AFORPOLIS conference 2018 Book of abstracts
The conference AFORPOLIS 1 is organised in cooperation with the University of Göttingen in Germany,
University of Dschang in Cameroon and the IUFRO (International Union of Forest Research
Organisations). The conference benefits from a substantial support of the Centre for International
Forestry Research (CIFOR) and the Centre for International Development and Training (CIDT/
University of Wolverhampton). AFORPOLIS conference series will seek to advance cutting-edge
knowledge on the emergence and evolution of African forest governance.
The dynamics of African forests are paradoxical. When the rate of forest degradation due to wood-fuel demand and slash-and-burn small farming rises, the level of deforestation falls below that of South Asia and Latin America. In other words, the utilisation of African forestland resources occurs faster in regions covered by dry and accessible forests while the majority of the rainforests in the Congo basin remains broadly intact. Up to now, African forests from the North Africa Mediterranean region to the southern, eastern, western and central African regions face growing pressure due to forestland conversion, biodiversity loss, livelihood issues, wildfires, above- and underground resources exploitation
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