Dr. rer. nat. Jude Ndzifon Kimengsi
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Dr. Jude Ndzifon Kimengsi
Principal Investigator and Coordinator (AFRIKA_FORST PROJECT)
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Professur für Tropische und Internationale Forstwirtschaft
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01737 Tharandt
CURRICULUM VITAE
WORK EXPERIENCE:
Teaching and Research
2020-Present: Principal Scientist CamForst DFG Project, Institute of Tropical Forestry and Forest Products
2017-2020: Postdoctoral Fellow (Excellence Initiative), Institute of Tropical Forestry and Forest Products
2014-2017: Senior Lecturer in Geography and Environmental Studies/Catholic University of Cameroon (CATUC). www.catuc.org
2012-2014: Assistant Lecturer in Geography and Environmental Studies/Catholic University of Cameroon (CATUC). www.catuc.org
2016-present: University of Cologne/DIES/DAAD Regional Expert (Africa) on Grant Proposal Writing (https://www.portal.uni-koeln.de/index.php?id=6844).
2012-2015: Lecturer on Sustainable Development, Pan-African Institute for Development-West Africa http://www.paidafrica.org/paidwa/
2013-2014: Coordinator, Research, Consultancy & Publications Division, Pan-African Institute for Development -West Africa (PAID- WA) http://www.paidafrica.org/paidwa/2009-2011: Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Geography, University of Buea, Cameroon
Research Collaboration
2012-2015: Collaborating Researcher, Volkswagen Foundation Junior Research Fellowship. Project Title: “Managing Natural Risks and Shocks in Developing Countries. The Role of Informal Response Mechanisms” (Grant Recipient: Dr. Balgah Roland Azibo)
2015-2018: Collaborating Researcher, Volkswagen Foundation Senior Research Fellowship. Project Title: “Determinants of differentiated risk management mechanisms to natural disasters in developing countries. An experimental analysis of multiple case studies”. (Grant Recipient: Dr. Balgah Roland Azibo)
Consultancy/Community Outreach
2017: Consultant: Evaluation study for WWF project on ecotourism promotion and human-wildlife Health in the Campo Ma’an national Park (Cameroon) and the Dzanga Sangha Protected Areas, (Central African Republic). Offered by WWF Germany.
2016: Consultant: Policy evaluation on Rights Based Approaches, Gender mainstreaming, Social Mobilization and Negotiation in livelihoods, biodiversity conservation and protected area management. Offered by WWF & partner CSOs in Cameroon.
2015: Consultant: Consultation with Korup National Park Clusters for the Revision of the Korup National Park Management Plan. Offered by the WWF, GIZ, Ministry of Forestry and Programme for the Sustainable Management of Natural Resources (PSMNR-SWR).
2014: Lead Consultant with the Korup Rainforest Conservation Society (KRCS) on institution building, strategic planning, project management, monitoring and evaluation for improved conservation and poverty alleviation outcomes around the Korup National Park.
2013-2014: Lead Consultant on Green Business Planning for conservation cooperatives in the Bakossi National Park of Cameroon. Offered by WWF Cameroon.
EDUCATION:
2011: Ph.D Geography (Option: Resources and Development),University of Buea, Cameroon
2008: M.Sc. Geography, University of Buea, Cameroon
2006: B.Sc. Geography, University of Buea, Cameroon
RESEARCH PROJECTS
Principal Investigator (DFG Project):
Project Title: Past customs, current law: Analyzing the effects of endogenous and exogenous institutions on sustainable forest management in Cameroon (2020-2023).
Guest Editor: Special Issue with Forest Policy and Economics on “The governance of forests, forest products and markets: Multiscale linkages to conflict and development in sub-Saharan Africa”; https://www.journals.elsevier.com/forest-policy-and-economics/call-for-papers/special-issue-on-the-governance-of-forests-forest-products)/
PUBLICATIONS
https://scholar.google.com/
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jude-Kimengsi
Gwan, A.S.; Kimengsi, J.N. (2020). Urban Expansion and the Dynamics of Farmers’ Livelihoods: Evidence from Bamenda, Cameroon. Sustainability 2020, 12, 5788 (https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/14/5788/htm).
Bhusal, P.; Karki, P.; Kimengsi, J.N. (2020). Timber Distribution Dynamics in Scientifically Managed Community Forests: Learning from Nepal. Forests 2020, 11, 1032 (https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/11/10/1032).
Bhusal, P., Awasthi, K. R., Kimengsi, J. N. (2020). User's opinion in Scientific Forest Management Implementation in Nepal - a case study from Nawalparasi district, Cogent Environmental Science 6:1, 1778987, https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23311843.2020.1778987
Kimengsi, J. N. and Mukong, A. K. & Balgah, R. A. (2020). Livelihood diversification and household well-being: Insights and policy implications for forest-based communities in Cameroon, Society and Natural Resources, 33(5), https://doi.org/10.1080/08941920.2020.1769243
Kimengsi, J.N., Balgah, R.A., Buchenrieder, G., Silberberger, M. & Batosor, H. P. (2020): An empirical analysis of credit-financed agribusiness investments and income poverty dynamics of rural women in Cameroon, Community Development, 51(1)
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15575330.2020.1716031
Kimengsi, J. N., Aung, P. S., Pretzsch, J., Haller, T., & Auch, E. (2019). Constitutionality and the Co-Management of Protected Areas: Reflections from Cameroon and Myanmar. International Journal of the Commons, 13(2), 1003–1020. DOI: http://doi.org/10.5334/ijc.934
Astutik, S. Pretzsch, J. and Kimengsi, J.N. (2019). Asian medicinal plants’ production and utilization potentials: A review, Sustainability 2019, 11(19), 5483; https://doi.Org/10. 3390/su11195483
Tume, S.J.P.; Kimengsi, J.N.; Fogwe, Z.N. (2019). Indigenous Knowledge and Farmer Perceptions of Climate and Ecological Changes in the Bamenda Highlands of Cameroon: Insights from the Bui Plateau. Climate 2019, 7, 138.
Balgah, S. N. and Kimengsi, J. N. (2019), Can Policy Deviance Reduce Poverty? A Critical Analysis of Self-Return Migration in Cameroon, International Social Science Journal, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/issj.12212?af=R
Kimengsi, J. N., Domke, M., and Hintz, K. S. (2019). Stabilizing Rural Africa through natural resource-based transformation Case Study: The Western Highlands of Cameroon. AGEP Developmental Debates Workshop, 21-23 March 2019, GSI, Bonn, https://www.gsi-bonn.de
Gwan, S., Ntoban, V., and Kimengsi, J. (2019). An Analysis of Human Survival Strategies in Difficult Environments: A Case Study of the Kom Highlands in Cameroon. Journal of Geography, Environment and Earth Science International, 22(2), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.9734 /jgeesi/2019/v22i230144
Ngiehnu Nchu, I.; Kimengsi, J. N.; Kapp, G. (2019) Diagnosing Climate Adaptation Constraints in Rural Subsistence Farming Systems in Cameroon: Gender and Institutional Perspectives. Sustainability 2019, 11, 3767; doi: 10.3390/su11143767
Balgah, R. A. and Kimengsi, J. N. (2019) Drivers for environmental non-migration in Africa. An inter-rater reliability based review. Contribution in: Conference Environmental Non-Migration: Framework, Methods and Cases. Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany, 19-21 June 2019.
Kimengsi, J. N.; Bhusal, P.; Aryal, A.; Coronel Fernandez, M.; Owusu, R.; Chaudhary, A.; Nielsen, W. (2019) What (De) Motivates Forest Users' Participation in Co-Management? Evidence from Nepal. Forests 2019, 10, 512; DOI:10.3390/f10060512.
Bhusal, P. and Kimengsi, J.N. (2019) What drives environmental (non)migration around the Himalayan Region? Evidence from rural Nepal. Contribution in: Conference Environmental Non-Migration: Framework, Methods and Cases. Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany, 19-21 June 2019.
Domke, M; Aung, P. S.; Kimengsi, J. N.; Moyo, F.; Hintz, K. S.; Pretzsch, J. (2019) Tropical forestry and rural stabilization: Conceptual insights based on case studies from the Global South. Contribution in: Conference Environmental Non-Migration: Framework, Methods and Cases. Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany, 19-21 June 2019.
Bate G. B., Kimengsi, J. N. and Amawa, S. G. (2019). Determinants and Policy Implications of Farmers’ Climate Adaptation Choices in Rural Cameroon, Sustainability 2019, 11(7), 1921; 1-14.
Kimengsi, J. N., Mukong, A. K., Balgah, R. A.., Pretzsch, J., Kwei, J. (2019) Households’ Assets Dynamics and Ecotourism Choices in the Western Highlands of Cameroon. Sustainability 2019, 11(7),1844;1-16.
Kimengsi, J. N.; Pretzsch, J.; Auch, E.; Azibo, B. R. (2019): WWF’s Green Business Model in Protected Area Conservation and Livelihoods Sustenance in Cameroon: The Need for a Shift in Approach? In ENRR 9 (1), pp. 9–24. DOI: 10.5539/enrr.v9n1p9.
Kimengsi, J. N., Pretzsch, J., Mukong, A. K. & Ongolo, S. (2019). Measuring Livelihood Diversification and Forest Conservation Choices: Insights from Rural Cameroon, Forests 2019, 10(81), 1-16.
Kimengsi J. N. and Lum, A. E. (2018): An Analysis of the Potential Development Implications of Cultural Tourism in North West Cameroon. Canadian Journal of Tropical Geography 5(1), 01-07. URL: http://laurentian.ca/cjtg
Balgah, R. A., Kimengsi, J. N. and Buchenrieder, G. (2018). Determinants for adopting risk management mechanisms among flood victims in North West Cameroon, Current Politics and Economics of Africa 11(1), 1-23 Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
Kimengsi, J.N. and Moteka, P. N. (2018). Revisiting participatory forest management and community livelihoods in the Kilum-Ijim Montane forest landscape of Cameroon. International Journal of Global Sustainability, 2(1), 39-55.
Kimengsi, J.N. and Balgah, R. A. (2017). Repositioning Local Institutions in Natural Resource Management: Perspectives from Sub-Saharan Africa. Schmollers Jahrbuch Journal of Contextual Economics 137 (2017), 149 – 172 Duncker & Humblot, Berlin. Available at: https://elibrary.duncker-humblot.com/journals/id/24/vol/137/iss/1789/art/8053/
Kimengsi, J.N., Amawa, S.G. & Gwan, S.A. (2018). A Model for Sustainable Water Supply in Rural Communities: The case of Ekondo-Titi, Cameroon. Sustainability in Environment Vol. 3, No. 1, 2018, pp 46-58 ISSN 2470-6388, www.scholink.org/ojs/index.php/se.
Kimengsi, J.N. and Andin Q. B. (2017). Crop-specific response to climatic variability and agricultural planning Implications in North West Cameroon. Journal of Geography, Environment and Earth Science (JGEE), 13(2): pp 1-11, 2017.
Kimengsi, J. N. & Gwan, S. A. (2017). Reflections on Decentralization, Community Empowerment and Sustainable Development in Cameroon. International Journal of Emerging Trends in Social Sciences Vol. 1, No.2, pp. 53-60 DOI: 10.20448.2001.12.53.60.
Lambi, C. M., Kimengsi, J.N., Kometa, C.G. and Tata, E.S. (2012): The Management of Protected Areas and the Sustenance of Local Livelihoods in Cameroon. Environment and Natural Resources Research, 2(3), 10-18.
Kimengsi, J.N. (2014): Threats to Ecotourism Development and Forest Conservation in the Lake Barombi Mbo Area of Cameroon. Journal of International Wildlife Law and Policy, 17(4), 213-230.
Kimengsi, J.N, Fondufe, S.L. and Gwan, S.A. (2016): Strengthening Women’s Participation in the Sustainable Management of the Bimbia Bonadikombo Community Forest of Cameroon: Challenges and Blueprints. Int. Journal of Sustainable Development Research 2 (4), 24-29.
Balgah, R. A. and Kimengsi, J. N. (2015). Building an indigenous agro-pastoral adaptation framework to climate change in Sub-Saharan Africa: Experiences from the North West Region of Cameroon, Elsevier Procedia Environmental Sciences (29), 126-127.
Takwa, A.C & Kimengsi, J. N. (2016): An Empirical Analysis of PACA’s Role in Rural Development in Mezam Division of Cameroon. African Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 7 No. 4 July 2016 pp 3-12.
Balgah, R.A., Kimengsi, J.N. and Buchenrieder, G. (2016). Understanding and Building on Indigenous Agro-Pastoral Adaptation strategies for Climate Change in Sub-Saharan Africa: Experiences from Rural Cameroon, Journal of Advances in Agriculture 6(1): 833-840.
Kimengsi, J.N., Balgah R. A. and Tosam J. N. (2016). Improving Cocoa Processing and Marketing for Conservation in the Mount Cameroon National Park Communities: Challenges and Way Forward. Greener Journal of Social Sciences 6 (1), 1-10.
Kimengsi, J.N., Balgah, R.A. and Gwan S.A.(2016): Enhancing Community Participation for Rural Development in Central Ejagham of Cameroon: Challenges and Prospects. International Journal on Community Development 4(1),20-32.
Ngoe, M., Jing Z., Mukete, B., Tabi G., Kimengsi, J.N. and Aniah, D (2016): Analysis of the Technical Efficiency of Smallholder Cocoa Farmers in South West Cameroon. American Journal of Rural Development, vol. 4, no. 6 (2016): 129-133. doi: 10.12691/ajrd-4-6-2
Kimengsi, J.N., Balgah R. A. & Amawa S. G (2016): Preparedness of African Farmers for Climate Insurance. Empirical Evidence from Cameroon. Open Journal of Applied & Theoretical Environmental Sciences Vol. 2, No. 1, March 2016, pp. 69-83.
Balgah, R.A., Bime, M-J. W., Kimengsi, J.N. & Forti, K. A. (2016): Farmers’ Knowledge and Perceptions to Climate Variability in North West Cameroon. World Journal of Social Science Research ISSN 2375-9747 (Print) ISSN 2332-5534 (Online) Vol. 3, No. 3, 2016 pp261-273, www.scholink.org/ojs/index.php/wjssr.
Balgah R.A., Kimengsi, J.N. & Buchenrieder G. (2016): Understanding and Building on Indigenous Agro-Pastoral Adaptation strategies for Climate Change in Sub-Saharan Africa: Experiences from Rural Cameroon. Journal of Advances in Agriculture Vol. 6, No. 1, April 2016, pp. 833-840 ISSN: 2349 - 0837.
Kimengsi, J.N., Amawa S.G. & Fondufe S. L (2016): Building a Strategy to Overcome the Psychological Barriers to Climate Change Management in Rural Communities of Fako Division, Cameroon. Journal of Sustainable Development, Vol. 9 No. 1, pp14-22.
Kimengsi, J.N., Amawa, S.G. & Fozo, R. A. (2016): Market Gardening Activities and their Implications on Water Sources in Rural Environments: The Case of Awing, Santa Sub Division of Cameroon. International Journal of Resource and Environmental Management, Vol. 1, No. 2, 2016, pp. 55-67.
Kimengsi, J.N. & Lambi, C. M (2015): Reflections on the Natural-Resource Development Paradox in the Bakassi Area (Ndian Division) of Cameroon. Journal of African Studies and Development Vol. 7(9), pp. 239-249, 2015, http://www.academicjournals.org/JASD, ISSN 2141-2189.
Balgah R. A, Yenshu E. V & Mbue I. N & Kimengsi, J.N. (2015): Rural Development NGOs and Service Delivery to the very Poor: An Empirical Analysis of a Training Center in Rural Cameroon. Asian Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development, Volume 5(4), 103-115, June 2015. http://www.aessweb.com/journals/April2015/5005/3176
Kimengsi, J.N. and Muluh, N.G. (2013): A Comparative Assessment of the Effect of Climatic Variations on the Crops of the Cameroon Development Corporation (CDC): Adaptation Options. Environment and Natural Resources Research (ENRR), 3(1), 144-156.
Balgah, S.N. & Kimengsi, J.N. (2011): Sustainable Management of Lake Barombi Mbo as a Source of Drinking Water to the Population of Kumba, Cameroon. African Journal of Social Sciences, 2(3), November 2011.
Fondufe S. L. Y. and Kimengsi J. N. (2012): Adopting the Use of Biogas as a Renewable Energy Source in Bui Division of Cameroon: Challenges and Blueprints. Renewable Energy Law and Policy Review 2012 (1): 65-76, Lexxion, Berlin.
Book Chapters
Balgah R.A, Kimengsi, J.N. & Buchenrieder, G (2016): Determinants for adopting risk management mechanisms amongst flood victims in North West Cameroon. In Romero, D. ed (2016) Natural Disasters: Risk Assessment, Management Strategies and Challenges. Nova science Publishers, New York pp14-30.
Kimengsi, J.N. (2015): Developing a Tri-Phase Model for Land Conflict Resolution in the North West Region of Cameroon. Book Chapter on “Land Reforms and Natural resources Conflict in Africa: New Development Paradigms in the Era of Global Liberalization”. Routledge Research/Taylor Francis, New York.
Conferences/Workshop Presentations
Moderator (Session 16): Circular Economy and Social Inclusion: Participatory and Equitable Approaches for Sustainable Resource Management), Dresden Nexus Conference (DNC) on “Circular economy in a Sustainable Society”, organised by the United Nations University (UNU-FLORES), TU- Dresden, and the Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development (IOER), 3-5 June 2020, Dresden https://express.converia.de/frontend/index.php?page_id=14815
Kimengsi J. N. & Auch, E. (2020). Responsibilization at a crossroads: Designing pathways for indigenous forest communities in Cameroon, Development Days 2020 International Conference on “Inequality Revisited: In Search of Novel Perspectives on an Enduring Problem”, 26-28 February Helsinki (Finland), http://www.kehitystutkimus.fi/conference/
Balgah, R. A., Kimengsi, J. N. & Benjamin, E. O. (2019). Can the African Union’s disaster risk reduction framework moderate the effects of extreme events on food security in (Sub-Saharan) Africa?, International Conference On ‘Extreme Events – Building Climate Resilient Societies’ October 9–11, 2019, Hanover, Germany https://www.volkswagenstiftung.de/en/
Roland Azibo Balgah, Jude Ndzifon Kimengsi & Protus Mbeum Tem (2019). What is the state’s role in sustainable African development? Inspirations from Cameroon, MIASA Conference on “Sustainability and the state in Africa: how political rules shape conflicts and their resolution”, Organized by the Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA) and the University of Ghana, Point-Sud, Bamako, 23-27 November, 2019, http://www.imaf.cnrs.fr/IMG/pdf/call_for_papers_miasa_conference_bamako.pdf.
Kimengsi, J. N., Haller, T., Auch, E. And Bhusal, P. (2019). Constitutionality manifestations and potential implications for forest co-management in the Lower Mustang District of Nepal, 5th FLARE Annual Conference, University of Michigan Ann Arbor (USA), 23-25 August, 2019, http://www.forestlivelihoods.org/annual-meeting-2019/
Domke, M., Pretzsch, J., Kimengsi, J. N., Aung, P.S., Moyo, F. (2019). Balancing Conservation and Livelihood for Rural Stabilization: Challenges and Potentials based on cases from the Global South, International Expert Workshop on "Natural Resource Sector Reform and Human Security" 18 -19 July 2019, Universität Koblenz-Landau, https://www.uni-koblenz-landau.de/en
Kimengsi, J. N., Ngefor, B. M., Domke, M., Balgah, R. A., Pretzsch, J. (2019). Institutional arrangements, conflict and sustainable transboundary natural resource management regimes in Central Africa, International Expert Workshop on "Natural Resource Sector Reform and Human Security" 18-19 July 2019, Universität Koblenz-Landau. https://www.uni-koblenz-landau.de/en
Kimengsi, J.N. & Balgah R.A (2016): Repositioning Local Institutions in Natural Resource Management: Perspectives from Sub-Saharan Africa. Third Witten Conference on Institutional Change: Institutions in Development Research December 1-2 2016, Witten/Herdecke University, Germany.
Diehl, K., Lentzsch, P., Chedid, M., Kimengsi, J.N., Magoub, E. and Hamadeh, S.K. (2016): Strategies for risk management in farm systems with limited production capacities. 5thInternational Ecosummit on “Ecological Sustainability: Engineering Change” 29th August to 1st September 2016, Montpellier, France. http://www.ecosummit2016.org/
Kimengsi, J. N. (2016): Human Links to Global Environmental Change. Symposium on “Understanding Sustainability in the Context of Global Environmental Change: Discussions on Pope Francis’ Laudato Si, on Care for the Environment” June 15, 2016, Bamenda, Cameroon. http://catuc.org/symposim.html
Fondufe, S. L. and Kimengsi, J.N. (2016): Strengthening Women Participation for Sustainable Forest Management in the Bimbia Bonadikombo Community Forest of Cameroon: Opportunities, Challenges and Blueprints. Association of American Geographers (AAG) Annual Meeting, San Francisco, March 29 - April 2, 2016.
Kimengsi, J. N. and Ngwene, T. (2015): An Assessment of WWF’S support to Wildlife Law Enforcement in Cameroon: Lessons from Key Protected Areas in South West Cameroon. 15th International Wildlife Law Conference Granada, Spain, March 26-27, 2015 http://www.stetson.edu/ law/conferences /wildlife/index.php
Balgah R. A. and Kimengsi, J. N. (2015): Building an Indigenous Agro-pastoral Adaptation Framework to Climate Change in Sub-Saharan Africa: Experiences from the North West Region of Cameroon. Elsevier Current Opinion International Conference on “Agriculture and Climate Change - Adapting Crops to Increased Uncertainty” 15 - 17 February 2015, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Kimengsi, J. N. (2015): Can the growth pole strategy be considered a panacea for Africa’s long term regional development challenge? Evidence from West Africa. Herrenhausen International Conference on Long term processes of Socio-economic Development: Stagnation, Growth, Divergence and crises. Volkswagen Foundation, Hannover Germany, November 20-21, 2015.
Kimengsi, J.N. (2011): Population Growth, Land Use Change and Forest Degradation in Ndian Division of Cameroon: Drivers and Policy Options. 17th International Interdisciplinary Conference on the Environment, 29th June to 3rd July, 2011, Kona, Hawaii, USA.
Short courses attended of Professional, scientific and academic relevance
DAAD/DIES International Training Seminar on “Teaching Approaches in Higher Education”. University of Cologne 18th – 20th July 2018. Organized by DAAD, DIES, University of Cologne and, Germany.
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship workshop for International scientists, 25th– 27th June 2018. Organized by the European Project Center, Dresden, Germany
DIES International Training Seminar (Phase I - 20th – 20th April 2015, Phase II – May to July 2015, Phase III – October 2015) on Research Grant Proposal Writing. Yaounde Cameroon 26th – 30th October 2015. Organized by DAAD, DIES, University of Cologne and ProWISS Consulting Services for Researchers, Germany. http://www.daadvn.org/en/27013/
Research Methodology Workshop-Training of Trainers. Organized by the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa CODESRIA), Dakar-Senegal, 25th to 29th November 2013
Scholarship Awards:
November 2016: Travel Grant (Visiting Scientist) at University of Witten/Herckde. September 2016: Volkswagen Foundation Travel Grant (Visiting Scientist), Technische Universität München.
November 2015: Volkswagen Foundation Award for Best Poster Presentation at the Herrenhausen International Conference on long-term processes of Socio-economic Development, Hannover
November 2015: Volkswagen Foundation Travel Grant - Herrenhausen Conference “Long-Term Processes of Socio-Economic Development, Hannover, Germany
February 2015: Volkswagen Foundation Travel Grant for the Elsevier Current Opinion International Conference on “Agriculture and Climate Change - Adapting Crops to Increased Uncertainty” 15 - 17 February 2015, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
2009-2011: Presidential Scholarship Excellence Award as PhD Fellow in Geography, University of Buea, Cameroon.
Membership in scientific networks and Associations:
- Editorial Board Member for Nature (Social Sciences), Springer Nature; https://www.springer.com/journal/43545/editors
- Editorial Board Member of the Scientific African Journal (Social Science and Policy Section) https://www.journals.elsevier.com /scientific-african/editorial-board
- Expert Reviewer (Working Group III), Contribution to the IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report (Jan-March 2020); https://www.ipcc.ch/2020/01/09/wg3ar6-fod-expert-review/review
- Editorial Board Member, Canadian Journal of Tropical Geography (CJTG), a peer-reviewed journal, Laurentian University, Ontario, Canada. http://laurentian.ca/cjtg
- Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Resource and Environmental Management (IJOREM), a peer-reviewed journal, Published by Environmental and Social Science Research Centre, University of Buea, Cameroon.
- -Editorial Board Member, Journal of Sustainable Development in Africa (JSDA), a peer-reviewed open access journal, Clarion University of Pennsylvania, USA. http://www.jsd-africa.com
- Member (Affiliate) of the African Academy of Sciences (AAS); https://www.aasciences.africa/
- Board member: Global Environmental Non-Migration Network (EnNoMig Network); https://tu-dresden.de/bu/umwelt/p-u-r/kooperation/environmental-non-migration-network
- Fellow of the Cameroon Academy Young Scientists (CAYS), https://cayscam.org/
- Board Member, Global Environmental Non-Migration Network
- Member of Research Gate since 2015 with over 11,500 reads (https://www.researchgate.net)
Reviewer for the following journals:
Journal of Environmental Planning and Management; https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/cjep20
Land; https://www.mdpi.com/journal/land
Forest Policy and Economics (https://www.journals.elsevier.com/forest-policy-and-economics).
Forests (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/forests).
Climatic Change (https://link.springer.com/journal/10584)
Sustainability (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sustainability).
Social Sciences (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/socsci)
Journal of Rural and community Development (https://journals.brandonu.ca/jrcd/)