| dc.contributor.author | Kehbila, A.G. |
| dc.contributor.author | Alemagi, D. |
| dc.contributor.author | Minang, Peter A. |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-12-04T11:03:28Z |
| dc.date.available | 2019-12-04T11:03:28Z |
| dc.date.issued | 2014 |
| dc.identifier.citation | Kehbila, A.G., Alemagi, D. & Minang, P.A. (2014). Comparative multi-criteria assessment of climate policies and sustainable development strategies in Cameroon: towards a GIS decision-support tool for the design of an optimal REDD+ strategy. Sustainability, 6(9), 6125-6140. |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2071-1050 |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/1094 |
| dc.description.abstract | Cameroon is committed to reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation plus conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of carbon stocks (REDD+). To achieve this goal, the government has introduced a series of policy reforms and formulated a number of key strategic planning documents to advance the REDD+ readiness process in Cameroon. This paper assesses the extent to which major cross-sectoral policies support or impede the development and implementation of an optimal REDD+ strategy in Cameroon from a comparative multi-criteria perspective. Study results reveal that a majority of the policy instruments reviewed appeared to be less prescriptive in terms of any tangible REDD+ strategy, as they do not have provisions for tangible measures to reduce deforestation and forest degradation. Given the lack of adequate flexibility, prompt review and responsiveness of these cross-sectoral policies to adapt themselves to new realities and respond to a changing environment, this paper introduces a GIS-REDD+ decision support system (GIS-REDD+DSS) that is necessary to support the adaptive element of an adaptive REDD+ strategy in Cameroon. The GIS-REDD+DSS, an electronic REDD+agri intermediary hub, serves the following purpose: (1) host a database of locally-relevant climate information, improved input technologies, best practices as well as land use and forest cover geo-spatial maps; (2) host a virtual economic tool that performs economic valuations (costs and benefits) and financial analysis of REDD+agri projects to aid investment decision-making; and (3) host an electronic marketplace to mediate any-to-any transactions among REDD+agri project developers, service providers, input suppliers, private and institutional investors and buyers (wholesalers and retailers), thereby creating value in two ways: aggregation and matching. This decision support tool, we argue, is a fundamental prerequisite for “policy and REDD+ safeguard integration” innovation that allows new scientific findings to be integrated into REDD+ strategies in a short period of time. |
| dc.language.iso | en |
| dc.subject | Climate |
| dc.subject | Policies |
| dc.subject | Sustainability |
| dc.title | Comparative multicriteria assessment of climate policies and sustainable development strategies in Cameroon: towards a GIS decisionsupport tool for the design of an optimal REDD+ strategy |
| dc.type | Journal Article |
| dc.description.version | Peer Review |
| cg.contributor.affiliation | EcoXergy Solutions Inc., Canada |
| cg.contributor.affiliation | International Institute of Tropical Agriculture |
| cg.contributor.affiliation | World Agroforestry Centre |
| cg.coverage.region | Africa |
| cg.coverage.region | Central Africa |
| cg.coverage.country | Cameroon |
| cg.isijournal | ISI Journal |
| cg.authorship.types | CGIAR and advanced research institute |
| cg.iitasubject | Climate Change |
| cg.journal | Sustainability |
| cg.howpublished | Formally Published |
| cg.accessibilitystatus | Limited Access |
| local.dspaceid | 78092 |
| cg.identifier.doi | https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su6096125 |
