The Adwenase Forest Management Plan has received a massive facelift following its revision by the kind courtesy of the EU Chainsaw Milling project implemented by Tropenbos International Ghana and partners. The plan, first drafted in 1995 by the Resource Management Support Centre (RMSC) of the Forestry Commission and the Assin-Akropong community, was revised to keep step with current forest management practices.
17 June, 2013Converted chainsaw operators are warming up to establish forest plantations as an alternative livelihood to illegal chainsaw milling. This is because in April 2013, the EU Chainsaw Milling project implemented by Tropenbos International Ghana and partners provided the requisite starter kits to four chainsaw-dependent communities. The kits comprise seeds of commercial tree species for nursery establishment, protective clothing and requisite implements and materials for plantation development.
17 June, 2013The communities of Sankore and Brewaniase in Ghana, have received artisanal mills donated by the Timber Industry Development Division (TIDD) of the Forestry Commission under the EU Chainsaw project implemented by Tropenbos International Ghana and partners. The mills will be used by the communities to process raw materials acquired from legal sources through a partnership arrangement between chainsaw-dependent communities and forest concession holders.
Cameroon - 2011

ISBN: 978-90-5113-104-8
Language: French
In the publication “Etat des lieux de la foresterie communautaire et communale au Cameroun” (Current status of community forestry in Cameroon) Tropenbos International reviews more than 15 years of community forestry in Cameroon and gives some lessons for its application in other Central African countries.
In Cameroon two types of community forestry can be distinguished, community and council forest. A community forest (forêt communautaire, < 5,000 ha) is part of the non-permanent forest estate (agro-forestry field) with a management agreement between the rural community and the minister in charge of forests. A council forest (forêt communale) forms part of the permanent forest estate and requires classification on behalf of the concerned council.
In spite of important progress since the installation of the 1994 Forest Law which provided a favourable framework for decentralized forestry and the participation of local actors, constraints remain for the implementation of community forestry. This publication provides a thorough analysis of community forestry in Cameroon, a strategy of the government to improve local livelihoods. It describes the strengths and weaknesses of the establishment and management of community and council forests, evaluates the long term impacts and gives recommendations to improve legislation and implementation processes of community forestry to better involve local people and improve their livelihoods.
La publication “Etat des lieux de la foresterie communautaire et communale au Cameroun” de Tropenbos International analyse plus que 15 années de foresterie communautaire et communale au Cameroun et tire des leçons pour son application dans d’autres pays de l’Afrique Centrale.
Au Cameroun il existe deux types de foresterie décentralisée avec la participation de la population locale: la foresterie communautaire et communale. Une forêt communautaire (< 5,000 ha) est une forêt du domaine forestier non permanent (DFNP, domaine agro-forestier) faisant l’objet d’une convention de gestion entre une communauté villageoise et l’administration chargée des forêts. Une forêt communale est une forêt du domaine forestier permanent (DFP) qui a fait l’objet d’un acte de classement pour le compte de la commune concernée. Malgré l’avancée importante depuis l’installation de la loi forestière de 1994, qui a prévu un cadre favorable à la foresterie décentralisée et à la participation des acteurs locaux, des contraintes subsistent notamment pour la foresterie communautaire.
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