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Book chapters and journal articles

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Cecilia A. Munji, Mekou Y. Bele, Athanasius F. Nkwatoh, Monica E. Idinoba, Olufunso A. Somorin, Denis J. Sonwa 2013 Vulnerability to coastal flooding and response strategies: The case of settlements in Cameroon mangrove forests. Environmental Development, vol. 5. 54-72
Sonwa, DJ, Somorin, OA, Jum, C, Bele, MY & Nkem, JN 2012 'Vulnerability, forest-related sectors and climate change adaptation: The case of Cameroon', Forest Policy and Economics, vol. 23, 1-9
Somorin, O, Brown, HCP, Visseren-Hamakers, IJ, Sonwa, D, Arts, B & Nkem, JN 2012 ‘The Congo Basin forests in a changing climate: policy discourses on adaptation and mitigation (REDD+)’, Global Environmental Change, vol.22, no.1, 288-298
Brown, HCP, Smit, B, Sonwa, D, Somorin, O & Nkem, JN 2011 ‘Institutional perceptions of opportunities and challenges of REDD+ in the Congo Basin,’ Journal of Environment and Development,  vol. 20, no. 4, 381-404
Fulai, S, Flomenhoft, G, Downs, TJ, Grande-Ortiz, M, Graef, D, Scholtens, B, Mol, APJ, Sonnenfeld, DA, Spaargaren, G, Goel, RK, Hsieh, EWT, Scrieciu, S, Steurer, R, Polzin, C, Kostka, G, Ancev, T, Pirgmaier, E, Boons, F, Robèrt, KH, Bryant, C, Zhou, K, Acharya, SR, Huberman, D, Sonwa, D.J, Mycoo, M, Guan, D, Hubacek, K, Sumaila, UR, Lopez-Ruiz, HG, Jolley, GJ, Dougherty, ML, Pilon, AF, Prakash, R, Tambunan, T & Hermann, S 2011 ‘Is the concept of a green economy a useful way of framing policy discussions and policymaking to promote sustainable development?’ Natural Resources Forum, vol. 35, no.1, 63-72
Sonwa, DJ, Bele, MY, Somorin, O & Nkem, JN

 2010 ‘Central Africa is not only carbon stock. Preliminary efforts to promote adaptation to climate change for forest and communities in Congo Basin’, Nature and Faune, vol. 25, no. 1, 58-63
Bele, MY, Somorin, O, Sonwa, DJ, Nkem, JN & Locatelli, B 2010 ‘Forests and climate change adaptation policies in Cameroon,’ Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, vol. 16, no. 3, 369–385
Nkem, J, Kalame, FB, Idinoba, M, Somorin, O, Ndoye, O & Awono, A 2010 ‘Shaping forest safety nets with markets:
Adaptation to climate change under changing roles of tropical forests in Congo Basin’, Environmental Science and Policy, vol.13, no.6, 498-508
Sonwa, DJ, Bele, Y, Somorin, O, Jum, C & Nkem, JN 2010 ‘Adaptation for forests and communities in the Congo Basin: The CoFCCA experience’, ETFRN News, Issue 50, 93-100
Brown, HCP, Nkem, J, Sonwa, DJ & Bele, Y 2010 ‘Institutional adaptive capacity and climate change response in the Congo Basin forests of Cameroon,’ Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, vol. 15, no.3, 263-282
Bele, Y, Mulotwa, E, de Semboli, BB, Sonwa, D & Tiani, A-M 2010 ‘Les effets du changement climatique dans le Bassin du Congo : la nécessité de soutenir les capacités adaptatives locales’, Aperçu sur l’adaptation, no.3, 1-4
Somorin, O 2010 ‘Climate impacts, forest-dependent rural livelihoods and adaptation strategies in Africa,’ African Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, vol. 4, no. 13, pp. 903–912
Sonwa, DJ, Nkem, J, Foahom, B & Nkongmeneck, AB 2009 ‘Ecological research in the perspective of using forest in adaptation to climate change in Cameroon (Central Africa),’ Biosciences Proceedings, vol.15, 105-110