chapter 1 DFG-Research Unit 510 on ‘Ecological and Cultural Change in West and Central Africa’, Yaoundé workshop report, and outlook for 2007–2009 -- chapter 2 Of Deserts and Forests: insights into Central African Palaeoenvironments since the Last Glacial Maximum -- chapter 3 Settling the rain forest: the environment of farming communities in southern Cameroon during the first millennium BC -- chapter 4 Recent archaeological investigations in the tropical rain forest of South-West Cameroon -- chapter 5 The Batié palaeopodzol and its palaeoclimatic and environmental significance -- chapter 6 New evidence on palaeoenvironmental conditions in SW Cameroon since the Late Pleistocene derived from alluvial sediments of the Ntem River -- chapter 7 The evolution of the Holocene palaeoenvironment of the Adamawa region of Cameroon: evidence from sediments from two crater lakes near Ngaoundéré -- chapter 8 Palaeoenvironmental studies in the Ngotto Forest: alluvial sediments as indicators of recent and Holocene landscape evolution in the Central African Republic -- chapter 9 Extension of former tree cover in the today’s sudano-sahelian milieu as evidence for late Holocene environmental changes in northern Cameroon -- chapter 10 The application of organic carbon and carbonate stratigraphy to the reconstruction of lacustrine palaeoenvironments from Lake Magadi, Kenya / chapter 11 Forest-savanna dynamics in Ivory Coast / chapter 12 The impact of land use on species distribution changes in North Benin -- chapter 13 Potentials of NigeriaSat-1 for Sustainable Forest Monitoring in Africa: A Case Study from Nigeria / chapter 14 Landscape and vegetation patterns studied by remotely sensed data analysis in rain forest ecosystems near Ebolowa (Southern Cameroon) / chapter 15 Remote sensing based forest assessment: recent dynamics (1973–2002) of forest-savanna boundaries at Ngotto Forest, Central African Republic (CAR) / chapter 16 Late Neoproterozoic Palaeogeography of Central Africa: relations with Holocene geological and geomorphological setting / chapter 17 A palaeoecological approach to neotectonics: the geomorphic evolution of the Ntem River in and below its interior delta, SW Cameroon / chapter 18 Effects of forest clearings around Bangui: urban floods in densely populated districts of the Central African capital / chapter 19 Non Woody Forest Products (NWFPs) and food safety: sustainable management in the Lobaye region (Central African Republic)