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Mekou Youssoufa Bele
Mekou Youssoufa Bele is a professional researcher interested in forest and nature conservation, particularly in the context of adaptation to climate change. He approaches climate change adaptation through an integrative framework that encompasses adaptation for forests (reducing the impacts of climate change on forests and their ecosystem services) and forests for adaptation (using forests to help local people and society in general to adapt to climate variability and change). He has strong knowledge in analysing local vulnerabilities to climate change and other threats and identifying opportunities for enhancing local adaptive capacity by facilitating the definition, design and implementation of adaptation strategies. He is author and co-author of more than 25 peer-reviewed publications in international scientific journals. His publications are cited globally and in major international reports such the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Assessment Reports.
Contact: Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Central African Regional Office, P.O. Box 2008, Yaoundé, Cameroon.