| Title | Rigidity Versus Adaptation: Contribution to the Debate on Agricultural Viability and Forest Sustainability in Southern Cameroon. |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2003 |
| Authors | Oyono, P.; Mala, W.; Tonye, J. |
| ContactAuthor | asb@cgiar.org; r.oyono@cgiar.org |
| Journal | Culture & Agriculture |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Start Page | 32 |
| Pagination | 32-40 |
| Keywords | Congo Basin, crops, ecology, land conversion, rain forest, Sustainability |
| Abstract | The forest of the Congo Basin—known as equatorial forest—covers a surface area of almost a million square kilometers. It is the second forest ecosystem in the world after Amazonia and represents nearly 16 percent of the global biodiversity. The equatorial forest in Africa is made up of many strata and has a great variety of tree species, approximately a thousand of them. Southern Cameroon, with its dense humid evergreen forest—27 percent of the country’s land area (Gartlan 992:119-124)—is part of this natural amphitheater. |
| URL | http://www.asb.cgiar.org/pdfwebdocs/Oyono_2003_Rigidity_Versus_Adaptation.pdf |
