Cameroon

Cameroon is a forest-rich country with a rain forest zone extending over 22.5 million ha. It is also a country where decentralisation of forest management has proceeded to an advanced degree. The government’s strategy for forest use is set out in the 1994 Forest Law and was subsequently elaborated in the Forest and Environmental Sector Plan (PSFE Programme Sectoriel Forêt en Environnement). Cameroon’s forest sector strategy gives priority to poverty reduction as formulated in the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper, which in turn is linked to the Millennium Development Goals.
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Rapid assessment of existing financial mechanisms for sustainable forest management in Cameroon

In recent years, the question of how to broaden and diversify the financial basis for sustainable forest management (SFM) has received major attention. In Cameroon a diminishing donor involvement in the forest sector has been observed. A rapid assessment of existing financial mechanisms for SFM in Cameroon is to provide a knowledge and capacity basis for drafting the outline of a National Strategy for Forest Financing for Cameroon.

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Evaluation of fifteen years of experience with Community Forests and Communal Forests in Cameroon

Since the Forest Law of 1994, community forests have been established throughout Cameroon. Fifteen years onwards, it is relevant to assess whether and how these forests have helped improving forest-based livelihoods in Cameroon.

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The functioning of the local wood market

Cameroon’s current roundwood production equals about 4 million m3 of which half is produced by industrial operators (formal sector) and the other half by small-scale operators, mainly operating without permits (informal sector), supplying principally the local market with cheap lumber. The Programme for the Sustainable Management of Natural Resources - South West Region (PSMNR-SWR) is looking for options how to supply the domestic market with legal timber. The Limbe timber market was monitored for a period of more than a year which showed volumes and species sold and potential supply zones in the region. The supply of chainsawn timber from the agricultural landscape has been studied by IITA around Yaoundé by making farm tree inventories and characterizing the different land uses combined with household interviews. Similar studies are conducted in South West Region.

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Publications

The formalization and integration of the domestic market into LAS: Cameroon

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An economic, ecological and social baseline study of the TRIDOM area in Cameroon

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Community forestry in Cameroon: how it can contribute more effectively to FLEGT

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