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 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