Improving decentralized forest management in Cameroon: options and opportunities from ten years of experience
This Policy Brief: (1) outlines recommendations for change and improvement; (2) describes the legal and institutional infrastructure of decentralized forest management in Cameroon; (3) describes how basic mechanisms of decentralized forest management operate in practice; and (4) summarizes the findi...
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Center for International Forestry Research
2007
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| author | Oyono, P.R. Ribot, J.C. Assembe-Mvondo, Samuel Logo, P.B. |
| author_browse | Assembe-Mvondo, Samuel Logo, P.B. Oyono, P.R. Ribot, J.C. |
| author_facet | Oyono, P.R. Ribot, J.C. Assembe-Mvondo, Samuel Logo, P.B. |
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| description | This Policy Brief: (1) outlines recommendations for change and improvement; (2) describes the legal and institutional infrastructure of decentralized forest management in Cameroon; (3) describes how basic mechanisms of decentralized forest management operate in practice; and (4) summarizes the findings of five years of World Resources Institute (WRI)-Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) research on decentralized forestry policy and practice. The decentralization of forestry management in Cameroon has succeeded in providing powers to local actors and enabling them to establish community forests, council forests and communitymanaged hunting zones, and to have access to forestry fees. The impacts of this transfer of power on local democracy, equity, living standards, poverty alleviation, social vulnerability and environmental sustainability are, however, weak. There is enormous room for improvement. This brief formulates recommendations with a view to transforming the promise of decentralized forest management in Cameroon into action and positive outcomes on the ground, notably poverty reduction. |
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| spelling | CGSpace196002025-01-24T14:12:19Z Improving decentralized forest management in Cameroon: options and opportunities from ten years of experience Oyono, P.R. Ribot, J.C. Assembe-Mvondo, Samuel Logo, P.B. decentralization forest management forestry policies This Policy Brief: (1) outlines recommendations for change and improvement; (2) describes the legal and institutional infrastructure of decentralized forest management in Cameroon; (3) describes how basic mechanisms of decentralized forest management operate in practice; and (4) summarizes the findings of five years of World Resources Institute (WRI)-Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) research on decentralized forestry policy and practice. The decentralization of forestry management in Cameroon has succeeded in providing powers to local actors and enabling them to establish community forests, council forests and communitymanaged hunting zones, and to have access to forestry fees. The impacts of this transfer of power on local democracy, equity, living standards, poverty alleviation, social vulnerability and environmental sustainability are, however, weak. There is enormous room for improvement. This brief formulates recommendations with a view to transforming the promise of decentralized forest management in Cameroon into action and positive outcomes on the ground, notably poverty reduction. 2007 2012-06-04T09:12:33Z 2012-06-04T09:12:33Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/19600 en Open Access Center for International Forestry Research Oyono, P.R., Ribot, J.C., Assembe Mvondo, S., Logo, P.B. 2007. Improving decentralized forest management in Cameroon: options and opportunities from ten years of experience . CIFOR Governance Brief No.33. Bogor, Indonesia, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR). 12p. |
| spellingShingle | decentralization forest management forestry policies Oyono, P.R. Ribot, J.C. Assembe-Mvondo, Samuel Logo, P.B. Improving decentralized forest management in Cameroon: options and opportunities from ten years of experience |
| title | Improving decentralized forest management in Cameroon: options and opportunities from ten years of experience |
| title_full | Improving decentralized forest management in Cameroon: options and opportunities from ten years of experience |
| title_fullStr | Improving decentralized forest management in Cameroon: options and opportunities from ten years of experience |
| title_full_unstemmed | Improving decentralized forest management in Cameroon: options and opportunities from ten years of experience |
| title_short | Improving decentralized forest management in Cameroon: options and opportunities from ten years of experience |
| title_sort | improving decentralized forest management in cameroon options and opportunities from ten years of experience |
| topic | decentralization forest management forestry policies |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/19600 |
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