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Denis Jean Sonwa
Denis Jean Sonwa is a senior scientist with the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) based in the Central Africa Regional Office in Cameroon. His research activities in CIFOR are on forest and climate change responses taking into consideration adaptation and mitigation (Ex: REDD+) in Central Africa. He previously worked with the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in Cameroon on cocoa agroforest management in forest landscapes of West and Central Africa. He was also a visiting professor at ASC-TUFS (The African Studies Center at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies) in Tokyo (Japan). He is a holder of a Ph.D. from the University of Bonn in Germany. He also had additional training from the University of California Berkeley (United States). Trained as an ecologist, he enjoys working in multidisciplinary contexts. He has authored and co-authored many publications including the recent IPCC special report on climate change and Land Degradation.
Contact: Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Central African Regional Office, P.O. Box 2008, Yaoundé, Cameroon.