Central Africa: Global climate change and development. Synopsis
Technical Report
·
OSTI ID:6391000
Central Africa contains the largest remaining contiguous expanse of moist tropical forest on the African continent and the second largest in the world. However, deforestation rates are rising as the result of rapid population growth, inappropriate economic policies, economic downturns, and weak management capacities. If clearing rates continue to rise, a substantial amount of carbon dioxide will be released into the atmosphere, thus contributing to global climate change. The report summarizes a study designed as a first step in understanding the complex dynamics of the causes and effects of global climate change in Central Africa. The current state of the region's forests, greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and biomass burning, and the potential impacts of global climate change are discussed.
- Research Organization:
- World Wildlife Fund, Washington, DC (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 6391000
- Report Number(s):
- PB-93-179612/XAB; CNN: AID-DHR-5554-A-00-8044-03
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
540120* -- Environment
Atmospheric-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
AFRICA
ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATIONS
BIOMASS
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CARBON DIOXIDE
CARBON OXIDES
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
CHALCOGENIDES
CLIMATIC CHANGE
DEFORESTATION
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DYNAMICS
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMICS
ENERGY SOURCES
FLUIDS
FORESTS
FUELS
GASEOUS WASTES
GASES
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
GREENHOUSE EFFECT
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
MANAGEMENT
MECHANICS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
RAIN
RAIN WATER
RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
TROPICAL REGIONS
WASTES
WATER
540120* -- Environment
Atmospheric-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
AFRICA
ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATIONS
BIOMASS
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CARBON DIOXIDE
CARBON OXIDES
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
CHALCOGENIDES
CLIMATIC CHANGE
DEFORESTATION
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DYNAMICS
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMICS
ENERGY SOURCES
FLUIDS
FORESTS
FUELS
GASEOUS WASTES
GASES
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
GREENHOUSE EFFECT
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
MANAGEMENT
MECHANICS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
RAIN
RAIN WATER
RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
TROPICAL REGIONS
WASTES
WATER