Access to natural resource is governed by competition and conflicts all the over the world. Alternative approaches to conflict resolution require assets provided by social negotiation, mediation and other types of social tools. This paper is based on a case of conflict of access to forest and on ...
Assembe-Mvondo, S.
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Oyono, P.R.
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[An assessment of social negotiation as a tool of local management: a case study of the Dimako Council Forest, Cameroon]
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An assessment of social negotiation as a tool of local management: a case study of the Dimako Council Forest, Cameroon
Among many other stakes, the economic stake derived from the exploitation of tropical forest resources is a burning issue. This is evidenced by insecurity in intergenerational access to forest resources and financial benefits relating to the latter, on the one hand, and by a deep iniquity at the...
Oyono, P.R.
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Kouna, C.
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Mala, W.A.
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[Benefits of forests in Cameroon: global structure, issues involving access and decision-making hiccoughs]
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Benefits of forests in Cameroon: global structure, issues involving access and decision-making hiccoughs
The Congo Basin is marked by the historical and cultural persistence, and resilience, of slash-and-burn agriculture – also known as shifting cultivation (or ‘forest agriculture’), on the one hand, and by contradictions between the relevance of externally introduced agricultural technologies and t...
Oyono, P.R.
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Mala, W.A.
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Tonye, J.
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[Rigidity versus adaptation: contribution to the debate on agricultural viability and forest sustainability in southern Cameroon]
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Rigidity versus adaptation: contribution to the debate on agricultural viability and forest sustainability in southern Cameroon
The Central Africa region (CAfR), generally known as the Congo Basin, is an “eco-region” representing the World’s largest rainforest after Amazonia. Its importance for biodiversity conservation, livelihoods, human well-being, research and policy-making is already well known. This paper documents ...
Mala, W.A.
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Oyono, P.R.
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[Some dimensions of local practices of natural resource management in central Africa region]
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Some dimensions of local practices of natural resource management in central Africa region
Since 1990, Central African States have made profound natural resource policy reforms. One of the main orientations of these reforms is known today as the ‘decentralization’ of forest management processes within a long lasting context of ‘complex political ecology’. This essay examines the effect...
Oyono, P.R.
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[Is decentralization in natural resource management leading to livelihoods improvement and sustainability?: evidence from Central Africa]
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Is decentralization in natural resource management leading to livelihoods improvement and sustainability?: evidence from Central Africa
The rural reform that has been taking place in Cameroon since 1992 has introduced new operating methods in community agricultural infrastructure and local forest management. There has been a proliferation of rural organizations, grouped under the “groupes d’initiative commune” (GICs), new coopera...
Oyono, P.R.
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Temple, L.
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[Metamorphose des organisations rurales au Cameroun: implications pour la recherche-developpement et la gestion des ressources naturelles]
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Metamorphose des organisations rurales au Cameroun: implications pour la recherche-developpement et la gestion des ressources naturelles
Oyono, P.R.
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Diaw, C.
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Sangkwa, F.
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[Les reformes forestieres et les nouvelles frontieres de la gestion locale au Cameroun: la crise des compromis?]
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Les reformes forestieres et les nouvelles frontieres de la gestion locale au Cameroun: la crise des compromis?
This Policy Brief: (1) outlines recommendations for change and improvement; (2) describes the legal and institutional infrastructure of decentralized forest management in Cameroon; (3) describes how basic mechanisms of decentralized forest management operate in practice; and (4) summarizes the fi...
Oyono, P.R.
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Ribot, J.C.
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Assembe-Mvondo, S.
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Logo, P.B.
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[Correctifs pour la gestion décentralisée des forêts au Cameroun: options et opportunités de dix ans d’expérience]
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Correctifs pour la gestion décentralisée des forêts au Cameroun: options et opportunités de dix ans d’expérience
This Policy Brief: (1) outlines recommendations for change and improvement; (2) describes the legal and institutional infrastructure of decentralized forest management in Cameroon; (3) describes how basic mechanisms of decentralized forest management operate in practice; and (4) summarizes the fi...
Oyono, P.R.
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Ribot, J.C.
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Assembe-Mvondo, S.
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Logo, P.B.
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[Improving decentralized forest management in Cameroon: options and opportunities from ten years of experience]
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Improving decentralized forest management in Cameroon: options and opportunities from ten years of experience
This report presents the results of research on forest management decentralization and local governance conduted in Southern Cameroon in 2003 and 2004. The forest sector provides insights into the decentralization process writ large, since, as a source of national wealth, "green gold". The study ...
Oyono, P.R.
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Ribot, J.C.
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Larson, A.M.
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[Green and black gold in rural Cameroon: natural resources for local governance, justice and sustainability]
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Green and black gold in rural Cameroon: natural resources for local governance, justice and sustainability