Title: New niches of community rights to forests in Cameroon : tenure reform, decentralization category or something else?

Authors: Oyono, Phil René

Place: [Samarinda

Publisher: Mulawarman university. Center for social forestry]

Year: 2009

Journal: International journal of social forestry (IJSF)

Volume: vol. 2, no. 1

PAGE: 1--23

Subject: Rural Decentralization and Local Governance

Keywords: community participation, administrative reform, land tenure, land rights, forest resources, decentralization in government, cameroon

Abstract: This essay interrogates the nature of ongoing change in the structure of community rights in Cameroon: is it tenure change or decentralization? In reality, it is neither a strict decentralization process nor a strict tenure reform, but a mixture of devolution and delegation of powers.

URL: http://www.ijsf.org/dat/art/vol02/ijsf_vol2_no1_01_oyono_community_rights_cameroon.pdf

Document type: Portal