To deal with the climate change effects (decline of agricultural productivity, progressive rural migration) coupled with an overexploitation of fuel wood, this good practice case study illustrates the way that Ndem NGO has significantly implemented innovative climate change options (photovoltaic solar energy, production of biochar and cooking stoves, electro-solar pumping, organic and localized irrigated cropping system).Apart from the foreign funds, the incomes generated from the sales of crafting products "Maam Samba" have enabled to implement these options which in turn, create

This database provides a most comprehensive assessment of forests and forestry, not only in terms of the number of countries and people involved, but also in terms of scope. It examines the status and recent trends for about 90 variables covering the extent, condition, uses and values of forests and other wooded land, with the aim of assessing all benefits from forest resources. Information has been collected from 233 countries and territories for four points in time: 1990, 2000, 2005 and 2010.

This book lays out the possibilities:
• using energy from wood biomass and mill residuals instead of fossil fuels;
• substituting wood products for fossil fuel-intensive steel, concrete, brick, and aluminum building components;
• adjusting forest management practices to capture additional atmospheric carbon dioxide;
• retaining forest cover and its potential to mitigate climate change;
• capturing and storing atmospheric carbon in forest carbon "pools" and long-lived wood products; and