ABSTRACT As the role of forests in climate change mitigation is explicitly recognized in the Paris Agreement, the need to enhance the adoption of Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) practices is crucial. Therefore, this paper aims at identifying and evaluating barriers in adopting SFM practices in the context of forest carbon emission reductions. A total of 15 barriers in adopting SFM practices are listed through literature and expert inputs. Using Cameroon as a case study, the listed barriers are then evaluated by experts to determine their relative importance using the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) method. According to our findings, the ‘Regulatory and Legislative frameworks’ barrier category was attributed to the highest importance among other categories, in adopting SFM practices in the forestry sector. ‘Inadequate political will and incentive to enforce regulations’ appears to be the major obstacle in adopting SFM practices in Cameroon. As carbon emission reduction initiatives are being developed, there is need to move from broad to concrete suggestions that will overcome these barriers. However, proper diagnosis is necessary in order to target barriers with the right incentives and enabling conditions that will support carbon programs and projects to deliver effective emission reductions.

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喀麦隆碳减排背景下采用可持续森林管理实践的障碍的层次分析法评估

摘要 由于《巴黎协定》明确承认森林在减缓气候变化中的作用，加强采用可持续森林管理 (SFM) 实践的必要性至关重要。因此，本文旨在识别和评估在森林碳减排背景下采用可持续森林管理实践的障碍。通过文献和专家意见共列出了采用可持续森林管理实践的 15 个障碍。使用喀麦隆作为案例研究，然后由专家评估列出的障碍，使用层次分析法 (AHP) 方法确定它们的相对重要性。根据我们的调查结果，在林业部门采用可持续森林管理实践方面，“监管和立法框架”障碍类别在其他类别中具有最高的重要性。“执行法规的政治意愿和动力不足”似乎是喀麦隆采用可持续森林管理实践的主要障碍。随着碳减排举措的制定，需要从广泛的建议转向具体的建议，以克服这些障碍。然而，正确的诊断是必要的，以便通过正确的激励措施和有利条件来定位障碍，以支持碳计划和项目以实现有效的减排。