A data support infrastructure for Clean Development Mechanism forestry implementation: an inventory perspective from Cameroon |
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Authors: | Peter A Minang Michael K McCall Margaret M Skutsch Jeroen J Verplanke |
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Institution: | (1) International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), P. O. Box 6, 7500 AA Enschede, Netherlands;(2) Technology and Sustainable Development (TSD), University of Twente, P. O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, Netherlands |
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Abstract: | Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) forestry project development requires highly multi-disciplinary and multiple-source information
that can be complex, cumbersome and costly to acquire. Yet developing countries in which CDM projects are created and implemented
are often data poor environments and unable to meet such complex information requirements. Using Cameroon as an example, the
present paper explores the structure of an enabling host country data support infrastructure for CDM forestry implementation,
and also assesses the supply potential of current forestry information. Results include a conceptual data model of CDM project
data needs; the list of meso- and macro-level data and information requirements (Demand analysis); and an inventory of relevant
data available in Cameroon (Supply analysis). From a comparison of demand and supply, we confirm that data availability and
the relevant infrastructure for data or information generation is inadequate for supporting carbon forestry at the micro,
meso and macro-levels in Cameroon. The results suggest that current CDM afforestation and reforestation information demands
are almost impenetrable for local communities in host countries and pose a number of cross-scale barriers to project adoption.
More importantly, we identify proactive regulatory, institutional and capacity building policy strategies for forest data
management improvements that could enhance biosphere carbon management uptake in poor countries. CDM forestry information
research needs are also highlighted. |
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Keywords: | Cameroon Clean Development Mechanism Data infrastructure Land use land use change and forestry Cameroon |
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