Highlights from Africa & Madagascar - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Agriculture & Biodiversity Behaviors in Conservation Biodiversity Analysis for Africa Biodiversity Monitoring & Evaluation Central African Regional Program for the Environment Armed Conflict & the Environment Environmental Governance in East & Southern Africa Global Climate Change Protected Area Conservation Strategy Sustainable Use & Biodiversity Transboundary Natural Resource Management Wildlife Trade in Medicinals in East   & Southern Africa & Madagascar

BSP's Africa & Madagascar Program

Global Climate Change

Addressing the impacts of global climate change on sub-Saharan Africa.

The Global Climate Change (GCC) project was developed to help USAID's Africa Bureau design a global climate change effort and fund innovative research to field-test approaches. Phase One identified important issues related to Africa's contribution to global climate change and the impacts of climate change on Africa. Phase Two explored these issues through a research grants program and led to the establishment of the Central African Regional Program for the Environment (CARPE) (please see http://carpe.umd.edu) in 1995. Phase Three included establishment of a network, production of a newsletter, and development of a climate change adaptation strategy for Uganda. Participating countries included Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Rwanda, Togo, Uganda, and Zambia.

 

From the BSP Library

Central Africa: Global Climate Change and Development. Synopsis (pub. no.13)

Exploring Methods for Integrating Data on Socio-Economic and Environmental Processes That Influence Land Use Change (pub. no.165)

Inventory of Major Saline Areas of Dzanga-Sangha, Dzanga-Ndoki Reserve/Park (pub. no.167)

Inventory of Wood Used in Charcoal Production in Zambia (pub. no.169)

Strategic Planning For Conservation Management Options in the Lobeke Region, Southeastern Cameroon (pub. no.170)

Study of the Zaïrian Tropical Forest: Mapping of the Vegetation Types and Understanding of the Local Factors of Change (pub. no.168)

The Use of Time-Series Satellite Data for Characterization and Monitoring of the Seasonal Forests and Savannas of Central Africa (pub. no.166)

 

Partner Organizations

Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Travaux Publics (ENSTP)

Laboratoire de Télédétection et d’Analyse Régionale/Université Catholique de Louvain

Les Amis de la Terre-Togo

Michigan State University

Office National de Développement des Forêts (ONADEF)

Uganda Ministry of Natural Resources

University of Maryland

Wildlife Conservation Society

World Resources Institute

World Wildlife Fund (Central African Republic Office)

 

Additional Resources

Global Climate Change and Africa

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

Bwango, A., J. Wright, C. Elias, and I. Burton. 2000. Reconciling national and global priorities in adaption to climate change: with an illustration from Uganda. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 61:145-159.