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The Ottotomo Forest Reserve in the Central Province of Cameroon is one of the protected areas in the country where several management strategies have been tested with varying degrees of success (e.g., the Tropical Shelterwood System (TSS) silvicultural technique was piloted in this forest more th...


Jum, C.N.Oyono, P.R.[Building collaboration through action research: the case of Ottotomo Forest Reserve in Cameroon]Building collaboration through action research: the case of Ottotomo Forest Reserve in Cameroon
Autor: Oyono, P.R.

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.[Acteurs locaux, representation et politics des eco-pouvoirs dans le Cameroun rural post-1994]Acteurs locaux, representation et politics des eco-pouvoirs dans le Cameroun rural post-1994
Oyono, P.R.Diaw, C.Efoua, S.Mala, W.A.Assembe-Mvondo, S.[Monitoring to ease forest management conflicts in Cameroon]Monitoring to ease forest management conflicts in Cameroon
Autor: Oyono, P.R.

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.[Institutional deficit, representation, and decentralized forest mangement in Cameroon: elements of natural resource sociology for social theory and public policy]Institutional deficit, representation, and decentralized forest mangement in Cameroon: elements of natural resource sociology for social theory and public policy
Autor: Oyono, P.R.

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.[One step forward, two steps back?: paradoxes of natural resources management decentralisation in Cameroon]One step forward, two steps back?: paradoxes of natural resources management decentralisation in 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.Kouna, C.Mala, W.A.[Benefits of forests in Cameroon: global structure, issues involving access and decision-making hiccoughs]Benefits of forests in Cameroon: global structure, issues involving access and decision-making hiccoughs

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.Oyono, P.R.[Some dimensions of local practices of natural resource management in central Africa region]Some dimensions of local practices of natural resource management in central Africa region
Autor: Oyono, P.R.

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.[Is decentralization in natural resource management leading to livelihoods improvement and sustainability?: evidence from Central Africa]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.Temple, L.[Metamorphose des organisations rurales au Cameroun: implications pour la recherche-developpement et la gestion des ressources naturelles]Metamorphose des organisations rurales au Cameroun: implications pour la recherche-developpement et la gestion des ressources naturelles

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.Ribot, J.C.Assembe-Mvondo, S.Logo, P.B.[Correctifs pour la gestion décentralisée des forêts au Cameroun: options et opportunités de dix ans d’expérience]Correctifs pour la gestion décentralisée des forêts au Cameroun: options et opportunités de dix ans d’expérience

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