The Rain Forests Of Cameroon
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The Rain Forests Of Cameroon
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Author : Giuseppe Topa
language : en
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Release Date : 2009-07-29
The Rain Forests Of Cameroon written by Giuseppe Topa and has been published by World Bank Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-07-29 with Political Science categories.
Starting in 1994, Cameroon introduced regulatory and market-based reforms to regulate access to its rainforests, balance public and private interests in those forests, and integrate wider economic, cultural, and environmental perspectives of the value of forests. Based on historical data and extensive interviews, this report concludes that the reforms brought order over the most aggressively competing interests and started to address deeper social and environmental issues, but a significant unfinished agenda remains. On the positive side, information on the boundaries, ownership, use rights, and management of Cameroon s rainforests has become available for public scrutiny, along with information on detection and prosecution of illegal activities. Better and better known rules of the game have improved forest governance and collaboration between forest institutions and civil society. More than 60 percent of Cameroon s rainforests are under management systems that emphasize sustainability. Illegal logging has declined sharply managed parks and production forests, although it persists in rural areas. The restructured forest industry has adopted internationally recognized management practices that have started to align logging with the forest s capacity to regenerate. Cameroon has established rules to preserve customary rights to forests, and community forests have progressed despite unanticipated challenges. Yet further reform is needed. Deeper recognition of the customary rights of all people who depend on Cameroon s forests, regardless of ethnicity, is vital. Timber and nontimber forest products like medicinal plants and bush meat remain subject to illegal exploitation outside state forests. Cameroon needs qualified eco-investors to sustain conservation and diminish reliance on timber production. Community involvement in the management of all types of forests should expand further. Great attention to local markets and small firms will strengthen forest governance and the forest industry in important ways. Rewarding responsible corporate behavior with more lenient bank guarantees and tax incentives may prove as important for conserving forests as punishing corporate misbehavior.
Plant Diversity In A Central African Rain Forest
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Author : Gildas Peguy Tchouto Mbatchou
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
Plant Diversity In A Central African Rain Forest written by Gildas Peguy Tchouto Mbatchou and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Biodiversity conservation categories.
Plant Diversity In A Central African Rain Forest
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Author : Gildas Peguy Tchouto Mbatchou
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
Plant Diversity In A Central African Rain Forest written by Gildas Peguy Tchouto Mbatchou and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Biodiversity conservation categories.
Sustainable Management Of Rainforest In Cameroon
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Author : W. B. J. Jonkers
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003
Sustainable Management Of Rainforest In Cameroon written by W. B. J. Jonkers and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Forest management categories.
Logging And Conflicts In The Rainforests Of Cameroon
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Author : Herman Verhagen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993
Logging And Conflicts In The Rainforests Of Cameroon written by Herman Verhagen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with categories.
The Rainforests Of West Africa
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Author : MARTIN
language : en
Publisher: Birkhäuser
Release Date : 2013-11-11
The Rainforests Of West Africa written by MARTIN and has been published by Birkhäuser this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-11 with Science categories.
Nowhere eise in the world did industrialized countries leave such early marks in the rainforest as in West Africa. Past and present developments here are in one way or the other significant for rainforests on other continents as weil. West Africa is a pioneer in both a good and a bad sense. This is reason enough to take a closer Iook at the history of moist tropical West Africa. Until recently, no one really seemed to be interested in the rainforests except for a few specialists. The world's scientific community neglected to study the incalculable riches of tropical forests, to make the public aware of them and their due importance. Although interdisciplinary research has been a popular topic for some decades now, it was not applied to just the most complex habitat on earth. Scientists from all fields studied only that which was easiest to record, seemingly blind to a myriad of details awaiting closer examination. Botanists wentabout establishing their herbariums and paid much too little attention to the vegetation as a whole, or to the significance of useful plants for local populations. Zoologists, too, busied themselves with collecting and describing species. Anthropologists, on the other hand, tended to overlook faunal details: in their ignorance of the animal world, they wrote of tigers and deer in Africa. And finally, foresters saw neither the forest nor the trees for the timber - and even confused rainforests with monocultures of fir trees.
Composition And Structure Of The Tree Community In A Lowland Rain Forest In South Cameroon
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Author : D. Flier
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002
Composition And Structure Of The Tree Community In A Lowland Rain Forest In South Cameroon written by D. Flier and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with categories.
Cameroon
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Author : Boniface Essama-Nssah
language : en
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Release Date : 2000-01-01
Cameroon written by Boniface Essama-Nssah and has been published by World Bank Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-01-01 with Technology & Engineering categories.
This country case study, part of the Operations Evaluation Department (OED) A Review of the 1991 World Bank Forest Strategy and Its Implementation, evaluates World Bank operations in Cameroon for their consistency with the strategy. The strategic aspects of those operations are judged here on their relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, institutional development, and sustainability. The fundamental objective of the forest policy reform in Cameroon was to establish a transparent, equitable, and sustainable management system for forest resources. The outcome of the reform process was limited, for four reasons. First, the government of Cameroon lacked genuine commitment and the capacity to carry out the reform. Second, key actors in the reform process (particularly foreign logging companies and the parliament) chose to oppose it. Third, partners such as the World Bank failed to devise an implementation strategy compatible with the underlying dynamics of political and socioeconomic changes in Cameroon. Finally, while Cameroon's forest policy is well codified in documents, it is poorly implemented. Although the reforms have led to increased tax revenues and increased the share of GDP attributable to the forest sector, the structural underpinnings of the sector have been little affected. Government agencies in the sector continue to be weak. The international logging companies that dominate the sector continue to have a free hand in the development and use of the forest resources of Cameroon. Local communities were left out of the reform process, despite the declared objective to include them in forest resource management. Overall, the interventions of the Bank inside and outside the forest sector in Cameroon were relevant to its strategic objectives, but they were neither efficacious nor efficient. Because of weak institutional development, the achievements are unlikely to be sustained. The Bank should focus its future reform efforts in Cameroon on the collection and dissemination of relevant and reliable information, working with a larger set of stakeholders, and using more Cameroonian expertise to gain local perspective and build capacity. The success of such an approach hinges on government commitment and the cooperation of other donor countries, including those with timber interests in Cameroon.
Rain Forests
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Author : Philip Arthur Sauvain
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996
Rain Forests written by Philip Arthur Sauvain and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Describes the world's rain forests, including the plants, animals, and people found there, with case studies of specific forests.
Tropical Rainforests
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Author : Chris C. Park
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2002-09-26
Tropical Rainforests written by Chris C. Park and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-09-26 with Science categories.
Tropical Rainforests presents the most up-to-date and wide-ranging review of the problems and prospects of the world's most complex and abundant ecosystem. Chris Park examines where and how fast rainforests are being cleared, drawing on examples from all major forest areas. The consequences of clearance are examined at local, regional and global scales. The author achieves a balanced overview of the current state of the world's rainforests, discussing both the consequences of clearance (for ecology, environments and peoples) and the possible solutions (such as conservation and protection, reforestation, sustainable management, changing tropical timber trade and international investment programmes). Well illustrated with maps, figures and photographs and with a comprehensive bibliography, Tropical Rainforests provides an essential introduction for students of Geography, Ecology and the environment, teachers, environmentalists, development practitioners and the general public.
