Africa
Despite its low carbon emission, Africa is one of the regions most impacted by the adverse effects of climate change. Because of its impacts on health, infrastructure, settlements, agriculture and food security, and forest ecosystems, climate change is an additional burden to sustainable development in Central Africa. As such, there is an urgent need to transfer lifesaving information about the environment and especially the effects and adaptatio…
Redd+ policy implementation and institutional interplay: Evidence from three pilot projects in Cameroon
Analysing the narrative and promises of 'avoided deforestation' implementation in Central Africa
Projects aimed at reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) have expanded in Central Africa following carbon certification standards, which were intended to demonstrate the feasibility of payments and rewards earned depending on a measured quantity of avoided deforestation. We used storytelling as a communication concept to analyse the narratives of five main certification standards that accompanied the implementation o…
"Reprint of "Governing knowledge transfer for deforestation monitoring: Insights from Redd+ projects in the Congo Basin region
Governing knowledge transfer for deforestation monitoring: Insights from Redd+ projects in the Congo Basin region
Forest governance and Redd+ in Central Africa: Towards a participatory model to increase stakeholder involvement in carbon markets
Forests play a significant role in the global carbon budget, and can help to mitigate climate change impacts. Tropical forests which experience high rates of deforestation and forest degradation are particularly important, as they are the most active in winter. Based on academic research into global environmental policies in Central Africa, this study finds that REDD+ policies can succeed when there is a carbon market mechanism that increases par…
The value of endangered forest elephants to local communities in a transboundary conservation landscape
Rural local institutions and climate change adaptation in forest communities in Cameroon
Surveys and interviews were used to understand community resilience in forest-dependent communities facing climate change in Cameroon. Surveys of 232 individuals showed a diversity of formal and informal institutions that relate to most aspects of rural life. Although direct activities related to climate change adaptation were limited, the activities and density of membership in rural local institutions could increase the community's adaptive cap…
Adapting the Congo Basin forests management to climate change: Linkages among biodiversity, forest loss, and human well-being
Tropical forests are at the center of any global debate on climate change and sustainable forest management because of their twin roles in climate change adaptation and mitigation and for resilient development. However, in the countries of the Congo Basin forests receive very little attention in national planning and policies. Climate change is not currently considered in decisions and long-term forest management plans in these countries. This pa…
Climate Change and Forest Communities: Prospects for Building Institutional Adaptive Capacity in the Congo Basin Forests
Redd+ policy strategy in Cameroon: Actors, institutions and governance
Opportunities for and capacity barriers to the implementation of Redd+ projects with smallholder farmers: Case study of Awae and Akok, Centre and South Regions, Cameroon
Vulnerability, forest-related sectors and climate change adaptation: The case of Cameroon
The Congo Basin forests in a changing climate: Policy discourses on adaptation and mitigation (Redd+)
Potential synergies of the main current forestry efforts and climate change mitigation in Central Africa
The Congo Basin forests in a changing climate: Policy discourses on adaptation and mitigation (Redd+)
Vulnerability, forest-related sectors and climate change adaptation: The case of Cameroon
Redd+ policy strategy in Cameroon: Actors, institutions and governance
Opportunities for and capacity barriers to the implementation of Redd+ projects with smallholder farmers: Case study of Awae and Akok, Centre and South Regions, Cameroon
Governing knowledge transfer for deforestation monitoring: Insights from Redd+ projects in the Congo Basin region
Rural local institutions and climate change adaptation in forest communities in Cameroon
Surveys and interviews were used to understand community resilience in forest-dependent communities facing climate change in Cameroon. Surveys of 232 individuals showed a diversity of formal and informal institutions that relate to most aspects of rural life. Although direct activities related to climate change adaptation were limited, the activities and density of membership in rural local institutions could increase the community's adaptive cap…
Adapting the Congo Basin forests management to climate change: Linkages among biodiversity, forest loss, and human well-being
Tropical forests are at the center of any global debate on climate change and sustainable forest management because of their twin roles in climate change adaptation and mitigation and for resilient development. However, in the countries of the Congo Basin forests receive very little attention in national planning and policies. Climate change is not currently considered in decisions and long-term forest management plans in these countries. This pa…
Redd+ policy implementation and institutional interplay: Evidence from three pilot projects in Cameroon
Potential synergies of the main current forestry efforts and climate change mitigation in Central Africa
Potential synergies of the main current forestry efforts and climate change mitigation in Central Africa
The Congo Basin forests in a changing climate: Policy discourses on adaptation and mitigation (Redd+)
Vulnerability, forest-related sectors and climate change adaptation: The case of Cameroon
Redd+ policy strategy in Cameroon: Actors, institutions and governance
Opportunities for and capacity barriers to the implementation of Redd+ projects with smallholder farmers: Case study of Awae and Akok, Centre and South Regions, Cameroon
Adapting the Congo Basin forests management to climate change: Linkages among biodiversity, forest loss, and human well-being
Tropical forests are at the center of any global debate on climate change and sustainable forest management because of their twin roles in climate change adaptation and mitigation and for resilient development. However, in the countries of the Congo Basin forests receive very little attention in national planning and policies. Climate change is not currently considered in decisions and long-term forest management plans in these countries. This pa…
Climate Change and Forest Communities: Prospects for Building Institutional Adaptive Capacity in the Congo Basin Forests
Rural local institutions and climate change adaptation in forest communities in Cameroon
Surveys and interviews were used to understand community resilience in forest-dependent communities facing climate change in Cameroon. Surveys of 232 individuals showed a diversity of formal and informal institutions that relate to most aspects of rural life. Although direct activities related to climate change adaptation were limited, the activities and density of membership in rural local institutions could increase the community's adaptive cap…
The value of endangered forest elephants to local communities in a transboundary conservation landscape
Forest governance and Redd+ in Central Africa: Towards a participatory model to increase stakeholder involvement in carbon markets
Forests play a significant role in the global carbon budget, and can help to mitigate climate change impacts. Tropical forests which experience high rates of deforestation and forest degradation are particularly important, as they are the most active in winter. Based on academic research into global environmental policies in Central Africa, this study finds that REDD+ policies can succeed when there is a carbon market mechanism that increases par…
Governing knowledge transfer for deforestation monitoring: Insights from Redd+ projects in the Congo Basin region
Analysing the narrative and promises of 'avoided deforestation' implementation in Central Africa
Projects aimed at reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) have expanded in Central Africa following carbon certification standards, which were intended to demonstrate the feasibility of payments and rewards earned depending on a measured quantity of avoided deforestation. We used storytelling as a communication concept to analyse the narratives of five main certification standards that accompanied the implementation o…
"Reprint of "Governing knowledge transfer for deforestation monitoring: Insights from Redd+ projects in the Congo Basin region
Redd+ policy implementation and institutional interplay: Evidence from three pilot projects in Cameroon
Mainstreaming communication of adaptation to climate change: Some initiatives from Central Africa
Despite its low carbon emission, Africa is one of the regions most impacted by the adverse effects of climate change. Because of its impacts on health, infrastructure, settlements, agriculture and food security, and forest ecosystems, climate change is an additional burden to sustainable development in Central Africa. As such, there is an urgent need to transfer lifesaving information about the environment and especially the effects and adaptatio…
Effectiveness of the Yangambi Biosphere Reserve in Reducing Deforestation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
To what extent is Redd + integrated into land-use sectors driving deforestation? Insights from Cameroon
Small scale agriculture continues to drive deforestation and degradation in fragmented forests in the Congo Basin (2015–2020)
The Central African region hosts the largest continuous tract of forest in Africa, regulating global climate while providing essential resources and livelihoods for millions of people and harbouring extensive biodiversity. Extractive industries, infrastructure development and industrial agriculture have often been cited as major threats to these forests and are expected to increase. A regional collaborative effort has produced the first systemati…
Central African biomass carbon losses and gains during 2010–2019
Tailored policies for perennial woody crops are crucial to advance sustainable development
Indigenous Women’s Participation in Forest Governance and Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Cameroon and Central African Republic: A Comparative Strengths, Opportunities,…
Indigenous women serve as primary forest stewards in Central Africa, yet remain systematically marginalized from REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) decision-making. Employing SOAR (Strengths, Opportunities, Aspirations, Results) analysis, an appreciative inquiry framework, this study compares Indigenous women’s REDD+ participation across Cameroon and the Central African Republic (CAR). Through systematic review o…
Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (20 works) · Environmental resource management (19 works) · Business (17 works) · Geography (16 works) · Climate change (14 works) · Ecology (14 works) · Economics (13 works) · Political science (11 works) · Environmental planning (10 works) · Environmental Science (10 works)