Short report of the first IUFRO social sciences conference on “African Forest Policies and Politics” (AFORPOLIS conference 2018)

Please consult the following PDF Documents:

Report_AFORPOLIS Conference 2018_final.pdf (376.6 KiB)

From 24 to 27 September 2018, about 150 participants from 27 countries, including the following African countries (Benin, Ethiopia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Republic of Congo, Kenya, Mozambique, Madagascar, Nigeria, Tunisia), Japan, Indonesia, USA, China, Canada and European countries (Finland, France, Germany, Netherlands, United Kingdom) met in Yaoundé, Cameroon the host country to attend the first IUFRO social sciences conference on “African forest policies and politics” (AFORPOLIS conference 2018).

This conference was coordinated by the new IUFRO Working Party on “African forest politics and governance” (IUFRO-WP 9.05.09) and the AFORPOLIS initiative.

Scientific outcome and the way forward

A selection of the most rigorous manuscripts submitted to the first edition of AFORPOLIS conference, will be considered for publication in a special issue entitled “Forestland Policy and politics in Africa” of the international peer-review journal, Forest Policy and Economics (Elsevier, IF: 2.49).

For more Information, please consult the following PDF Documents:

Report_AFORPOLIS Conference 2018_final.pdf (376.6 KiB)

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