The Rainforests of Cameroon :
            Experience and Evidence from a Decade of Reform

Topa, Giuseppe; Karsenty, Alain; Megevand, Carole; Debroux, Laurent

dc.creator	Topa, Giuseppe
dc.creator	Karsenty, Alain
dc.creator	Megevand, Carole
dc.creator	Debroux, Laurent
dc.date	2012-03-19T10:04:44Z
dc.date	2012-03-19T10:04:44Z
dc.date	2009
dc.date.accessioned	2023-02-17T20:40:14Z
dc.date.available	2023-02-17T20:40:14Z
dc.identifier	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000333037_20091112231306
dc.identifier	978-0-8213-7878-6
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/2683
dc.identifier.uri	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/243072
dc.description	In 1994, the Government of Cameroon introduced an array of forest policy reforms, both regulatory and market-based, to support a more organized, transparent, and sustainable system for accessing and using forest resources. This report describes how these reforms played out in the rainforests of Cameroon. The intention is to provide a brief account of a complex process and identify what worked, what did not, and what can be improved. The barriers to placing Cameroon's forests at the service of its people, its economy, and the environment originated with the extractive policies of successive colonial administrations. The barriers were further consolidated after independence through a system of political patronage and influence in which forest resources became a coveted currency for political support. These deeply entangled commercial and political interests have only recently, and reluctantly, started to diverge. In 1994, the government introduced an array of forest policy reforms, both regulatory and market based. The reforms changed the rules determining who could gain access to forest resources, how access could be obtained, how those resources could be used, and who will benefit from their use. This report assesses the outcomes of reforms in forest-rich areas of Cameroon, where the influence of industrial and political elites has dominated since colonial times.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	World Bank
dc.relation	Directions in Development ; environment and sustainable development
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.rights	World Bank
dc.subject	ACCESS TO FOREST
dc.subject	ACTION PLAN
dc.subject	AGRICULTURE
dc.subject	AGROFORESTRY
dc.subject	AMAZON BASIN
dc.subject	AREAS FOR WILDLIFE
dc.subject	AREAS OF FOREST
dc.subject	BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION
dc.subject	BOTANICAL GARDENS
dc.subject	BUFFER ZONES
dc.subject	BUSH MEAT
dc.subject	CARBON
dc.subject	CLIMATE
dc.subject	CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	COMMERCIAL FORESTS
dc.subject	COMMERCIAL LOGGING
dc.subject	COMMUNITY FOREST
dc.subject	COMMUNITY FOREST MANAGEMENT
dc.subject	COMMUNITY FORESTRY
dc.subject	COMMUNITY FORESTS
dc.subject	COMMUNITY HUNTING ZONES
dc.subject	COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION
dc.subject	CONCESSION
dc.subject	CONCESSION HOLDERS
dc.subject	CONSERVATION AREAS
dc.subject	CONSERVATION EFFORTS
dc.subject	CONSERVATION ESTATE
dc.subject	CONSERVATION INITIATIVES
dc.subject	CONSERVATION OBJECTIVES
dc.subject	CONSERVATION OF NATURE
dc.subject	CONSERVATION STRATEGY
dc.subject	CONSERVE BIODIVERSITY
dc.subject	DEBT
dc.subject	DEFORESTATION
dc.subject	DEFORESTATION RATES
dc.subject	DEGRADATION
dc.subject	DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION
dc.subject	DRIVERS OF DEFORESTATION
dc.subject	ECOLOGICAL STABILITY
dc.subject	ECOLOGICAL ZONES
dc.subject	ECONOMIC EFFECTS
dc.subject	ECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subject	ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT
dc.subject	EMISSIONS
dc.subject	EMISSIONS FROM DEFORESTATION
dc.subject	ENDANGERED SPECIES
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTAL
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
dc.subject	EQUILIBRIUM
dc.subject	EXPENDITURES
dc.subject	EXPORT DUTIES
dc.subject	EXPORT INDUSTRY
dc.subject	EXTRACTIVE ACTIVITIES
dc.subject	FARMS
dc.subject	FAUNA
dc.subject	FINANCIAL RESOURCES
dc.subject	FLORA
dc.subject	FOREST
dc.subject	FOREST ACTIVITIES
dc.subject	FOREST ADMINISTRATION
dc.subject	FOREST AREA
dc.subject	FOREST AREAS
dc.subject	FOREST BIODIVERSITY
dc.subject	FOREST CODE
dc.subject	FOREST COMMUNITIES
dc.subject	FOREST CONCESSION
dc.subject	FOREST CONCESSIONAIRES
dc.subject	FOREST CONCESSIONS
dc.subject	FOREST CONSERVATION
dc.subject	FOREST CONTROL
dc.subject	FOREST COVER
dc.subject	FOREST ECOSYSTEM
dc.subject	FOREST ECOSYSTEMS
dc.subject	FOREST ESTATE
dc.subject	FOREST GOVERNANCE
dc.subject	FOREST HARVEST
dc.subject	FOREST HARVESTING
dc.subject	FOREST INDUSTRY
dc.subject	FOREST INSTITUTIONS
dc.subject	FOREST INVENTORY
dc.subject	FOREST LAND
dc.subject	FOREST LANDS
dc.subject	FOREST LANDSCAPE
dc.subject	FOREST LAW
dc.subject	FOREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
dc.subject	FOREST MANAGEMENT
dc.subject	FOREST MANAGEMENT PLAN
dc.subject	FOREST MANAGEMENT PLANS
dc.subject	FOREST MANAGEMENT POLICY
dc.subject	FOREST MANAGEMENT UNITS
dc.subject	FOREST MONITORING
dc.subject	FOREST OPERATIONS
dc.subject	FOREST PLANTATIONS
dc.subject	FOREST POLICIES
dc.subject	FOREST POLICY
dc.subject	FOREST PRODUCTION
dc.subject	FOREST PRODUCTS
dc.subject	FOREST REFORMS
dc.subject	FOREST REGENERATION
dc.subject	FOREST REGIME
dc.subject	FOREST REGULATIONS
dc.subject	FOREST RESERVES
dc.subject	FOREST RESOURCE
dc.subject	FOREST RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
dc.subject	FOREST RESOURCES
dc.subject	FOREST REVENUE
dc.subject	FOREST REVENUES
dc.subject	FOREST SECTOR
dc.subject	FOREST SPECIALIST
dc.subject	FOREST STEWARDSHIP
dc.subject	FOREST SUSTAINABILITY
dc.subject	FOREST TAXATION
dc.subject	FOREST USE
dc.subject	FOREST USERS
dc.subject	FOREST WATCH
dc.subject	FOREST ZONES
dc.subject	FOREST ZONING
dc.subject	FOREST ZONING PLAN
dc.subject	FORESTRY
dc.subject	FORESTRY DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	FORESTRY LAW
dc.subject	FORESTRY POLICY
dc.subject	GAME RESERVES
dc.subject	GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION
dc.subject	GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS
dc.subject	GLOBAL FOREST
dc.subject	GREAT APE
dc.subject	HUMAN ACTIVITY
dc.subject	HUMID FORESTS
dc.subject	HUNTING
dc.subject	HUNTING AREAS
dc.subject	HUNTING ZONES
dc.subject	ILLEGAL EXPLOITATION
dc.subject	ILLEGAL LOGGING
dc.subject	INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES
dc.subject	INDIGENOUS GROUPS
dc.subject	ISSUES
dc.subject	LAND MANAGEMENT
dc.subject	LAND TENURE
dc.subject	LOG EXPORTS
dc.subject	LOGGING
dc.subject	LOGGING CONCESSIONS
dc.subject	LOGGING OPERATIONS
dc.subject	LOGS
dc.subject	MEDICINAL PLANTS
dc.subject	NATIONAL FOREST DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	NATIONAL FOREST ESTATE
dc.subject	NATIONAL FORESTRY
dc.subject	NATIONAL FORESTS
dc.subject	NATIONAL PARKS
dc.subject	NATURAL RESOURCE
dc.subject	NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
dc.subject	NATURAL RESOURCES
dc.subject	NORTHERN FORESTS
dc.subject	OIL
dc.subject	OPPORTUNITY COSTS
dc.subject	PLANT
dc.subject	POACHING
dc.subject	POLITICAL ECONOMY
dc.subject	POPULATION DENSITY
dc.subject	POPULATION GROWTH
dc.subject	POTENTIAL INVESTORS
dc.subject	PRIMARY FORESTS
dc.subject	PRIVATE FORESTS
dc.subject	PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
dc.subject	QUOTAS
dc.subject	RAINFOREST
dc.subject	RAINFORESTS
dc.subject	RANCHES
dc.subject	REFORESTATION
dc.subject	ROADS
dc.subject	RURAL COMMUNITIES
dc.subject	SET ASIDE
dc.subject	SPECIES
dc.subject	STATE FORESTS
dc.subject	STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT
dc.subject	SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	SUSTAINABLE FOREST
dc.subject	SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT
dc.subject	SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT
dc.subject	SUSTAINABLE SYSTEM
dc.subject	SUSTAINABLE USE
dc.subject	TAX REVENUE
dc.subject	TERMS OF TRADE
dc.subject	TIMBER
dc.subject	TIMBER COMPANIES
dc.subject	TIMBER HARVEST
dc.subject	TIMBER INDUSTRY
dc.subject	TIMBER MARKET
dc.subject	TIMBER PRICES
dc.subject	TIMBER PRODUCTION
dc.subject	TIMBER PRODUCTS
dc.subject	TREE
dc.subject	TREES
dc.subject	TROPICAL FOREST
dc.subject	TROPICAL FORESTS
dc.subject	URBAN AREAS
dc.subject	VALUE OF BIODIVERSITY
dc.subject	VEGETATIVE COVER
dc.subject	VILLAGE FOREST
dc.subject	VILLAGES
dc.subject	WILDLIFE
dc.subject	WILDLIFE CONSERVATION
dc.subject	WILDLIFE RESERVES
dc.subject	WILDLIFE SANCTUARIES
dc.subject	WOOD
dc.subject	WOOD PRODUCTS
dc.subject	ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS
dc.title	The Rainforests of Cameroon : Experience and Evidence from a Decade of Reform
dc.type	Publications & Research :: Publication
dc.type	Publications & Research :: Publication
dc.coverage	Africa
dc.coverage	West Africa
dc.coverage	Sub-Saharan Africa
dc.coverage	Cameroon

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