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Community Capacity for Implementing Clean Development Mechanism Projects Within Community Forests in Cameroon

There is a growing assumption that payments for environmental services including carbon sequestration and greenhouse gas emission reduction provide an opportunity for poverty reduction and the enhancement of sustainable development within integrated natural resource management approaches. Yet in experiential terms, community-based natural resource management implementation falls short of expectations in many cases. In this paper, we investigate the asymmetry between community capacity and the Land Use Land Use Change Forestry (LULUCF) provisions of the Clean Development Mechanism within community forests in Cameroon. We use relevant aspects of the Clean Development Mechanism criteria and notions of “community capacity” to elucidate determinants of community capacity needed for CDM implementation within community forests. The main requirements are for community capacity to handle issues of additionality, acceptability, externalities, certification, and community organisation. These community capacity requirements are further used to interpret empirically derived insights on two community forestry cases in Cameroon. While local variations were observed for capacity requirements in each case, community capacity was generally found to be insufficient for meaningful uptake and implementation of Clean Development Mechanism projects. Implications for understanding factors that could inhibit or enhance community capacity for project development are discussed. We also include recommendations for the wider Clean Development Mechanism/Kyoto capacity building framework.     

Die ?lkatastrophe am Golf Zwischenbilanz, Zustandsbeschreibung, Ma?nahmen, Prognosen

W?hrend eines Studien- und Beratungs-aufenthalts des Autors bei der Saudi-Arabischen Umweltbeh?rde im Juni/Juli 1991 wurde der Zustand der Saudi-Arabischen Golfküste untersucht. Von der Kuwaitischen Grenze bis zur Insel Abu Ali sind ca. 770 km Küste lückenlos zwischen Hoch- und Niedrigwasserlinie ver?lt. W?hrend an den energiereicheren Au?enküsten eine biologische Regeneration erwartet werden kann, ist sie in den energiearmen Buchten nicht ohne technische Ma?nahmen denkbar. Ver?lungen gibt es au?erdem am Meeresgrund in noch unbekanntem Ausma?. Für die Ma?nahmen wird die Notwendigkeit betont, ein Umweltqualit?tsziel festzulegen, das in der Entwicklung zu einem Naturreservat bestehen sollte.