Tropenbos Cameroon programme

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Ecology Structure and species composition (biodiversity) of evergreen moist forest in southern Cameroon
Functional aspects of the evergreen forest in southern Cameroon
Plant-animal relations: effects of disturbance on the regeneration of commercial tree species
Economy A management model for efficient and sustainable timber production in south Cameroon
Environmental impact assessment of forest management in south Cameroon
Master Management Plan and Forest Management Plan
Forestry Logging, ecology and efficiency
Growth, regeneration and mortality in managed natural forest
Commercial potential of lesser-known species
Forest dynamics in disturbed evergreen forest, with special reference to actual and potential commercial tree species
Plant-insect relations, with special reference to pests of commercial tree species
Mycorrhiza associations in tropical evergreen forest
Land-Use Overall forest land inventory and qualitative ecological land evaluation
Shifting cultivation in evergreen forest: farming systems and soil degradation
Sociology People's perspectives on forest exploitation - villagers, pygmies and changing relations to the forest
Other publications of the Tropenbos-Cameroon Programme
Contributions of external authors to (publications of) the Tropenbos-Cameroon Programme.
Ecol 1: Structure and species composition (biodiversity) of evergreen moist forest in southern Cameroon
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Ecol2: Functional aspects of the evergreen forest in southern Cameroon
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Ecol3: Plant-animal relations: effects of disturbance on the regeneration of commercial tree species
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Econ1: A management model for efficient and sustainable timber production in south Cameroon
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Econ2: Environmental impact assessment of forest management in south Cameroon
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  • Emerit, A. and Lescuyer, G. (2003). Trois étapes pour la gestion viable de la forêt camerounaise : comprendre, énoncer, concilier les logiques d'acteurs. Sociologies Pratiques 7, 35-48.
  • Lescuyer, G. (1999). Tropenbos experience with adaptive management in Cameroon. in Proceedings of the Seminar on 'Decision making in natural resources management, with a focus on adaptive management' 22-24 September 1999. IAC, Wageningen, the Netherlands.
  • Lescuyer, G. (2001). Une gestion économique de la forêt tropicale? Étude de cas dans l'est-Cameroun. Bois et Forêts des Tropiques 263, 87-89.
  • Lescuyer, G. (2001). Principes, critères et indicateurs pour une gestion durable de la forêt : principales notions et méthodes. La lettre de la biosphère (MAB France) 61, 6-14.
  • Lescuyer, G. (2002). Tropenbos' experience with adaptive management in Cameroon. in Oglethorpe, J. (ed.). Adaptive management: from theory to practice. SUI Technical Series 3. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, United Kingdom. Pp. 1-14.
  • Lescuyer, G. (2002). Environmental Assessment as a new tool for sustainable forest management? An application in a south-Cameroon rain forest. Tropenbos-Cameroon Documents 13. The Tropenbos-Cameroon Programme, Kribi, Cameroon. 133 p.
  • Lescuyer, G. and Bitondo, D. (submitted). Évaluation environnementale et aménagement forestier en Afrique centrale : réflexions à partir d'une application au sud-Cameroun. Revue Africaine de Gestion et d'Évaluation Environnementale.
  • Lescuyer, G., Emerit, A., Essiane Mendoula, E. and Seh, J.J. (2001). Community involvement in forest management: a full-scale experiment in the south Cameroon forest. RDFN paper 25c. Overseas Development Institute, London, United Kingdom. 24 p.
  • Lescuyer, G. and Essiane Mendoula, E. (2001). La variable humaine dans la gestion de la forêt tropicale : intérêt et résultats des enquêtes socio-économiques pour l'aménagement. in Foahom, B., Jonkers, W.B.J., Nkwi, P.N., Schmidt, P. and Tchatat, M. (eds.). Seminar proceedings 'Sustainable management of African rain forests', part I: Workshops. Tropenbos International, Wageningen, the Netherlands. Pp. 73-84.
  • Lescuyer, G., Fines, J.P. and Reutelingsperger, E. (2001). An integrated approach towards participatory forest management: a proposal for the TCP site. in Jonkers, W.B.J., Foahom, B. and Schmidt, P. (eds.). Seminar proceedings 'Sustainable management of African rain forest', part II: Symposium. Tropenbos International, Wageningen, the Netherlands. Pp. 5-16.
  • Lescuyer, G., Fouda Moulende, T. and Fines, J.P. (1999). Rapport socio-économique 1999 de la zone de recherche PTC. Internal report. The Tropenbos-Cameroon Programme, Kribi, Cameroon.
Econ2: Master Management Plan and Forest Management Plan
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F1: Logging, ecology and efficiency
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  • Foahom, B. (2001). Possibilités d'amélioration des techniques d'exploitation forestière : une expérience du Cameroun. in Kolokosso a Bediang (ed.). Conférence internationale sur l'exploitation à faible impact en Afrique Centrale, Yaoundé, 29 mai 2001. Rapport de la conférence. UICN, Bureau régional pour l'Afrique Centrale, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
  • Foahom, B. (2001). L'expérience de Programme Tropenbos Cameroun. Zambia 5, 7.
  • Hout, P. van der and van Leersum, G.J.R. (1998). Reduced impact logging: a global panacea? in Tropenbos. Research in tropical rain forests: its challenges for the future. Tropenbos Foundation, Wageningen, the Netherlands. Pp. 185-204.
  • Jonkers, W.B.J. (1995). Demonstrating directional felling in Cameroon: greater care in felling can reduce damage to the forest and the log. Tropical Forest Update 5 (3).
  • Jonkers, W.B.J. (ed.). (2000). Logging, damage and efficiency: a study on the feasibility of reduced impact logging in Cameroon. Tropenbos-Cameroon Reports 00-3. The Tropenbos-Cameroon Programme, Kribi, Cameroon. 60 p.
  • Jonkers, W.B.J. (2002). Reduced impact logging in Sarawak, Guyana and Cameroon: the reasons behind differences in approach. in Enters, T., Durst, P.B., Applegate, G.B., Kho, P.C.S and Man, G. (eds.). Applying reduced impact logging to advance sustainable forest management. RAP Publication 2002/14. FAO, Bangkok, Thailand. Pp. 199-208.
  • Jonkers, W.B.J. and van Leersum, G.J.R. (2000). Logging methods in south Cameroon: methods and opportunities for improvement. International Forestry Review 2 (1), 11-16.
  • Leersum, G.J.R. van (1999). Logging research for the design of a forest management plan in south Cameroon. in Jonkers, W.B.J. and Wessel, M. (eds.). Forest management related studies of the Tropenbos-Cameroon Programme. Tropenbos-Cameroon Reports 99-1. The Tropenbos-Cameroon Programme, Wageningen, the Netherlands. Pp. 37-54.
  • Leersum, G.J.R. van, Ngibaot, F., Laan, E.A. and Jonkers, W.B.J. (2001). Logging methods applied in South Cameroon and ways for their improvement. in Foahom, B., Jonkers, W.B.J., Nkwi, P.N., Schmidt, P. and Tchatat, M. (eds.). Seminar proceedings 'Sustainable management of African rain forests', part I: Workshops. Tropenbos International, Wageningen, the Netherlands. Pp. 203-209.
  • Leersum, G.J.R. van, Ngibaot, F., Laan, E.A. and Jonkers, W.B.J. (2001). Logging methods applied in South Cameroon and ways for their improvement. in Jonkers, W.B.J., Foahom, B. and Schmidt, P. (eds.). Seminar proceedings 'Sustainable management of African rain forest', part II: Symposium. Tropenbos International, Wageningen, the Netherlands. Pp. 82-88.
  • Ngibaot, F. and van Leersum, G.J.R. (1998). Inventaire forestier - pour quelles précisions ? in Nasi, R., Ansallem, I. and Drouineau, S. (eds.). La gestion des forêts denses africaines aujourd'hui. CIRAD, Montpellier, France. Published on CD-ROM.

  • Parren, M.P.E., van den Berg, J., Biesbrouck, K. and van Leersum, G.J.R. (2001). A collaborative approach to forest management: the case of production forest in southern Cameroon. in Foahom, B., Jonkers, W.B.J., Nkwi, P.N., Schmidt, P. and Tchatat, M. (eds.). Seminar proceedings 'Sustainable management of African rain forests', part I: Workshops. Tropenbos International, Wageningen, the Netherlands. Pp. 17-33.

F2: Growth, regeneration and mortality in managed natural forest
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  • Bibani Mbarga, R. (1998). Growth, regeneration and mortality in managed natural forest. in Foli, E.G., Vanclay, J.K. and Ofusu-Adiesu, A. (eds.). IUFRO conference on growth studies in moist tropical Africa (Kumasi, 1996). Forestry Research Institute of Ghana, Kumasi, Ghana). Pp 108-123.
  • Bibani Mbarga, R. and Jonkers, W.B.J. (2001). Silvicultural monitoring in permanent sample plots in Ebom forest, southern Cameroon. in Jonkers, W.B.J., Foahom, B. and Schmidt, P. (eds.). Seminar proceedings 'Sustainable management of African rain forest', part II: Symposium. Tropenbos International, Wageningen, the Netherlands. Pp. 102-111.
  • Bibani, R., Jonkers, W.B.J. and Essama, J. (1998). Phénologie de 86 essences productrices de bois d'œuvres de la forêt dense humide sempervirente du Sud-Cameroun : résultats préliminaires. in Nasi, R., Ansallem, I. and Drouineau, S. (eds.). La gestion des forêts denses africaines aujourd'hui. CIRAD, Montpellier, France. Published on CD-ROM.
  • Breugel, M. van and Parren, M.P.E. (1997). Forestry in Equatorial Guinea in the Congo Basin recent developments and alternatives for sustainable development. BOS NiEuWSLETTER 16(3), 76-83.
  • Essama Etoundi, J. (2002). Le déroulement des activités de terrain du sous projet sylvicole F2, Programme Tropenbos-Cameroun. Tropenbos-Cameroon Reports 02-1. Tropenbos-Cameroon Programme, Kribi, Cameroon. 33p.
  • Parren, M.P.E. (2001). Latest trends in West Africa's natural forest management aimed at timber production. in Seydack, H.W., Vermeulen, W.J. and Vermeulen, C. (eds.). Towards sustainable management based on scientific understanding of natural forest and wood lands: natural forest and savanna woodlands symposium II. 1999. Dept. Water Affairs and Forestry, Knysna, South Africa.
  • Parren, M.P.E. (2003). Lianas and logging in West Africa. PhD thesis. Wageningen University, Wageningen, the Netherlands. Also to be published as the Tropenbos-Cameroon Series 6. The Tropenbos-Cameroon Programme, Kribi, Cameroon.
  • Parren, M.P.E. and Bongers, F. (1998). Forest lianas and pre-felling climber cutting, a silvicultural evaluation. in Nasi, R., Ansallem, I. and Drouineau, S. (eds.). La gestion des forêts denses africaines aujourd'hui. CIRAD, Montpellier, France. Published on CD-ROM.
  • Parren, M.P.E. and Bongers, F. (1999). Forest lianas and pre-felling climber cutting, a silvicultural evaluation. in Jonkers, W.B.J. and Wessel, M. (eds.). Forest management related studies of the Tropenbos-Cameroon Programme. Tropenbos-Cameroon Reports 99-1. The Tropenbos-Cameroon Programme, Wageningen, the Netherlands. Pp. 55-68.
  • Parren, M.P.E. and Bongers, F. (2001). Does climber cutting reduce felling damage in southern Cameroon? Forest Ecology and Management 141, 175-188.
  • Parren, M. and Bongers, F. (2001). 'Does climber cutting reduce felling damage?' TBI Newsletter 26, 4.
  • Parren, M.P.E. and Bongers, F.J.J.M. (2001). Liana diversity and the effects of climber cutting in southern Cameroon. in Jonkers, W.B.J., Foahom, B. and Schmidt, P. (eds.). Seminar proceedings 'Sustainable management of African rain forest', part II: Symposium. Tropenbos International, Wageningen, the Netherlands. Pp. 89-101.
  • Parren, M.P.E., van den Berg, J., Biesbrouck, K. and van Leersum, G.J.R. (2001). A collaborative approach to forest management: the case of production forest in southern Cameroon. in Foahom, B., Jonkers, W.B.J., Nkwi, P.N., Schmidt, P. and Tchatat, M. (eds.). Seminar proceedings 'Sustainable management of African rain forests', part I: Workshops. Tropenbos International, Wageningen, the Netherlands. Pp. 17-33.
  • Zagt, R.J., van der Hout, P. and Parren, M. (2000). Growth and yield prediction: some experiences from the Tropenbos Programme. in Wright, H.L. and Alder, D. (eds.). Proceedings of a workshop on humid and semi·humid tropical forest yield regulation with minimal data. O.F.I. Occasional Papers 52. Oxford, United Kingdom. Pp 28-34.
F3: Commercial potential of lesser-known species
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F4:Forest dynamics in disturbed evergreen forest, with special reference to actual and potential commercial tree species
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F5: Plant-insect relations, with special reference to pests of commercial tree species
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F6: Mycorrhiza associations in tropical evergreen forest
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  • Dijk, J.F.W. van, Onguene, N.A. and Kuyper, T.W. (2003). Knowledge and utilisation of edible mushrooms by local populations of the rainforest of south Cameroon. Ambio 32, 19-23.
  • Onguene, N.A. (1998). Abondance et distribution des associations mycorhiziennes de la forêt humide de sud Cameroun. in Nasi, R., Ansallem, I. and Drouineau, S. (eds.). La gestion des forêts denses africaines aujourd'hui. CIRAD, Montpellier, France. Published on CD-ROM.
  • Onguene, N.A. (2000). Diversity and dynamics of mycorrhizal associations in tropical rain forests with different disturbance regimes in South Cameroon. PhD-thesis Wageningen University, Wageningen, the Netherlands. Also published as Tropenbos-Cameroon Series 3. The Tropenbos-Cameroon Programme, Kribi, Cameroon. 167 p.
  • Onguene, N.A. (2000). Tchad-Cameroon pipeline: contribution to valuation of NTFP: case of edible mushrooms. Expert report. COTCO, Cameroon. 29p.
  • Onguene, N.A. 2001. Pas de culture " d'okok ou d'eru " en plantation sans champignons. Cameroon Agriculture 8 (August 2001), 25.
  • Onguene, N.A. (2001). Écologie des champignons comestibles du Cameroun. Rapport d'Expert. Séminaire Atelier du 19 au 23 juin 2001 sur la culture des champignons comestibles à Obala. 24p.
  • Onguene, N.A. and Kuyper, T.W. (1998). Spore densities of vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in soils of tropical rain forest of south Cameroon under shifting cultivation and logging practices. in Proceedings ICOM2 (supplement). Swedish Agricultural University, Uppsala, Sweden. P.4 (abstract).
  • Onguene, N.A. and Kuyper, T.W. (2001). Mycorrhizal associations in the rain forest of South Cameroon. Forest Ecology and Management 140, 277-287.
  • Onguene, N.A. and Kuyper, T.W. (2002). Importance of the ectomycorrhizal network for seedling survival and ectomycorrhiza formation in rain forests of south Cameroon. Mycorrhiza 12, 13-17.
  • Onguene, N.A., Kuyper, T.W. and van Dijk, J.F.W. (1998). Basic knowledge of local populations on edible mushrooms of the rain forest of south Cameroon. in Proceedings of the 4th Regional Mycology Congress, August 17 - 19, 1998, Nairobi, Kenya.
  • Onguene, N.A., Kuyper, T.W., Mbelli, H., van Gemerden, B.S. and Ntonga, J.C. (2001). Integration of ecological knowledge in sustainable management of rain forests of South Cameroon, with special reference to mycorrhiza associations. in Jonkers, W.B.J., Foahom, B. and Schmidt, P. (eds.). Seminar proceedings 'Sustainable management of African rain forest', part II: Symposium. Tropenbos International, Wageningen, the Netherlands. Pp. 50-58.
  • Onguene, N.A., Tsimi, J.P., and Balla, M.J.E. (2002). Statut mycorrhizien de l'Okoumé (Aucoumea klaineana Pierre) en régénération artificielle au sud Cameroun. Tropicultura 20, 104-108.
  • Schmidt-Stolk, M.A. (2000). Bringing fungi in culture in Cameroon. Internal report, Tropenbos-Cameroon Programme, Kribi, Cameroon.
  • Schmitt, C.B., Broll, G.E., Kuyper, T.W. and Onguene, N.A. (2001). Mycorrhizal selectivity of three timber species in the tropical rain forest in south Cameroon. Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft für Ökologie 31, 176 (abstract).
  • Schmitt, C.B., Broll, G.E., Kuyper, T.W. and Onguene, N.A. (2001). Mycorrhizal selectivity of three timber species in the tropical rain forest in south Cameroon. Mitteilungen der Deutschen Bodenkundlichen Gesellschaft 96, 371-372.
LU1 Overall forest land inventory and qualitative ecological land evaluation
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  • Bakkum, A.W.G. (1996). Implementation of a geographical information system for the Tropenbos-Cameroon Programme. International Activities Report 65. SC-DLO, Wageningen, the Netherlands. 50 p.
  • Bregt, A.K. and van Kekem, A.J. (1995). Land inventory and GIS mission to Tropenbos Cameroon (March 1995). International Activities Report 43. SC-DLO, Wageningen, the Netherlands. 43 p.
  • Bulens, J.D. (2000). Geographical information systems and land use analysis. Tropenbos-Cameroon Reports 00-1. The Tropenbos-Cameroon Programme, Kribi, Cameroon. 53 p.
  • Dolman, A.J. and Waterloo, M.J. (1995). Hydrology mission Tropenbos-Cameroon Programme. International Activities Report 49. SC-DLO, Wageningen, the Netherlands. 29 p.
  • Gemerden, B.S. van and Hazeu, G.W. (1999). Landscape ecological survey (1:100 000) of the Bipindi-Akom II-Lolodorf region in Southwest Cameroon. Tropenbos-Cameroon Documents 1. The Tropenbos-Cameroon Programme, Kribi, Cameroon. 163 p.
  • Gemerden, B.S. van , Hazeu, G.W., Hommel, P.W.F.M., van Kekem, A.J., Ntonga, J.C. and Waterloo, M.J. (2001). Landscape survey, land evaluation and land use planning in south Cameroon. in Foahom, B., Jonkers, W.B.J., Nkwi, P.N., Schmidt, P. and Tchatat, M. (eds.). Seminar proceedings 'Sustainable management of African rain forests', part I: Workshops. Tropenbos International, Wageningen, the Netherlands. Pp. 43-62.
  • Gemerden, B.S. van, Hazeu, G.W., Hommel, P.W.F.M., van Kekem, A.J., Ntonga, J.C. and Waterloo, M.J. (2001). Landscape survey, land evaluation and land use planning in south Cameroon. in Jonkers, W.B.J., Foahom, B. and Schmidt, P. (eds.). Seminar proceedings 'Sustainable management of African rain forest', part II: Symposium. Tropenbos International, Wageningen, the Netherlands. Pp. 17-37.
  • Hazeu, G.W., van Gemerden, B.S., Hommel, P.W.F.M. and van Kekem, A.J. (2000). Biophysical suitability classification of forest land in the Bipindi-Akom II-Lolodorf region, south Cameroon. Tropenbos-Cameroon Documents 4. The Tropenbos-Cameroon Programme, Kribi, Cameroon. 130 p.
  • Hommel, P.W.F.M. (1995). Vegetation mission Tropenbos-Cameroon Programme. International Activities Report 48. SC-DLO, Wageningen, the Netherlands. 38 p.
  • Hommel, P.W.F.M. and van Kekem, A.J. (1996). Forest land evaluation and land inventory project of the Tropenbos Cameroon Programme (mission May 1996). International Activities Report 60. SC-DLO, Wageningen, the Netherlands. 50 p.
  • Kekem, A.J. van and Hommel, P.W.F.M. (1999). Landscape survey, land evaluation and land use planning in Southwest Cameroon. in Jonkers, W.B.J. and Wessel, M. (eds.). Forest management related studies of the Tropenbos-Cameroon Programme. Tropenbos-Cameroon Reports 99-1. The Tropenbos Cameroon Programme, Wageningen, the Netherlands. Pp. 11-14.
  • Kekem, A.J. van and Hommel, P.W.F.M. (2000). Land evaluation and land use scenarios. in Eyog Matig, O., Schmidt, P. and Foahom, B. (eds.). Élaboration du plan d'aménagement du site du Programme Tropenbos Cameroun. Tropenbos-Cameroon Reports 00-4. The Tropenbos-Cameroon Programme, Kribi, Cameroon. Pp. 16-21.
  • Touber, L. (1993). Report on a mission in support of the land inventory project in the Tropenbos-Cameroon Programme. International Activities Report 32. SC-DLO, Wageningen, the Netherlands.
  • Touber, L. (1993). Air photo interpretation for overall inventory of the research area: explanatory note. Internal document with maps. SC-DLO, Wageningen, the Netherlands.
  • Waterloo, M.J. (1997). Hydrological mission to the Tropenbos-Cameroon Project, November - December 1996. International Activities Report 66. SC-DLO, Wageningen, the Netherlands.
  • Waterloo, M.J., Ntonga, J.C., Dolman, A.J. and Ayangma, A.B. (1997). Impact of shifting cultivation and selective logging on the hydrology and erosion of rain forest land in south Cameroon. International Activities Report 134. SC-DLO, Wageningen, the Netherlands. 89 p.
  • Waterloo, M.J., Ntonga, J.C., Dolman, A.J. and Ayangma, A.B. (2000). Impact of shifting cultivation and selective logging on the hydrology and erosion of rain forest land in south Cameroon. 2nd revised edition. Tropenbos-Cameroon Documents 3. The Tropenbos-Cameroon Programme, Kribi, Cameroon. 84 p.
LU2: Shifting cultivation in evergreen forest: farming systems and soil degradation
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  • Nounamo, L. and Yemefack, M. (2000). Shifting cultivation in the evergreen forest of southern Cameroon: farming systems and soil degradation. Tropenbos-Cameroon Reports 00-2. The Tropenbos-Cameroon Programme, Kribi, Cameroon. 58 p.
  • Nounamo, L. and Yemefack, M. (2001). Shifting cultivation practices and sustainable forest land use in the evergreen forest of Cameroon. in Jonkers, W.B.J., Foahom, B. and Schmidt, P. (eds.). Seminar proceedings 'Sustainable management of African rain forest', part II: Symposium. Tropenbos International, Wageningen, the Netherlands. Pp. 59-73.
  • Nounamo, L. and Yemefack, M. (2001). Farming systems in the evergreen forest of southern Cameroon: shifting cultivation and soil degradation. Tropenbos-Cameroon Documents 8. The Tropenbos-Cameroon Programme, Kribi, Cameroon. 62 p.
  • Nounamo, L. and Yemefack, M. (2002). Shifting cultivation and soil degradation. Tropenbos International Newsletter 27, 7.
  • Waterloo, M.J., Ntonga, J.C., Dolman, A.J. and Ayangma, A.B. (1997). Impact of shifting cultivation and selective logging on the hydrology and erosion of rain forest land in south Cameroon. International Activities Report 134. SC-DLO, Wageningen, the Netherlands. 89 p.
  • Waterloo, M.J., Ntonga, J.C., Dolman, A.J. and Ayangma, A.B. (2000). Impact of shifting cultivation and selective logging on the hydrology and erosion of rain forest land in south Cameroon. 2nd revised edition. Tropenbos-Cameroon Documents 3. The Tropenbos-Cameroon Programme, Kribi, Cameroon. 84 p.
  • Yemefack, M. and Nounamo, L. (2000). Dynamique des sols et durée optimale des jachères agricoles naturelles au Sud Cameroun. in Floret, Ch. and Pontanier, R. (eds.). La jachère en Afrique tropicale : rôles, aménagement, alternatives. Editions John Libbey Eurotext, Paris, France. Pp.135-141.
  • Yemefack, M., Nounamo, L., Njomgang R. and Bilong, P. (2001). Influence de l'évolution de la teneur en argile sur les caractéristiques d'un sol ferralitique argileux le long d'une chronoséquence d'agriculture itinérante sur brûlis au sud Cameroun. in Actes de la première conférence sur le valorisation des matériaux argileux au Cameroun. Groupe Camerounais des Argiles, Yaoundé, Cameroon. Pp. 195-204.
  • Yemefack, M., Nounamo, L., Njomgang, R. and Bilong, P. (2002). Effects of natural fallow on topsoil properties and subsequent crop yields in a forest Oxisol of Southern Cameroon. in Proceedings of the 17th World Congress of Soil Science. Bangkok, Thailand. Symp. 13. Paper n° 445.
S1: People's perspectives on forest exploitation - villagers, pygmies and changing relations to the forest
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  • Berg, J. van den (1998). Diverging perception on the forest: Bulu forest tenure and the 1994 Cameroonian forest law. in Nasi, R., Ansallem, I. and Drouineau, S. (eds.). La gestion des forêts denses africaines aujourd'hui. CIRAD, Montpellier, France. Published on CD-ROM.
  • Berg, J. van den (1999). Sustainable exploitation and management of forest resources: diverging perceptions on the forest. in Jonkers, W.B.J. and Wessel, M. (eds.). Forest management related studies of the Tropenbos-Cameroon Programme. The Tropenbos-Cameroon Reports 99-1. The Tropenbos-Cameroon Programme, Wageningen, the Netherlands. Pp. 15-26.
  • Berg, J. van den (2000). Sociological studies. in Eyog Matig, O., Schmidt, P. and Foahom, B. (eds.). Élaboration du plan d'aménagement du site du Programme Tropenbos-Cameroun. Tropenbos-Cameroon Reports 00-4. The Tropenbos-Cameroon Programme, Kribi, Cameroon. Pp. 21-23.
  • Berg, J. van den (2000). Diverging people on the forest: Bulu forest tenure and the 1994 Cameroon forest law. in Wiersum, K.F (ed.). Tropical forest resource dynamics and conservation: from local to global issues. Tropical Resource Management Paper 33. Wageningen University, Wageningen, the Netherlands.
  • Berg, J. van den (2001). Promotion, recognition and respect of customary claims on forest resources. in Foahom, B., Jonkers, W.B.J., Nkwi, P.N., Schmidt, P. and Tchatat, M. (eds.). Seminar proceedings 'Sustainable management of African rain forests', part I: Workshops. Tropenbos International, Wageningen, the Netherlands. Pp. 221-234.
  • Berg, J. van den and Biesbrouck, K. (2000). The social dimension of rain forest management in Cameroon: issues for co-management. Tropenbos-Cameroon Series 4. The Tropenbos-Cameroon Programme, Kribi, Cameroon. 99 p.
  • Biesbrouck, K. (1996). Dat doet pijn in 't hart: gebruik van bosprodukten door Bagyeli en houtindustrie in Zuid-Kameroen. Baobab 12 (1), 49-56.
  • Biesbrouck, K. (1996). Pygmeeën tussen ambtenaren en boeren. Indigo, December 1996.
  • Biesbrouck, K. (1997). Bagyeli 'Pygmies': sedentarisation processes and their changing relation to forest resources. ICA Nieuwsbrief, January 1997, 27-31.
  • Biesbrouck, K. (1999). Agriculture among Equatorial African hunter-gatherers and the process of sedentarisation: the case of the Bagyeli in Cameroon. in Biesbrouck, K., Elders, S. and Rossel, G. (eds.). Central African hunter-gatherers in a multidisciplinary perspective: challenging elusiveness. Research School CNWS, Leiden, the Netherlands. Pp 189-206.
  • Biesbrouck, K. (1999). Studying the role of 'culture' in resource management: an anthropologist's response to Irene Dankelman. Proceedings of the seminar on 'Decision making in natural resource management, with a focus on adaptive management' 22-24 September 1999. IAC, Wageningen, the Netherlands.
  • Biesbrouck, K. (1999). Bagyeli forest management in context. Tropenbos-Cameroon Reports 99-2. The Tropenbos-Cameroon Programme, Kribi, Cameroon. 77 p.
  • Biesbrouck, K. (1999). Forest dwellers and forest management: planning bridging the cognitive gaps. in Jonkers, W.B.J. and Wessel, M. (eds.). Forest management related studies of the Tropenbos-Cameroon Programme. Tropenbos-Cameroon Reports 99-1. The Tropenbos-Cameroon Programme, Wageningen, the Netherlands. Pp. 27-36.
  • Biesbrouck, K. (1999). Bagyeli pygmies and the oil pipeline project in Cameroon: Explanation or consultation? Friends of the Earth Netherlands, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  • Biesbrouck, K. (2000). Pygmées Baka, le droit à la différence: a book review. Indigenous Affairs 2, 84-85.
  • Biesbrouck, K. (2000). La cogestion de la forêt camerounaise et ses enjeux. Lettre du CERPAD 4, 9-13.
  • Biesbrouck, K. (2000). Collaborative management of rain forest in south Cameroon. Tropenbos Newsletter 24, 2-3.
  • Biesbrouck, K. (2001). Co-management of rain forests in Cameroon and the myth of 'communities': a reconsideration based on Bagyeli tenure of NTFPs. in Foahom, B., Jonkers, W.B.J., Nkwi, P.N., Schmidt, P. and Tchatat, M. (eds.). Seminar proceedings 'Sustainable management of African rain forests', part I: Workshops. Tropenbos International, Wageningen, the Netherlands. Pp. 184-202.
  • Biesbrouck, K. (2002). New perspectives on forest dynamics and the myth of 'communities': reconsidering co-management of tropical rainforests in Cameroon. IDS-bulletin 33, 55-62.
  • Biesbrouck, K. and Dkamela, G.P. (1998). The oil pipeline project in Cameroon: with or without local populations? Friends of the Earth International, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
  • Biesbrouck, K., Elders, S. and Rossel, G. (eds.). (1999). Central African hunter-gatherers in a multidisciplinary perspective: challenging elusiveness. Research School CNWS, Leiden, the Netherlands. 331 p.
  • Ngima Mawoung, G. (2001). The relationship between the Bakola and the Bantu peoples of the coastal regions of Cameroon and their perception of commercial forest exploitation. African Study Monographs suppl. 26, 209-236.
  • Nkoumbele, F. and Seh, J.J. (1998). La problématique de la participation des Bagyeli (pygmées) dans les politiques de gestion durable de la forêt dense tropicale: jeux, enjeux et défis. in Nasi, R., Ansallem, I. and Drouineau, S. (eds.). La gestion des forêts denses africaines aujourd'hui. CIRAD, Montpellier, France. Published on CD-ROM.
  • Nkwi, P.N. (1998). Contributions of social sciences to the Tropenbos-Cameroon Programme. in Tropenbos. 'Research in tropical rain forests: its challenges for the future'. Tropenbos Foundation, Wageningen, the Netherlands. Pp. 125-138.
  • Nkwi, P.N., von Benda Beckmann, F., van den Berg, J., Geschiere, P., Nkoumbele, F. and Tiayon, F.F. (2001). The social and legal aspects of forest management. in Jonkers, W.B.J., Foahom, B. and Schmidt, P. (eds.). Seminar proceedings 'Sustainable management of African rain forest', part II: Symposium. Tropenbos International, Wageningen, the Netherlands. Pp. 132-149.
  • Nkwi, P.N. and Schmidt, P. (2001). Introducing the societal impact of forest exploitation. in Foahom, B., Jonkers, W.B.J., Nkwi, P.N., Schmidt, P. and Tchatat, M. (eds.). Seminar proceedings 'Sustainable management of African rain forests', part I: Workshops. Tropenbos International, Wageningen, the Netherlands. Pp. 150-152.
  • Parren, M.P.E., van den Berg, J., Biesbrouck, K. and van Leersum, G.J.R. (2001). A collaborative approach to forest management: the case of production forest in southern Cameroon. in Foahom, B., Jonkers, W.B.J., Nkwi, P.N., Schmidt, P. and Tchatat, M. (eds.). Seminar proceedings 'Sustainable management of African rain forests', part I: Workshops. Tropenbos International, Wageningen, the Netherlands. Pp. 17-33.
  • Rossel, G. and Biesbrouck, K. (1997). Paul Julien, een Nederlands ontdekkingsreiziger in Afrika. De Baobab 4, November 1997, 36-42.
  • Sandt, J van de. (1999). Struggle for control over natural resources in Bagyeli-Fang relations: five ways of coping with changing relations. in Biesbrouck, K., Elders, S. and Rossel, G. (eds.). Central African hunter-gatherers in a multidisciplinary perspective: challenging elusiveness. Research School CNWS, Leiden, the Netherlands. Pp 221-240.
  • Sandt, J. van de and Biesbrouck, K. (2000). Toeval bestaat niet: de spirituele wereld van de Bagyeli. Indigo, September/Oktober 2000, 4-7.
  • Tiayon, F.F. (1998). Pratiques agricoles et utilisation des terres forestières chez les Ngumba du sud-Cameroun. in Nasi, R., Ansallem, I. and Drouineau, S. (eds.). La gestion des forêts denses africaines aujourd'hui. CIRAD, Montpellier, France. Published on CD-ROM.
  • Tiayon, F.F. (2001). Systèmes de production paysans et industrie du bois dans le sud-Cameroun : le devenir des perceptions et utilisations locales des forêts. in Foahom, B., Jonkers, W.B.J., Nkwi, P.N., Schmidt, P. and Tchatat, M. (eds.). Seminar proceedings 'Sustainable management of African rain forests', part I: Workshops. Tropenbos International, Wageningen, the Netherlands. Pp. 235-250.
  • Tiayon, F.F., Biesbrouck, K., van den Berg, J. and Nkoumbele, F. (2001). Social change, exploitation and management of natural resources in the Bipindi-Akom II area. in Jonkers, W.B.J., Foahom, B. and Schmidt, P. (eds.). Seminar proceedings 'Sustainable management of African rain forest', part II: Symposium. Tropenbos International, Wageningen, the Netherlands. Pp. 38-49.
S1bis: Non-Timber Forest Products
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Other publications of the Tropenbos-Cameroon Programme
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  • Eyog Matig, O. (2000). Introduction. in Eyog Matig, O., Schmidt, P. and Foahom, B. (eds.). Élaboration du plan d'aménagement du site du Programme Tropenbos-Cameroun. Tropenbos-Cameroon Reports 00-4. The Tropenbos-Cameroon Programme, Kribi, Cameroon. Pp. 6-7.
  • Eyog Matig, O. (2000). Objectif et déroulement du séminaire. in Eyog Matig, O., Schmidt, P. and Foahom, B. (eds.). Élaboration du plan d'aménagement du site du Programme Tropenbos-Cameroun. Tropenbos-Cameroon Reports 00-4. The Tropenbos-Cameroon Programme, Kribi, Cameroon. Pp. 8.
  • Foahom, B. (1998). The scientific approach to sustainable forest management, with particular attention to land-use planning and social aspects. in Tropenbos. 'Research in tropical rain forests: its challenges for the future'. Tropenbos Foundation, Wageningen, the Netherlands. Pp. 115-124.
  • Foahom, B. (2000). Études écologiques. in Eyog Matig, O., Schmidt, P. and Foahom, B. (eds.). Élaboration du plan d'aménagement du site du Programme Tropenbos-Cameroun. Tropenbos-Cameroon Reports 00-4. The Tropenbos-Cameroon Programme, Kribi, Cameroon. Pp. 24-26.
  • Foahom, B. (2000). Exposé introductif. in Eyog Matig, O., Schmidt, P. and Foahom, B. (eds.). Élaboration du plan d'aménagement du site du Programme Tropenbos-Cameroun. Tropenbos-Cameroon Reports 00-4. The Tropenbos-Cameroon Programme, Kribi, Cameroon. Pp. 9-13
  • Foahom, B. (2001). Biodiversity Planning Support Programme. Integrating biodiversity into the forestry sector. Cameroon Case Study. Paper prepared for an international workshop on 'integration of biodiversity in National Forestry Planning Programme', CIFOR Headquarters, Bogor, Indonesia, 13-16 August 2001.
  • Foahom, B. and Jonkers, W.B.J. (eds.) (1992). A programme for Tropenbos research in Cameroon: final report Tropenbos-Cameroon Programme (phase 1). Tropenbos Foundation, Wageningen, the Netherlands. 181 p.
  • Foahom, B., Jonkers, W.B.J., Nkwi, P.N., Schmidt, P. and Tchatat, M. (eds.). (2001). Seminar proceedings 'Sustainable management of African rain forest', part I: Workshops. Tropenbos International, Wageningen, the Netherlands. 274 p.
  • Foahom, B., Jonkers, W.B.J. and Schmidt, P. (2001). Unrevealing the complexity: an ITTO project has been investigating a strategy for sustainable forest management in Cameroon. Tropical Forestry Update 11 (4), 7-9.
  • Jonkers, W.B.J. (1997). The Tropenbos-Cameroon Programme. ETFRN News 20, 11.
  • Jonkers, W.B.J. (2000). The forestry projects. in Eyog Matig, O., Schmidt, P. and Foahom, B. (eds.). Élaboration du plan d'aménagement du site du Programme Tropenbos-Cameroun. Tropenbos-Cameroon Reports 00-4. The Tropenbos-Cameroon Programme, Kribi, Cameroon. Pp. 27-29.
  • Jonkers, W.B.J. (2001). Sustainable forest management in Africa. TBI Newsletter 26, 5.
  • Jonkers, W.B.J., Foahom, B. and Schmidt, P. (eds.). (2001). Seminar proceedings 'Sustainable management of African rain forest', part II: Symposium. Tropenbos International, Wageningen, the Netherlands. 159 p.
  • Parren, M.P.E. (1998). Review of nature conservation projects in Cameroon 1988 - 1998: nature conservation projects in perspective. Report to DG VIII, European Commission, Brussels, Belgium. BOS Foundation Wageningen, the Netherlands and ODI, London, United Kingdom.
  • Prabhu, R., Maynard, W., Eba'a Atyi, R., Pierce Colfer, C.J., Shepherd, G., Venkateswarlu, P. and Tiayon, F. (1998). Testing and developing criteria and indicators for sustainable forest management in Cameroon: the Kribi test. Final report. CIFOR, Jakarta, Indonesia. 130 p.
  • Schmidt, P. and Tchatat, M. (2002). The Tropenbos-Cameroon Programme 1993-2001: An overview and review with emphasis on project management. Internal report Tropenbos International, Wageningen, the Netherlands.
  • Sonwa, D., Weise, S.F., Tchatat, M., Nkongmeneck, B., Adesina, A.A., Ndoye, O. and Gockowski, J. (2001). The role of cacao agroforests in community and farm forestry in southern Cameroon. in RDFN paper 25g. Overseas Development Institute, London, United Kingdom. Pp. 1-10.
  • Tchatat, M., Schmidt, P., Foahom, B. and Jonkers, W.B.J. (2001). Conclusions and recommendations. in Jonkers, W.B.J., Foahom, B. and Schmidt, P. (eds.). Seminar proceedings 'Sustainable management of African rain forest', part II: Symposium. Tropenbos International, Wageningen, the Netherlands. Pp. 158-159.
  • Vooren, A.P., Meijerink, G.W. and van Gemerden, B.S. (1995). La participation populaire dans la gestion des parcs et réserves naturelles en Afrique tropicale forestière. Tropenbos Documents 10. The Tropenbos Foundation, Wageningen, the Netherlands. 56 p.
Contributions of external authors to (publications of) the Tropenbos-Cameroon Programme.
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  • Auzel, P. (2001). Du sociétal au biologique : l'impact des perturbations liées au développement des sites forestières industrielles au Cameroun. in Foahom, B., Jonkers, W.B.J., Nkwi, P.N., Schmidt, P. and Tchatat, M. (eds.). Seminar proceedings 'Sustainable management of African rain forests', part I: Workshops. Tropenbos International, Wageningen, the Netherlands. Pp. 166-183.
  • Bilack, B. (2000). Projet API Dimako. in Eyog Matig, O., Schmidt, P. and Foahom, B. (eds.). Élaboration du plan d'aménagement du site du Programme Tropenbos-Cameroun. Tropenbos-Cameroon Reports 00-4. The Tropenbos-Cameroon Programme, Kribi, Cameroon. Pp. 75-77.
  • Fines, J.P. (2000). Projet gestion durable des forêts camerounaises : forêt-pilote du Lokoundjé-Nyong. in Eyog Matig, O., Schmidt, P. and Foahom, B. (eds.). Élaboration du plan d'aménagement du site du Programme Tropenbos-Cameroun. Tropenbos-Cameroon Reports 00-4. The Tropenbos-Cameroon Programme, Kribi, Cameroon. Pp. 58-61.
  • Fomete, T. (2001). Analyse de contexte socio-économique de la gestion forestière. in Foahom, B., Jonkers, W.B.J., Nkwi, P.N., Schmidt, P. and Tchatat, M. (eds.). Seminar proceedings 'Sustainable management of African rain forests', part I: Workshops. Tropenbos International, Wageningen, the Netherlands. Pp. 63-72.
  • Forni, E. (2001). Détermination des principaux paramètres d'aménagement avec prise en compte des essences peu connues. in Foahom, B., Jonkers, W.B.J., Nkwi, P.N., Schmidt, P. and Tchatat, M. (eds.). Seminar proceedings 'Sustainable management of African rain forests', part I: Workshops. Tropenbos International, Wageningen, the Netherlands. Pp. 94-104.
  • Kede Otodo (2001). Inventaire biophysique et planification de la gestion des ressources forestières : stratégie adoptée par le Cameroun. in Foahom, B., Jonkers, W.B.J., Nkwi, P.N., Schmidt, P. and Tchatat, M. (eds.). Seminar proceedings 'Sustainable management of African rain forests', part I: Workshops. Tropenbos International, Wageningen, the Netherlands. Pp. 37-42.
  • Lefang, P. (2001). L'importance des essences peu connues dans la planification de la gestion forestière. in Foahom, B., Jonkers, W.B.J., Nkwi, P.N., Schmidt, P. and Tchatat, M. (eds.). Seminar proceedings 'Sustainable management of African rain forests', part I: Workshops. Tropenbos International, Wageningen, the Netherlands. Pp.12-16.
  • Mâry, F. (2001). Relations entre les sociétés forestières et les populations locales. in Foahom, B., Jonkers, W.B.J., Nkwi, P.N., Schmidt, P. and Tchatat, M. (eds.). Seminar proceedings 'Sustainable management of African rain forests', part I: Workshops. Tropenbos International, Wageningen, the Netherlands. Pp.251-256.
  • Mbolo Bamela, D. (2000). Projet So'o lala. in Eyog Matig, O., Schmidt, P. and Foahom, B. (eds.). Élaboration du plan d'aménagement du site du Programme Tropenbos Cameroun. Tropenbos-Cameroon Reports 00-4. The Tropenbos-Cameroon Programme, Kribi, Cameroon. Pp. 62-66.
  • Medjo, F.R. (2000). Plan de zonage du site du Programme Tropenbos-Cameroun. in Eyog Matig, O., Schmidt, P. and Foahom, B. (eds.). Élaboration du plan d'aménagement du site du Programme Tropenbos-Cameroun. Tropenbos-Cameroon Reports 00-4. The Tropenbos-Cameroon Programme, Kribi, Cameroon. Pp. 47-56.
  • Nganteh, M.M. (2000). Project South-Bakundu. in Eyog Matig, O., Schmidt, P. and Foahom, B., (eds.). Élaboration du plan d'aménagement du site du Programme Tropenbos-Cameroun. Tropenbos-Cameroon Reports 00-4. The Tropenbos-Cameroon Programme, Kribi, Cameroon. Pp. 67-71.
  • Nguiffo, S. (1998). Sustainable management and forestry research in Cameroon. in Tropenbos Seminar Proceedings 'Research in tropical rain forests: its challenges for the future'. Tropenbos Foundation, Wageningen, the Netherlands. Pp. 23-30.
  • Njib Ntep (2000). Schéma directeur d'aménagement et directives d'aménagement. in Eyog Matig, O., Schmidt, P. and Foahom, B. (eds.). Élaboration du plan d'aménagement du site du Programme Tropenbos-Cameroun. Tropenbos-Cameroon Reports 00-4. The Tropenbos-Cameroon Programme, Kribi, Cameroon. Pp. 36-46.
  • Nkié, M. (2000). Projet Sikop. in Eyog Matig, O., Schmidt, P. and Foahom, B. (eds.). Élaboration du plan d'aménagement du site du Programme Tropenbos-Cameroun. Tropenbos-Cameroon Reports 00-4. The Tropenbos-Cameroon Programme, Kribi, Cameroon. Pp. 72-74.
  • Nkwinkwa, R. (2001). La gestion participative des forêts : expériences en Afrique de l'Ouest et au Cameroun. in Foahom, B., Jonkers, W.B.J., Nkwi, P.N., Schmidt, P. and Tchatat, M. (eds.). Seminar proceedings 'Sustainable management of African rain forests', part I: Workshops. Tropenbos International, Wageningen, the Netherlands. Pp. 153-165.
  • Toornstra, F.H., Persoon, G.A. and Youmbi, A. (1994). Deforestation in context: the southern forest region in Cameroon. Case study report of the project 'Local Actors and Global Tree Cover Policies'. CML, Leiden, the Netherlands.
  • Vellema, H.C. and Maas, J.B. (1999). Forest management plans: what are they about? in Jonkers, W.B.J. and Wessel, M. (eds.). Forest management related studies of the Tropenbos-Cameroon Programme. Tropenbos-Cameroon Reports 99-1. Tropenbos-Cameroon Programme, Wageningen, the Netherlands. Pp. 1-10.
  • Winter, A.J. de and Gittenberger, E. (1998). The land snail fauna of a square kilometre patch of rainforest in southwestern Cameroon: high species richness, low abundance and seasonal fluctuations. Malacologia, 40 (1-2), 231-250.

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