Title:
Community forestry in Cameroon : how it can contribute more effectively to FLEGT
Corporate author(s):
Tropenbos International
Place:
Wageningen
Publisher:
Tropenbos International
Year:
2012
Series Title:
Tropenbos International Policy Brief
Serial number:
September
PAGE:
8
Language:
eng
Subject:
Agriculture and Rural Development
Keywords:
communities
,
forestry
,
markets
,
natural resources
Abstract:
Community forestry timber destined for export to the EU could become a serious threat to FLEGT due to a lack of operational standards for timber exploitation in community forests, and limited independent control of logging inventories, exploitation certificates and waybills. The basic idea of community forestry in Cameroon is to grant small-scale logging rights to forest-adjacent communities in order to improve the livelihoods of local people. The main principle is to keep it simple: applying for, implementing and documenting forestry activities should be feasible and practical for communities. This simplicity, however, has started to compromise community forestry in Cameroon. This policy brief gives an overview of the community forestry situation in Cameroon and advises how regulations and procedures for community forestry could be reformed in order to develop and increase transparency in the timber sector.
Organization:
Tropenbos International
Country:
Cameroon
Region:
Africa South of Sahara
,
Central Africa
Category:
Policy
Right:
© 2012 Tropenbos International
Document type:
Policy document
File:
460186.pdf