| Professional Career |
1997-2001 National junior research fellow, Humid Forest Ecoregional Center of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA-HFC), Yaoundé, Cameroon
2001-2004 International junior research fellow, IITA-HFC, Yaoundé, Cameroon / University of Bonn, Germany
2004-2008 Agro-ecologist, STCP (Sustainable Tree Crops Program: public-private program), ITA-HFC, Cameroon
2007-2008 Carbon project consultant for Central Africa Region, Winrock International, Washington D.C., USA
2007-2008 ASB assistant to the Regional Coordinator for the Congo Basin, IITA / ASB Partnership for the Tropical Forest Margins, Cameroon
2008-2011 Scientist, Environmental Services and Sustainable Use of Forest Program, Central Africa Regional Office, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Cameroon
2012 Scientist, Forest and Environment domain, CIFOR
2013-2015 Senior Scientist, Forest and Environment domain, CIFOR
2016-2017 Visiting Scientist, IITA
2016-present Senior Scientist, Climate Change, Energy and low carbon development (CCE) team, CIFOR
2017-2018 Visiting professor, African Studies Center - Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Japan |
| Major Works |
- Rossi, V., F. Claeys, D. Bastin, S. Gourlet-Fleury, P. Guizol, R. Eba'a Atyi, D.J. Sonwa, G. Lescuyer, and N. Picard (2017). "Could REDD+ mechanisms induce logging companies to reduce forest degradation in Central Africa?". In Journal of Forest Economics 29(Part B): pp.107-117
- Djomo, A.N., J.A. Grant, C. Fonyikeh-Bomboh Lucha, J. Tchoko Gagoe, N.H. Fonton, N. Scott, and D.J. Sonwa (2017). "Forest governance and REDD+ in Central Africa: towards a participatory model to increase stakeholder involvement in carbon markets". In International Journal of Environmental Studies.
- Sonwa, D.J. and R. Hanna (2017). "Innovation in agriculture reduces pressure on forests". In Meindert Brouwer Ed. Central African Forests Forever. pp.172-177
- Sonwa, D.J., J.H. Nlom, and S.G. Neba (2016). "Valuation of forest carbon stocks to estimate the potential for result-based payment under REDD+ in Cameroon". In International Forestry Review 18(Supplement 1): pp. 119-129
- Pavageau, C., B. Locatelli, D.J. Sonwa, and A.M. Tiani (2016). "What drives the vulnerability of rural communities to climate variability? Consensus and diverging views in the Congo Basin". In Climate and Development : pp. 1-12
- Sufo-Kankeu, R., D.J. Sonwa, R. Eba'a Atyi, and N.M.M. Nkal (2016). "Quantifying post logging biomass loss using satellite images and ground measurements in Southeast Cameroon". In Journal of Forestry Research 27(6): pp. 1415-1426
- Nitcheu Tchiadje, S., D.J. Sonwa, B.A. Nkongmeneck, L. Cerbonney, and R. Sufo-Kankeu (2016). "Preliminary estimation of carbon stock in a logging concession with a forest management plan in East Cameroon". In Journal of Sustainable Forestry 35(5): pp. 355-368
- Sonwa, D.J., A. Dieye, E-H. Mzouri, A. Majule, F. Mugabe, N. Omolo, H. Wouapi, J. Obando, and N. Brooks (2016). "Drivers of climate risk in African agriculture". In Climate and Development 9(5): pp. 383-398
- Chia, E.L., A.M. Tiani, D.J. Sonwa, and A.S. Perez-Terán (2016). "Securing well-being with the advent of climate hazards: Case of forest-dependent communities in a landscape in the Congo Basin". In International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management 8(2): pp. 175-193
- Sonwa, D.J., S.F. Weise, S.F., B.A. Nkongmeneck, M. Tchatat, and M.J.J. Janssens (2016). "Structure and composition of cocoa agroforests in the humid forest zone of Southern Cameroon", In Agroforestry Systems 91(3): pp. 451-470
- Poufoun, J.N., J. Abildtrup, D.J. Sonwa, and P. Delacote (2016). "The value of endangered forest elephants to local communities in a transboundary conservation landscape". In Ecological Applications 126: pp. 70-86
- Somorin, O.A., I.J. Visseren-Hamakers, B. Arts, A.M. Tiani, and D.J. Sonwa (2016). "Integration through interaction? Synergy between adaptation and mitigation (REDD+) in Cameroon". In Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy 34(3): pp. 415-432
- Kemeuze, V.A., D.J. Sonwa, B.A. Nkongmeneck, and P.M. Mapongmetsem (2016). "Sacred groves and biodiversity conservation in semi-arid area of Cameroon: Case study of Diamare plain". In Botanists of the twenty-first century: roles, challenges and opportunities. N. R. Rakotoarisoa, S. Blackmore, and Bernard Riera Eds: pp. 171-183
- Tsalefac, M., F. Hiol-Hiol G. Mahé, A. Laraque, D.J. Sonwa, P. Scholte, W.M. Pokam, A. Haensler, T. Beyene, F. Ludwig, F.K. Mkankam, V.M. Djoufack, M. Ndjatsana, and C. Doumenge (2015). "Climate of Central Africa: past, present and future". In the Forests of the Congo Basin : Forests and climate change. C. de Wasseige, M. Tadoum, R. Eba'a-Atyi, and C. Doumenge Eds.: pp. 37-52
- Tchatchou, B., E.L. Chia, R. Sufo-Kankeu, A.S. Perez-Terán, A.M. Tiani, D.J. Sonwa, F. Kengoum Djiegni, B. Locatelli, M.Y. Bele, and K.A. Munoh (2015). "Changement climatique dans le Bassin du Congo: Informations et connaissances échangées entre les acteurs".
- Sonwa, D.J., O.A. Somorin, C. Jum, M.Y. Bele, J.N. Nkem (2012). "Vulnerability, forest-related sectors and climate change adaptation: The case of Cameroon". In Forest Policy and Economics 23: pp.1-9.
- Sonwa, D.J, B.A. Nkongmeneck, S. Weise, M. Tchatat, A. Adesina, and M.J.J. Janssens (2007). "Diversity of plants in cocoa agroforests in the humid forest zone of southern Cameroon". In Biodiversity and Conservation 16(8): pp.2385-2400.
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