In a difficult political economy, marked notably by a multifaceted crisis, Cameroon, like many other African countries, launched the restructuring of the policy and legal framework that governed the management of forest until the mid-1990s. Given the deep conflict of discourse surrounding the iss...
Oyono, P.R.
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[New niches of community rights to forests in Cameroon: tenure reform, decentralization category or something else?]
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New niches of community rights to forests in Cameroon: tenure reform, decentralization category or something else?
One of the major innovations in Cameroon’s forest industry is the devolution of management authority to local communities. These communities have viewed this shift as a response to their age-old demands — and frustrations — regarding profits from commercial harvesting of forests on their land bas...
Oyono, P.R.
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[Acteurs locaux, representation et politics des eco-pouvoirs dans le Cameroun rural post-1994]
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Acteurs locaux, representation et politics des eco-pouvoirs dans le Cameroun rural post-1994
Conducted in the East, South, and Northwest Provinces, this study aims to provide an explanation and understanding of the organizational and institutional infrastructure of decentralized management of Cameroon’s forest—also referred to as “local forest management”—and the mechanisms of the transf...
Oyono, P.R.
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[Institutional deficit, representation, and decentralized forest mangement in Cameroon: elements of natural resource sociology for social theory and public policy]
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Institutional deficit, representation, and decentralized forest mangement in Cameroon: elements of natural resource sociology for social theory and public policy
Theory informs us that decentralisation, a process through which powers, responsibilities and resources are devolved by the central state to lower territorial entities and regionally/locally elected bodies, increases efficiency, participation, equity, and environmental sustainability. Many types ...
Oyono, P.R.
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[One step forward, two steps back?: paradoxes of natural resources management decentralisation in Cameroon]
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One step forward, two steps back?: paradoxes of natural resources management decentralisation in Cameroon
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
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
This paper examines Cameroon’s model of forest-management decentralisation by characterising its organisational infrastructure and by assessing – and anticipating – the ecological effects of those policy changes. The essay is based on nvironmental governance research conducted in Cameroon during ...
Oyono, P.R.
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[The social and organisational roots of ecological uncertainties in Cameroon’s forest management decentralisation model]
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The social and organisational roots of ecological uncertainties in Cameroon’s forest management decentralisation model
Since the mid-1990s, Cameroon has launched a process of decentralization of the management of its forests. Among other innovations, this decentralization process has transferred powers over forests and financial benefits accruing from their exploitation to local communities. This article explores...
Oyono, P.R.
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[Profiling local-level outcomes of environmental decentralizations: the case of Cameroon’s forests in the Congo Basin]
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Profiling local-level outcomes of environmental decentralizations: the case of Cameroon’s forests in the Congo Basin