pt. 1. Governing Africa's forests in a globalized world : framing the dialogue -- pt. 2. Decentralized forest management : forms and outcomes -- pt. 3. International trade, finance and forest-sector governance reforms -- pt. 4. Conclusions.

Tropical forests are at the center of any global debate on climate change and sustainable forest management because of their twin roles in climate change adaptation and mitigation and for resilient development. However, in the countries of the Congo Basin forests receive very little attention in...