One of the main objectives of the 1994 Cameroonian forestry law is to improve the management of production forests by including minimum safeguards for sustainability into compulsory forest management plans. As of 2007, about 3.5 million hectares (60%) of the productive forests are harvested follo...
Cerutti, P.O.
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Nasi, Robert
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Tacconi, L.
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[Sustainable forest management in Cameroon needs more than approved forest management plans.]
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Sustainable forest management in Cameroon needs more than approved forest management plans.
Concern about illegal logging has grown considerably over the past decade due to the interest in its environmental impacts, and more recently as a result of its perceived impacts on livelihoods. The authors find that the reality of illegal logging is much more nuanced than has been depicted and t...
Lescuyer, G.
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Cerutti, P.O.
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Manguiengha, S.N.
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Bilogo bi Ndong, L.
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[The domestic market for smallscale chainsaw milling in Gabon: Present situation, opportunities and challenges]
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The domestic market for smallscale chainsaw milling in Gabon: Present situation, opportunities and challenges
As of mid-2008, 63 of the 101 available forest management units (FMUs) in Cameroon were managed according to approved management plans, and seven FMUs had received a FSC certification. This paper provides a preliminary assessment of the volumetric and financial variations incurred by logging comp...
Cerutti, P.O.
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Tacconi, L.
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Nasi, Robert
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[Trading legality with precaution: preliminary impacts of management plans and forest certification in the Cameroonian forests.]
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Trading legality with precaution: preliminary impacts of management plans and forest certification in the Cameroonian forests.
Brown, D.
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Schreckenberg, Kate
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Bird, N.
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Cerutti, P.O.
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Gatto, F.D.
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Diaw, C.
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Fomete, T
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Luttrell, C.
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Navarro, G.
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Oberndorf, R.
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Thiel, H
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Wells, A.
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[Legal timber: verification and governance in the forest sector]
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Legal timber: verification and governance in the forest sector
The concept of Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) has a pivotal role for both the Cameroonian legal framework and market-based instruments such as forest certification. We assess the different impacts on timber harvesting of the forest legal framework as compared to the adoption of forest certif...
Cerutti, P.O.
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Tacconi, L.
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Nasi, Robert
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Lescuyer, G.
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[Legal vs. certified timber: preliminary impacts of forest certification in Cameroon]
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Legal vs. certified timber: preliminary impacts of forest certification in Cameroon
Since 2000 and the implementation of China’s ‘going abroad’ policy, mainland Chinese state-owned and private companies have significantly increased their interests in the resources and investment opportunities of the Congo Basin, bringing new opportunities as well as potential social and environm...
Putzel, L.
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Assembe-Mvondo, S.
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Ndong, L.B.B.
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Banioguila, R.P.
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Cerutti, P.O.
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Tieguhong, J.C.
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Djeukam, R.
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Kabuyaya, N.
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Lescuyer, G.
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Mala, W.A.
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[Chinese trade and investment and the forests of the Congo Basin: Synthesis of scoping studies in Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo and Gabon]
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Chinese trade and investment and the forests of the Congo Basin: Synthesis of scoping studies in Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo and Gabon
Forest-based conflict is one of the major global challenges for the international forestry agenda together with poverty, climate change, conservation, and biofuels. In this paper, we will estimate the scope of the problem for people and forests, identify the role of forest rights and tenure as pa...
Koning, R.G. de
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Capistrano, D.
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Yasmi, Y.
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Cerutti, P.O.
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[Forest-related conflict: impacts, links and measures to mitigate]
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Forest-related conflict: impacts, links and measures to mitigate
Blas, D.E. de
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Mertens, B.
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Ruiz Perez, M.
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Cerutti, P.O.
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N'Gono, G.
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[L'exploitation forestiere au Cameroun: un laboratoire institutionnel de la sous-region?]
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L'exploitation forestiere au Cameroun: un laboratoire institutionnel de la sous-region?