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Community-based forest management has been promoted widely to enable local communities capture the value of the forests they inhabit. Most community forests have focused on non-timber forest products. In Cameroon, the 1994 Forest Law introduced community forestry with a strong emphasis on timber ...


Blas, D.E. dePérez, M.R.Sayer, Jeffrey A.Lescuyer, G.Nasi, RobertKarsenty, A.[External influences on and conditions for community logging management in Cameroon]External influences on and conditions for community logging management in Cameroon

Over the last 20 years, transfer of the management of natural resources to local populations has been a major trend in the tropics. Many of these initiatives today incorporate the development of monitoring systems based on Criteria and Indicators (C&I), used to gauge environmental, socio-economic...


García, C.A.Lescuyer, G.[Monitoring, indicators and community based forest management in the tropics: pretexts or red herrings?]Monitoring, indicators and community based forest management in the tropics: pretexts or red herrings?

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.Lescuyer, G.Assembe-Mvondo, S.Tacconi, L.[The challenges of redistributing forest-related monetary benefits to local governments: a decade of logging area fees in Cameroon]The challenges of redistributing forest-related monetary benefits to local governments: a decade of logging area fees in Cameroon
Autor: Lescuyer, G.

De nombreuses organisations font la promotion des produits forestiers non ligneux (Pfnl) en Afrique centrale afin d'améliorer la gestion de la forêt et de contribuer à l'élévation des niveaux de vie en milieu rural. Trois sites ont été retenus dans la zone méridionale du Cameroun pour analyser l'...


Lescuyer, G.[Importance économique des produits forestiers non ligneux dans quelques villages du Sud-Cameroun]Importance économique des produits forestiers non ligneux dans quelques villages du Sud-Cameroun

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.Tacconi, L.Nasi, RobertLescuyer, G.[Legal vs. certified timber: preliminary impacts of forest certification in Cameroon]Legal vs. certified timber: preliminary impacts of forest certification in Cameroon

This piece of writing briefly reviews the nterpretation of the concept of sustainable forest management (SFM) deduced from state ractice in some Central Africa countries. This assessment of SFM practices draws upon the earlier and highly variable definitions of sustainable development. It demonst...


Assembe-Mvondo, S.Eba'a Atyi, R.Lescuyer, G.Wardell, A.[Sustainable forest management based on state practice in Central Africa countries]Sustainable forest management based on state practice in Central Africa countries

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.Mikolo-Yobo, C.Lescuyer, G.Mba Assoumou, F.Levang, P.Tieguhong, J.C.Ngoye, A.[Evaluation of the contribution of NTFPs gathering: to rural people’s livelihoods around two timber concessions in Gabon]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.Mbarga, H.N.Logo, P.B.[Use and misuse of forest income by rural communities in Cameroon]Use and misuse of forest income by rural communities in Cameroon

Due to the need for forest certification, the criteria and indicators for sustainable management of tropical forests have tended to operate more and more as standards, with criteria holding pride of place as compared to indicators. In practice, they are used as the definition of sustainability ap...


Karsenty, A.Lescuyer, G.Nasi, Robert[Est-il possible de determiner des criteres et indicateurs de gestion durable des forets tropicales?]Est-il possible de determiner des criteres et indicateurs de gestion durable des forets tropicales?
Cerutti, P.O.Lescuyer, G.Assembe-Mvondo, S.[Forêt, création de richesse et réduction de la pauvreté: l'exemple de la Redevance Forestière Annuelle au Cameroun]Forêt, création de richesse et réduction de la pauvreté: l'exemple de la Redevance Forestière Annuelle au Cameroun

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