Prof. Mala, Armand William

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Expertise
Agroforestry
Research grade
Associate Professor
Institution information

The University of Yaounde I, Faculty of Science - Department of Plant Biology.

Civic and professional organizations
  • International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO)
  • Society of Tropical Forestry (STF)
  • Association of Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC)
  • International Farming Systems Association Global Learning Opportunity (IFSA GLO)
  • CoView/Colearn Group of CGIAR
  • International Forest and Governance Learning Group
  • Adaptive Collaborative Management Group
  • Resilience Alliance Group
  • Réseau Environnement, Écologie et Biodiversité
  • Groupe de Recherche et d’Études sur la Gouvernance des Forêts (GREG-Forêts)
  • International Association of Landscape Ecology
  • Conservation Society
  • Société Camerounaise de Bioéthique.
Educational background
  • 2009 PhD in Forest Science

Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa

  • 2000 : MSc in Seed Industries/Seed Technology

University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon

  • 1996 : BSc in Botany and Ecology

University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon

Current research
  • Traditional and indigenous forest knowledge, biodiversity and forest-agriculture management options
  • Forest and biodiversity governance and livelihoods in rural areas
  • Social dimensions of forest management
  • Climate change and environmental uncertainties on sustainable development
  • Strategic planning and M&E, quality insurance and climate finance
  • Urban-rural governance - poverty nexus and rural entreprises and value chain.
Biography

EXPERIENCE IN RELATION TO INDIGENOUS/LOCAL KNOLWLDGE AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION

  • Coordinating Lead Author - Chapter 4: Drivers of biodiversity and ecosystem services change. Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services assessment of Cameroon.
  • IUFRO Deputy Coordinator Unit 9.03.059.03.05 - Traditional forest knowledge in tropical and subtropical regions
  • Member of IUFRO Task Force on ‘Resources for the Future: Transformation in Forest Use’.
  • IPBES nominated African Expert for the African dialogue Workshop Indigenous and Local Knowledge (ILK) for Regional Assessments of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, 14-16 September 2015, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France;
  • Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) International Nominated Expert on the Contribution of Indigenous & Local Knowledge Systems to IPBES, 9-11 June 2013, Tokyo, Japan, the UNU Institute for Sustainability and Peace (UNU-ISP), United Nations University.
  • Paxie W. Chirwa, William A. Mala. Issue Editors. Agroforestry Systems Volume 90, Issue 4, August 2016: Special Issue: Trees in the Landscape: Towards the Promotion and Development of Traditional and Farm Forest Management in Tropical and Subtropical Regions. ISSN: 0167-4366 (Print) 1572-9680 (Online). Link to online issue
  • Coordinating Lead Author. 2005. Chapter 10, Sub-global scenarios in MEA Vol 4 - Multiscale Assessments.
  • Lead Author. 2005. Forest and Agroecosystem Tradeoffs in the Humid Tropics: A Cross-cutting Assessment by the Alternatives to Slash-and-Burn Consortium (ASB) Conducted as a Sub-Global Component of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. ASB-MA Report.
Featured publications
  1. William A. Mala, Coert J. Geldenhuys and Ravi Prabhu. 2017. Chapter 13 Building on traditional knowledge and local cultural practices regarding forest and NWFP management:  the case of southern Cameroon. In: Living in and from the forests of Central Africa. 2017: Chapter 11: pp 113-122. FAO: Rome 2017. ISBN 978-92-5-109489-1.
  2. William A. Mala. 2017. Chapter 11 Coexistence of forests and agriculture: repercussions for the availability of NWFPs. In: Living in and from the forests of Central Africa. 2017: Chapter 11: pp 81-87. FAO: Rome 2017. ISBN 978-92-5-109489-1
  3. William A. Mala, Coert J. Geldenhuys and Ravi Prabhu. 2016. Valorisation des savoirs traditionnels et des cultures locales de gestion des forêts et des PFNL : le cas du Sud Cameroun. In : Vivre et se nourrir de la forêt en Afrique centrale, 12/2016 : Chapter 13 : pp 115-125. FAO: Rome. ISBN 978-92-5-209489-0.
  4. William A. Mala. 2016. Cohabitation agriculture-forêt : quelles répercussions sur la disponibilité des PFNL ? In : Vivre et se nourrir de la forêt en Afrique centrale, 12/2016 : Chapter 11 : pp 83-89. FAO: Rome 2016. ISBN 978-92-5-209489-0 
  5. William A. Mala. 2016. Savoirs et pratiques traditionnels et locaux en agroécologie et conservation de la biodiversité : Zones forestières du Centre et Sud Cameroun. In: M. Roué, N. Césard, Y. C. Adou Yao and A. Oteng-Yeboah (eds.). 2016. Indigenous and local knowledge of biodiversity and ecosystem services in Africa. Knowledges of Nature 8. UNESCO: Paris. pp: 55-85
  6. Paxie Chriwa & William A. Mala. 2016. On farm trees: towards the promotion and development of a traditional or local silviculture in tropical and subtropical forest regions. Special issue. Agroforestry Systems 90 (4) : 555-561
  7. Marguerite Marie Mbolo Abada, Jules Christian Zekeng, William Armand Mala, Jean Louis Fobane, Cédric Djomo Chimi1, Tangboulou Ngavounsia, Victor Tamandjong. 2016. The role of cocoa agroforestry systems in conserving forest tree diversity in the Central Region of Cameroon. Agroforestry systems 90 (4): 577-590
  8. Joseph Armathé Amougou, Lucas Dominique Bembong Ebokona, Romain Armand Soleil Batha, Armand William MALA, Hortense Ngono. 2016. Estimation du stock de carbone dans deux unités de terre en zone de savane du Cameroun. Revue de Géographie, d’Aménagement et de Développement des Suds ; Septembre 2016, Espace, Société, Territoire, Second Numéro.
  9. Yvonne K. Nchanji, Raymond N. Nkongho, William A. Mala, Patrice Levang. 2015. Efficacy of oil palm intercropping by smallholders. Case study in South-West Cameroon. Agroforestry Systems 90 (3) : 509-519
  10. Marguerite Belobo Belibi, Judith van Eijnatten, William Armand Mala, Verina Ingram. 2015. Empowering Women and Ethnic Minority Groups to Collectively Market non Timber Forest Products from Community Forests in Cameroon. 9 (2015): 381-390
  11. Julius Chupezi Tieguhong, Verina Jane Ingram, William A. Mala, Ousseynou Ndoye and Sophie Grouwels. 2015. How governance impacts non-timber forest product value chains in Cameroon. Forest Policy and Economics, Volume 61, December 2015: 1-10. 
  12. Diaz et al. (William Armand Mala as Co-author). 2015. The IPBES Conceptual Framework - connecting nature and people. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, Vol. 14, June 2015: 1-16.
  13. Nnanga M. Ruth Laure, Mala Armand William & Ndongo Din. 2014. Early growth stages structure and distribution of Pericopsis elata (Harms) van Meeuven in a logging concession of South - East Cameroon. Journal of Biodiversity and Environmental Sciences (JBES), Vol. 5 (3): 354-363.
  14. , W. A. 2014. Governance of knowledge systems in developing forest-agriculture innovations. In: Sustaining Forests, Sustaining People: The Role of Research, John A. Parrotta, Cynthia E. Moser, Amy J. Scherzer, Nancy E. Koerth and Daryl R. Lederle (Eds), International Forestry Review, Vol. 16 (5): 58.
  15. Robiglio V., Mala, W.A & M. A. Tientcheu. 2014. On farm trees management drivers in smallholders landscapes of Southern Cameroon. In: Sustaining Forests, Sustaining People: The Role of Research, John A. Parrotta, Cynthia E. Moser, Amy J. Scherzer, Nancy E. Koerth and Daryl R. Lederle (Eds), International Forestry Review, Vol. 16 (5): 66.
  16. Fomou Nyamsi G., Mala, W.A & A-C. Nsom. 2014. Evaluation of the management of two communities forests in the Eastern Region Cameroon under FLEGT. In: Sustaining Forests, Sustaining People: The Role of Research, John A. Parrotta, Cynthia E. Moser, Amy J. Scherzer, Nancy E. Koerth and Daryl R. Lederle (Eds), International Forestry Review , Vol. 16 (5): 289.
  17. Putzel, L., Assembe-Mvondo, S., Ndong, L.B.B., Banioguila, R.P., Cerutti, P.O., Tieguhong, J.C., Djeukam, R., Kabuyaya, N., Lescuyer, G. and  Mala, WA. 2013. Le commerce et les investissements chinois et les forêts du bassin du Congo: Synthèse des études de cadrage réalisées au Cameroun, en République démocratique du Congo et au Gabon. 2013. CIFOR Working Paper no. 123. CIFOR, Bogor, Indonesia. 39 p. DOI: 10.17528/cifor/004316
  18. Mala AW, Geldenhuys CJ. And Prabhu R. 2011. Forest agriculture: Sustainable Livelihoods Strategies and Biodiversity Conservation in Southern Cameroon. Geldenhuys C.J, Ham C, & Ham H (eds.), 2011. Sustainable Forest Management in Africa: Some Solutions to Natural Forest Management Problems in Africa. Proceedings of the Sustainable Forest Management in Africa Symposium. Stellenbosch, 3 – 7 November 2008. pp  251-263.
  19. Mala AW, Geldenhuys, CJ and Prabhu R. 2011. Modelling Woody-Plant Domestication and Local Knowledge within Agricultural Landscape Mosaics in Southern Cameroon. In Geldenhuys C.J, Ham C, & Ham H (eds.), 2011. Sustainable Forest Management in Africa: Some Solutions to Natural Forest Management Problems in Africa. Proceedings of the Sustainable Forest Management in Africa Symposium. Stellenbosch, 3 – 7 November 2008. pp 227-240
  20. Oteng-Yeboah A, Mutta D, Byarugaba D and Mala AW. 2011. The African view of TK and SFM in Traditional Forest Related Knowledge and Forest Science Interface. In: John A. Parrotta & Ronald Trosper (Editors), Traditional Forest Knowledge: Sustaining Communities, Ecosystems and Biocultural Diversity. Springer (World Forests Series):37-78
  21. William Armand Mala, Julius Chupezi Tieguhong, Ousseynou Ndoye, Sophie Grouwels & Jean Lagarde Betti. 2012. Collective action and promotion of forest based associations on non-wood forest products in Cameroon, Development in Practice, 22:8,1122-1134
  22. Tieguhong J.C., O. Ndoye, S. Grouwels, W.A. Mala and J.L. Betti. 2012. Rural enterprise development for poverty alleviation based on non-wood forest products in Central Africa. International Forestry Review Vol.14(3), 2012 : 363-379.
  23. Tieguhong Julius Chupezi, Grouwels Sophie, Ndoye Ousseynou Mala Armand William, Fokou Sakam, Ignac, Useni Marcel, Betti, Jean Lagarde. 2012. Financial status of small and medium scale enterprises based on non-wood forest products (NWFP) in Central Africa. Forest Policy and Economics, Volume 20, July 2012 : 112–119
  24. WA Mala, CJ Geldenhuys and R Prabhu. 2012. Perceptions of climate variability and pests–disease incidence on crops and adaptive forest–agricultural practices. Culture, Agriculture, Food and Environment Vol. 34, Issue 1: 52-66.
  25. Louis Putzel, S Assembe-Mvondo, L Bilogo Bi Ndong, R Patrick Banioguila, P Cerutti, J Chupezi-Tieguhong, R Djeukam, N Kabuyaya, G Lescuyer and WA Mala. 2011. Chinese trade and investment and the forests of the Congo Basin: Synthesis of scoping studies in Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo and Gabon. Working paper. CIFOR: Bogor.
  26. Tieguhong JC, Mala AW, Ndoye O, Masuch J and Grouwels S. 2011. Harvesting and commercialization of Gnetum spp. (Okok) for poverty alleviation and food security in Cameroon. Nature & Faune, Vol. 25, Issue 2:64-67.
  27. Masuch J., Ndoye O., Tieguhong J.C., Mala A.W. and Asseng Zé A. 2011. Impact of laws and regulations on the use of non-wood forest products and the wellbeing of forest dependent communities in Central Africa. Nature & Faune, Vol. 25, Issue 2:77-80
  28. Coert J Geldenhuys, WA Mala and Stephen Syampungani. 2010. Secondary forests, slash & burn agriculture and invasive alien plants: developing a basis for forest rehabilitation towards biodiversity recovery and socio-economic benefits. International Forestry Review Vol.12 (5), 2010:146.
  29. WA Mala, CJ Geldenhuys and Ravi Prabhu. 2010. Tree Domestication and Local Knowledge Within the Forest-Agriculture Interface in Southern Cameroon. International Forestry Review Vol.12 (5), 2010:474.
  30. WA Mala, CJ Geldenhuys and Ravi Prabhu. 2010. Tree Domestication and Local Knowledge Within the Forest-Agriculture Interface in Southern Cameroon. International Forestry Review Vol.12 (5), 2010:474.
  31. Mala William A., Geldenhuys Coert J., Prabhu Ravindra. 2010.  Local conceptualisation of nature, forest knowledge systems and adaptive management in Southern Cameroon. Indilinga: African Journal of Indigenous Knowledge Systems Vol 9, Issue 2: 172-184
  32. Mala, A.W. 2009. Knowledge Systems and Adaptive Collaborative Management of Natural Resources in southern Cameroon: Decision Analysis of Agrobiodiversity for Forest-Agriculture Innovations. PhD Dissertation. Stellenbosch: Stellenbosch University. 253 p.
  33. Robiglio, V., W. A. Mala andM. C. Diaw. 2009. Between local and expert knowledge: the added value of GIS-Participatory mapping to build local information systems.In:M.C. Diaw, R. Prabhu and T. Aseh (eds.),In search for Common grounds: Adaptation, Collaboration and Equity in Local Forest Policies and Management in Cameroon.’ CIFOR/RFF, Bogor/Washington. pp 301-326.
  34. Mala AW, Geldenhuys CJ, Prabhu R. 2009. Local Conceptualization of Nature, Forest Knowledge Systems and Adaptive Management in Southern Cameroon. In: John A. Parrotta, Alfred Oteng-Yeboah, Joseph Cobbinah (eds.). Accra, IUFRO, 2009 – 213 p. – (IUFRO World Series Vol. 23), Proceedings of Traditional Forest-Related Knowledge and Sustainable Forest Management in Africa Papers from the conference held in Accra, Ghana, from 15-17 October 2008. pp 102-110.
  35. Mala, A. W., R. Prabhu, C. J. Geldenhuys and M. C. Diaw. 2008. Agricultural Biodiversity Knowledge Systems and its Adaptive Capacity to respond to Household Consumption and Market Preferences. In: Parrotta, A. J., Jinlong, L. and S. Heok-Choh (editors). Sustainable Forest Management and Poverty Alleviation: Roles of Traditional Forest-related Knowledge. Vienna, IUFRO, 2008-223p-(IUFRO World Series Vol. 21): 114-115.
  36. Mala, A.W., Geldenhuys, J. Coert and Prabhu, R. 2008. A predictive model of local agricultural biodiversity knowledge management in Southern Cameroon. Biodiversity 9 (1 & 2): 96-101.
  37. Phil René Oyono, Mariteuw Chimère Diaw, Samuel Efoua, W. A. Mala and Samuel Assembe. 2007. Monitoring to Ease Forest Management Conflicts in Cameroon.  In: I Gujit (ed.), Learning from Collaborative Monitoring: Triggering Adaptation in Adaptive and Collaborative Management (ACM)”. Bogor: CIFOR. pp 94 -102.
  38. Diaw C., A.M. Tiani, J. Nguiebouri, C. Jum, G. Akwah, WA Mala, V. Robiglio. 2006. Adaptive Collaborative Management in Diverse Contexts, Case 5 Cameroon-Central and South.In: Colfer, C.J.P (ed.), The Complex Forest, Communities, Uncertainty, & Adaptive Collaborative Management. RFF press, Washington DC, USA & CIFOR, Bogor, Indonesia.  pp 238-251
  39. Mala, A. W. 2006. Building adaptive co-management: lessons learned from Participatory modelling at the forest margin. In: D. Stietenroth, Wold Lorenz, Surya Tarigan, Adam Malik (eds.), Proceedings international Symposium ‘The Stability of Tropical Rainforest Margins: Linking Ecological, Economic and Social Constraints of land use and Conservation’, Georg-August - University of Geottingen, September 19-23, 2005.
  40. Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (Mala, A. W. is one of the lead authors). 2005. Chapter 10, Sub-global scenarios in MEA Vol 4 – Multiscale Assessments. Island Press, Washington D.C. pp 231-259
  41. Thomas P. Tomich, Cheryl A. Palm, Sandra Velarde-Pajares, Helmut Geist, Andrew N. Gillison, Louis Lebel, Marilia Locatelli, WA. Mala, Meine van Noordwijk, Kate Sebastian, Dagmar Timmer and Douglas White. 2005. Forest and Agroecosystem Tradeoffs in the Humid Tropics: A Cross-cutting Assessment by the Alternatives to Slash-and-Burn Consortium (ASB) Conducted as a Sub-Global Component of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. ASB-MA Report.
  42. Phil René Oyono, Charlotte Kouna and WA Mala. 2005. Window on access to forest benefits in southern Cameroon. Global structure, social scene and decision-making/management hiccoughs. Forest Policy and Economics Management: Volume 7, Issue 3: 357-368.
  43. Robiglio Valentina and W. A. Mala. 2005. Between local and expert   knowledge:  integrating participatory mapping and GIS for the implementation of integrated forest management options. Case study of Akok - Cameroon. The Forestry Chronicle, Volume 81, Number 3, May/June 2005: 392-397.
  44. Mala, W. A. and P. R. Oyono. 2004. Social dimensions of local practices of natural resource management in the Central Africa Region. Research Review 20.2: 23-31.
  45. Oyono, P. R., Mala, A. W. &Tonyé, J. 2003. Rigidity versus adaptation: Contribution to the debate on agricultural viability and forest sustainability in Southern. Culture & Agriculture Vol.25, No2 Fall 2003: 32-40.
  46. Robiglio, V., Mala, A.W. and Diaw, M.C. 2002. Mapping Landscapes: Integrating GIS and Social Science Methods to Model Human–Nature Relationships in Southern Cameroon. Small-scale Forest Economics, Management and Policy Journal 2 (2): 171-184.

 

Communications and Conferences/Workshops

  1. William A. Mala. 2018. Expert-facilitateur pour la préparation des notes conceptuelles sur ‘l’agroforesterie et la résilience des communautés locales’ et ‘l’Efficience énergétique en milieu urbain au Cameroun’ dans le format du Fonds Vert pour le Climat. Atelier organisé par l’Observatoire Nationale des Changements Climatiques (ONACC) avec le concours de l’Agence Française de Développement (AFD),  6 au 9 Février 2018, Mbalmayo,  - Palais de Congrès, Cameroun.
  2. William A. Mala. 2018Communication sur: ‘Fonds Vert pour le Climat: une Opportunité pour le Secteur Privé au Cameroun?’ Atelier de lancement du Processus du renforcement des capacités de l'Autorité Nationale dans le cadre du Fonds Vert Climat/MINEPDED, 19 Décembre 2017, Yaoundé - Palais de Congrès, Cameroun.
  3. William A. Mala. 2016. Savoirs indigenes et locaux en agroécologie. Communication commise lors de l’Atelier d’échange sur les savoirs indigènes et locaux en agroécologie dans un contexte d’incertitudes environnementales et climatiques : Cas des zones forestières des régions méridionales du Cameroun, 5-8 Janvier 2016, à Onos Hotel, Sangmélima, Cameroun.
  4. William A. Mala. 2016. Training on the use of the Climate Safeguards System (CSS) and the Adaptation Review and Evaluation Procedures (AREP) as tools to support screening of Bank financed operations. 10th -11th May 2016, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.
  5. William A. Mala. 2015. Principaux résultats et leçons apprises du diagnostic sur les investissements chinois sur les terres forestières au Cameroun. 2e Séminaire sur la Gouvernance Forestière Chine-Afrique, 22 au 23 Juin 2015, Hôtel Mont Febé, Yaoundé, Cameroun.
  6. William Armand Mala. 2017. ‘Finance climatique au Maroc : Leçons apprises et perspectives de la Banque Africain de Développement’. Communication faite lors de l’Atelier pratique sur GCF secteur d'eau et déchets tenu le 20 Avril 2017, Rabat: BAD.
  7. W.A. Mala. 2017. ‘The viability of forest education in the era of evolving changes in environmental and climate change education in Africa’. Review document commented during the XIX Commonwealth Forestry Conference, 3-7 April 2017, Forest Research Institute, Dehradun, India
  8. William Armand Mala. 2016. Problématique des savoirs traditionnels et indigènes en agroécologie : Erosion ou Résilience ? Communication présentée au cours de l’Atelier d’échange sur les savoirs indigènes et locaux en agroécologie dans un contexte d’incertitudes environnementales et climatiques : Cas des zones forestières des régions méridionales du Cameroun, 5-8 Janvier 2016, ONOS Hotel, Sangmélima, Cameroun.
  9. William Armand Mala et Joseph Mougou. 2015. Impacts des Investissements Chinois sur les terres forestières au Cameroun : Principaux constats, leçons apprises et perspectives pour le développement durable au Cameroun. Communication présentée durant le 2e Séminaire sur la Plate-Forme d’Apprentissage sur la Gouvernance Forestière Chine-Afrique, 22 au 23 June 2015, Hôtel Mont Febé, Yaoundé, Cameroun
  10. Marguerite Belobo Belibi, Judith van Eijnatten, William Armand Mala, Verina Ingram. 2015. ‘Empowering Women and Ethnic Minority Groups to Collectively Market Non-Timber Forest Products from Community Forests in Cameroon’. Communication made during the International Conference on Sustainable Development Practice (ICSDP) 2014, September 17 & 18, 2014, New York, USA.
  11. William Armand Mala. 2015. ‘Local perceptions and knowledge driving forest agriculture practices: case of South and Center regions of Cameroon’. Communication made during the African dialogue Workshop Indigenous and Local Knowledge (ILK) for Regional Assessments of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, 14-16 September 2015, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France.    
  12. Mala, W. A. 2014. ‘Governance of knowledge systems in developing forest-agriculture innovations’. Communication made during the XXIV International Union of Forest Research Organisation (IUFRO) World Congress, 5-11 October 2014, Salt Lake City, USA.
  13. Robiglio V., Mala, W.A & M. A. Tientcheu. 2014. ‘On farm trees management drivers in smallholders’ landscapes of Southern Cameroon. Communication made during the XXIV International Union of Forest Research Organisation (IUFRO) World Congress, 5-11 October 2014, Salt Lake City, USA.
  14. Fomou Nyamsi G., Mala, W.A & A-C. Nsom. 2014. ‘Evaluation of the management of two communities’ forests in the Eastern Region Cameroon under FLEGT’. Communication made during the XXIV International Union of Forest Research Organisation (IUFRO) World Congress, 5-11 October 2014, Salt Lake City, USA.
  15. William Armand Mala. 2013. Local and indigenous Knowledge systems in Forest zones of Cameroon: challenges and issues of their uses in developing forest-agricultural technologies. Communication made during the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) of International Expert and Stakeholder Workshop on the Contribution of Indigenous & Local Knowledge Systems to IPBES, 9-11 June 2013, Tokyo, Japan, the UNU Institute for Sustainability and Peace (UNU-ISP), United Nations University.
  16. Atebeh Uta-Rein, William Armand Mala & Amougou Akoa. 2012. ‘Communication made during the 1st IUFRO-FORNESSA Regional Congress, 25-30 June 2012, Nairobi, Kenya under the Theme : Forests and Trees Serving the People of Africa and the World.
  17. Tieguhong J. Chupezi & A.W. Mala. 2010. ‘Mobilisation et Renforcement des Capacités des Petites et Moyennes Entreprises du Secteur des PFNL : Principaux résultats, leçons apprises et recommandations’.Communication faite au cours de l’Atelier final de clôture du projet conjoint FAO/CIFOR/SNV/ICRAF intitulé ‘Mobilisation et Renforcement des Capacités des Petites et Moyennes Entreprises du Secteur des PFNL’, 13-15 Décembre 2010, Kinshasa, RDC.
  18. Mala, A.W. 2010. ‘Etat des lieux du développement des PME du secteur forestier au Cameroun : enjeux, défis et recommandations pour la promotion du secteur’. Communication présentée au cours de l’Atelier sur la ‘Création des Micro et Petites Entreprises du secteur forestier au Cameroun : Conditions et Opportunités’ du 28 au 29 Octobre 2010, Salle de Conférence du Centre Jean XXIII, Mvolyé, Yaoundé, Cameroun
  19. Coert J Geldenhuys, WA Mala and Stephen Syampungani. 2010. Secondary forests, slash & burn agriculture and invasive alien plants: developing a basis for forest rehabilitation towards biodiversity recovery and socio-economic benefits. Communication made during the XXIII International Union of Forest Research Organisation (IUFRO) World Congress, Seoul, Korea, 23-28 August 2010.
  20. WA Mala, CJ Geldenhuys and Ravi Prabhu. 2010. ‘Tree Domestication and Local Knowledge Within the Forest-Agriculture Interface in Southern Cameroon’. Communication made during the XXIII International Union of Forest Research Organisation (IUFRO) World Congress, Seoul, Korea, 23-28 August 2010.
  21. WA Mala, CJ Geldenhuys and Ravi Prabhu. 2010. ‘Influence of forest agriculture on recovery of forest in Southern Cameroon’. Communication presented during the Fifth Natural Forests and Woodlands Symposium, 10–14 April 2011, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
  22. Mala, A.W. 2010. ‘Information document on the legal framework governing the exploitation and commercialization of NWFP in Cameroon’.  Communication made during the regional workshop on the revision of the forest Law related non wood forest products organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 3-5 May 2010, Ayaba Hotel, Bamenda, Cameroon.
  23. Mala, A.W. 2010. ‘Document de vulgarisation du cadre légal régissant l’exploitation et la commercialisation des PFNL au Cameroun’. Communication faite au cours de la réunion de consultation pour améliorer le cadre légal régissant le secteur des PFNL au Cameroun, Salle de Conférence de la CNPS, Ebolowa, 24-27 Mai 2010, Cameroun.
  24. Mala, A.W. 2009. ‘Knowledge Systems and Adaptive Collaborative Management of Natural Resources in southern Cameroon: Decision Analysis of Agrobiodiversity for Forest-Agriculture Innovations’. PhD Presentation, 10 October 2009, Stellenbosch: Stellenbosch University (South Africa).
  25. Mala, A.W. 2008. ‘Perceptions of climate stress, incidence of pests and diseases on crops and adaptive management practices at the forest-agriculture interface’. Communication made during the International Conference on Knowledge and Actions on Forest for Climate Change Adaptation, Accra, Ghana, 18-20 November 2008.
  26. Mala AW, Geldenhuys CJ. And Prabhu R. 2008. ‘Forest agriculture: Sustainable Livelihoods Strategies and Biodiversity Conservation in Southern Cameroon’. Communication made during the Sustainable Forest Management in Africa Symposium. Stellenbosch, 3 - 7 November 2008, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
  27. Mala AW, Geldenhuys, CJ and Prabhu R. 2008. ‘Modelling Woody-Plant Domestication and Local Knowledge within Agricultural Landscape Mosaics in Southern Cameroon’. Communication made during the Sustainable Forest Management in Africa Symposium. Stellenbosch, 3 - 7 November 2008, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
  28. Mala AW, Geldenhuys CJ, Prabhu R. 2008. ‘Local Conceptualization of Nature, Forest Knowledge Systems and Adaptive Management in Southern Cameroon. Communication made during the Traditional Forest-Related Knowledge and Sustainable Forest Management in Africa Conference held in Accra, Ghana, from 15-17 October 2008.
  29. Mala A.W., C.J. Geldenhyus & R. Prabhu. 2008. ‘Climate Change Adaptation Practices at the Forest-Agricultural Interface in Southern Cameroon: can they sustain the agroecosystems?’.  Communication made during the International conference on forest and adaptation to climate changes, Umea, Sweden, 25-28 August 2008.
  30. Mala, A.W. 2008. Participatory evaluation of agroecological and socioeconomic innovations in Southern Cameroon. Communication made during the Africa Conference: Improving Africa participation of global R&D’, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 3 - 7 March 2008.
  31. Robiglio, V., W. A. Mala andM. C. Diaw. 2008. Between local and expert knowledge: the added value of GIS-Participatory mapping to build local information systems. Communication made during the Writing Workshop In search for Common grounds: Adaptation, Collaboration and Equity in Local Forest Policies and Management in Cameroon, 25-28 February 2008, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
  32. Mala A. W., R. Prabhu, C. J. Geldenhuys and M. C. Diaw. 2008. Agricultural Biodiversity Knowledge Systems and its Adaptive Capacity to respond to Household Consumption and Market Preferences. Communication made during the Sustainable Forest Management and Poverty Alleviation: Roles of Traditional Forest-related Knowledge. Vienna, IUFRO, 2008.
  33. Mala, A.W. 2007. ‘Land uses models, conflicts over resources and SFM in Campo Ma’an - Southern Cameroon: How Model Forest approach can contribute?’. Communication made during to International Symposium ‘Our Common Ground: Innovations in land uses decision-making’, Vancouver, 7-9/05/2007, Canada.
  34. Mala A.W. 2006. ‘Development of Forest-Agricultural Innovations in Southern Cameroon: Lessons learned’. Communication made during the International Symposium on Agricultural Innovations in Africa, Kampala, 21-23 /11/2006, Uganda.
  35. Mala, A. W. 2006. ‘Building adaptive co-management: lessons learned from Participatory modelling at the forest margin’. Communication made during the International Symposium ‘The Stability of Tropical Rainforest Margins: Linking Ecological, Economic and Social Constraints of land use and Conservation’, Georg-August –University of Geottingen (September 19-23, 2005).
  36. Mala, A.W. 2005. ‘Ecological rationality and dynamics of local knowledge of landscape management in Southern Cameroon’. Communication made during the Annual Meeting of The Association of Tropical Biology and Conservation ‘Frontier in Tropical Biology and Conservation’, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, 24-28 July 2005, Uberlandia, Brazil.
  37. Robiglio Valentina and W. A. Mala. 2005. ‘Between local and expert knowledge: integrating participatory mapping and GIS for the implementation of integrated forest management options. Case study of Akok - Cameroon’. Communication made during the IUFRO Workshop 2005.
  38. Mala, A. W. and Sogbossi, M. J. 2004. ‘Participatory Evaluation of the 3rd Phase of the Alternatives to Slash and Burn (ASB) Programme in Cameroon: Main findings, Lessons learned and way forward’. Communication made during the ASB Synthesis Workshop held in Kribi, 23-27 April 2004, Kribi, Cameroon.
  39. Mala, A.W. 2004. ‘Déterminants sociaux et écologiques des plantations communautaires’. Communication made during the Forest Day/Journée de la forêt, 24 Avril 2008, Palais de Congres, Yaoundé, Cameroun.
  40. Mala, A.W. 2003. ‘Slash and Burn Agriculture, Forest Cropping-Fallow-Forest Conversion Cycle: Lessons learned for the management of secondary forest’. Communication made during the Workshop on Secondary Forest Management in French speaking countries of Africa Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), 17 – 21 November 2003, Douala, Cameroon.
  41. Mala, W. A. and P. R. Oyono. 2003. ‘Social Ecology, Self-Organizing Systems and Adaptive Practices of NRM* in the Central African Region’. Communication made during the International IUFRO Workshop on the Forest Science/Policy interface in Europe, Africa and the Middle East, Danish Centre for Forest, Landscape and Planning, 23 - 27 June 2003 Copenhagen, Denmark.
  42. Mala, A.W. 2003. ‘CoView/CoLearn : lessons learned for participatory planning and scenarios development’. Communication made during the Training Workshop on Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Sub-Global Scenarios World Fish Center (ICLARM), 23 March to 7 April 2003, Penang, Malyasia.
  43. Mala, A. W. and Diaw, C. 2003. ‘Developing and integrating options/methods for Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation (PME) of sectoral forest & environment programme in Cameroon’. Communication made during the workshop held on 8 - 9 January 2003 at Mfou, Cameroon.
  44. Mala, A.W. and P.R. Oyono. 2002. ‘Characterizing Cultural Uses of Forest. Can Fragments of Social Ecology and Ethno-Ecology Contribute to Collaborative Management, Sustainable Development and Policy Design in Central Africa?’. Communication made the Indigenous Knowledge Conference hold in 2002, Pen State University.

* Natural Resource Management

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