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The rate of forest cover loss in the humid tropics of Cameroon is one of the highest in Central Africa. The aim of the large-scale, two-year research project described here was to understand the effect of the country's economic crisis and policy change on small-scale agricultural systems and land...


Sunderlin, William D.Ndoye, O.Bikie, H.Laporte, N.Mertens, B.Pokam, J.[Economic crisis, small-scale agriculture, and forest cover change in Southern Cameroon]Economic crisis, small-scale agriculture, and forest cover change in Southern Cameroon

A preliminary insight into how structural adjustment policies (SAPs) may have affected deforestation and forest degradation in the lowland tropical forests of Bolivia, Cameroon and Indonesia. It presents tentative hypotheses regarding how changes in prices, costs, incomes and government services ...


Kaimowitz, D.Erwidodo.Ndoye, O.Pacheco, P.Balanza, P.P.Sunderlin, William D.[Considering the impact of structural adjustment policies on forests in Bolivia, Cameroon and Indonesia]Considering the impact of structural adjustment policies on forests in Bolivia, Cameroon and Indonesia

Integration of information from household surveys and data on land-cover changes derived from remote sensing helps to understand the causes and processes of land-use/land-cover changes. A household survey covering 552 households in 33 villages was carried out in the East Province of Cameroon. Thi...


Mertens, B.Sunderlin, William D.Ndoye, O.Lambin, E.F.[Impact of macroeconomic change on deforestation in South Cameroon: integration of household survey and remotely-sensed data]Impact of macroeconomic change on deforestation in South Cameroon: integration of household survey and remotely-sensed data

The paper analyses how macro-economic and agricultural policies, market fluctuations and demographic changes affected forests in the Humid Forest Zone of Cameroon in four periods between 1967 and 1997. For each period it examines how these variables influenced cocoa, coffee, food, and agro-indust...


Ndoye, O.Kaimowitz, D.[Macro-economics, markets and the humid forests of Cameroon, 1967-1997]Macro-economics, markets and the humid forests of Cameroon, 1967-1997

The rate of forest clearing by small farmers in the humid forest zone (HFZ) of Cameroon increased significantly in a period of economic crisis dating from 1986. A random sample survey of 648 households was conducted in 54 villages in the HFZ to understand the effect of the crisis and of a 1996 cu...


Sunderlin, William D.Ndoye, O.Bikie, H.[Economic crisis, farming systems, and forest cover change in the humid forest zone of Cameroon]Economic crisis, farming systems, and forest cover change in the humid forest zone of Cameroon

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