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Climate Change in Cameroon and Its Impacts on Agriculture

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Implementing Adaptation Strategies by Legal, Economic and Planning Instruments on Climate Change

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Today, climate change has become a global problem. Because of the extreme climatic manifestations in many parts of the world, climate change has been drawn to the centre of most discussions. So perhaps the most spectacular and worrying issue which is very poorly understood is the aspect of climate change. As the short- and long-term implications of the phenomenon could have negative impacts on man and his environment, it has logically become an issue of global concern.

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  1. University of Buea, 63, Buea, Cameroon

    Cornelius M. Lambi

  2. Geography Department, Higher Teachers Training College, University of Bamenda, 39, Bambili, Cameroon

    Sunday S. Kometa

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  1. Civil and Public Law with Ref. to the Law of Europe and the Environment, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg, Cottbus, Brandenburg, Germany

    Eike Albrecht

  2. Environmental Planning, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus, Cottbus, Germany

    Michael Schmidt

  3. Planning and Innovation Management, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus Senftenberg, Cottbus, Brandenburg, Germany

    Magdalena Mißler-Behr

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    Simon P. N. Spyra

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Lambi, C.M., Kometa, S.S. (2014). Climate Change in Cameroon and Its Impacts on Agriculture. In: Albrecht, E., Schmidt, M., Mißler-Behr, M., Spyra, S. (eds) Implementing Adaptation Strategies by Legal, Economic and Planning Instruments on Climate Change. Environmental Protection in the European Union, vol 4. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-77614-7_15

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