Central Africa: Global climate change and development. Overview. Technical report

Technical Report · Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1993

OSTI ID:7164243

The preliminary study focuses on the six countries of central Africa which contain the largest remaining contiguous block of closed forests in sub-Saharan Africa: Cameroon, Central African Republic, the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and Zaire. The carbon in the vegetation and soils in these moist tropical forests and surrounding seasonal woodlands constitute the greatest potential source of future carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from sub-Saharan Africa. This study also considers the importance of savanna burning, although in less depth since the small savanna area in central Africa precludes this activity from being a large regional source of emissions. Analysis of biogeophysical and socioeconomic issues relevant to global climate change, and research containing both space-based and ground-based components, were undertaken.

• Research Organization: World Wildlife Fund, Washington, DC (United States)
• OSTI ID: 7164243
• Report Number(s): PB-94-171220/XAB; CNN: AID-DHR-5554-A-00-8044-03
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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