eprintid: 13774 rev_number: 15 eprint_status: archive userid: 353 dir: disk0/00/01/37/74 datestamp: 2016-08-31 08:08:31 lastmod: 2021-08-27 17:27:40 status_changed: 2016-08-31 08:08:31 type: other metadata_visibility: show item_issues_count: 1 creators_name: Mant, R. creators_name: Garcia-Rangel, S. creators_name: Tadoum, M. creators_name: Nchoutpouen, C. creators_name: Tonga, P. creators_name: Makoudjou, A. creators_name: Bokelo Bile, D. creators_name: Ndinga, R.G. creators_name: Mosnier, A. creators_name: Obersteiner, M. creators_name: Kraxner, F. creators_name: Pirker, J. creators_name: Bocqueho, G. creators_name: Havlik, Petr creators_name: Valerie, K. creators_id: 1894 creators_id: 7255 creators_id: 7904 creators_id: 2031 creators_id: 1981 creators_id: 1868 creators_orcid: 0000-0001-6981-2769 creators_orcid: 0000-0001-5551-5085 title: Using models to inform policies to meet multiple objectives. Sustainable development, climate change mitigation and biodiversity conservation in Central Africa ispublished: pub divisions: prog_esm abstract: Land-use change models can help in developing a holistic understanding of the range of potential impacts of different land-use related policy options, and so strengthen the development and implementation of policies to meet a range of objectives; including sustainable development, climate change mitigation, food security and biodiversity conservation. Member countries of the Central Africa Forest Commission (COMIFAC) have committed to sustainable management of the region’s forests, including under the COMIFAC “Convergence Plan”, and to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Achieving these objectives is dependent on the development, and implementation, of new and existing national policies and approaches. Projections from land-use modelling identify potential trade-offs and synergies in the achievement of the SDGs under different macro-economic and land-use policy related scenarios. In particular they highlight the importance of effective protected areas and forest concessions for the conservation of Great Apes and other threatened species, and show that maintaining these areas has negligible impact on agricultural production in the region. As development continues in the region, further increasing the extent of protected areas could play a role in greatly reducing the number of species losing a large proportion of their habitat. However, protected area expansion needs to be well planned to avoid adverse impacts on particular species and societal challenges such as food security. date: 2016-05 date_type: published publisher: UNEP-WCMC, IIASA, COMIFAC id_number: 10.22022/REDD/08-2019.13774 official_url: http://www.redd-pac.org/index.php creators_browse_id: 212 creators_browse_id: 219 creators_browse_id: 165 creators_browse_id: 234 creators_browse_id: 33 creators_browse_id: 119 full_text_status: public place_of_pub: Cambridge, Laxenburg, Yaoundé projects: REDD-PAC Project coversheets_dirty: FALSE fp7_project: no fp7_type: info:eu-repo/semantics/other citation: Mant, R., Garcia-Rangel, S., Tadoum, M., Nchoutpouen, C., Tonga, P., Makoudjou, A., Bokelo Bile, D., Ndinga, R.G., et al. (2016). Using models to inform policies to meet multiple objectives. Sustainable development, climate change mitigation and biodiversity conservation in Central Africa. UNEP-WCMC, IIASA, COMIFAC , Cambridge, Laxenburg, Yaoundé. 10.22022/REDD/08-2019.13774 . document_url: https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/id/eprint/13774/1/Policy_brief_Report_Congo_160527.pdf document_url: https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/id/eprint/13774/2/Policy_brief_Report_Congo_%28French%29_160527.pdf