The Cameroonian regulatory framework on forest, wildlife and fisheries requires logging companies to pay an Area Fee (AF), half of which must be redistributed to rural councils (40%) and villages (10%) neighbouring the logging concessions. The AF had the main objectives to provide a consistent co...
Cerutti, P.O.
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Lescuyer, G.
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Assembe-Mvondo, S.
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Tacconi, L.
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[The challenges of redistributing forest-related monetary benefits to local governments: a decade of logging area fees in Cameroon]
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The challenges of redistributing forest-related monetary benefits to local governments: a decade of logging area fees in Cameroon
NTFP are often presented as bringing a major contribution to rural livelihoods in terms of food and cash, and this particularly for rural communities. Few data are available in Gabon to confirm this common assertion. An annual monitoring of 127 households was conducted in 14 villages around two t...
Midoko Iponga, D.
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Mikolo-Yobo, C.
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Lescuyer, G.
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Mba Assoumou, F.
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Levang, P.
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Tieguhong, J.C.
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Ngoye, A.
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[Evaluation of the contribution of NTFPs gathering: to rural people’s livelihoods around two timber concessions in Gabon]
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Evaluation of the contribution of NTFPs gathering: to rural people’s livelihoods around two timber concessions in Gabon
Since 1996, Cameroon has been redistributing a share of Annual Forest Royalties (AFF) to villages/communities, with the aim of increasing rural people’s standards of living. However, its applicationhas been widely criticized. Our study is based on a sample of nine communities in the Cameroon fore...
Lescuyer, G.
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Mbarga, H.N.
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Logo, P.B.
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[Use and misuse of forest income by rural communities in Cameroon]
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Use and misuse of forest income by rural communities in Cameroon