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Trading legality with precaution: preliminary impacts of management plans and forest certification in the Cameroonian forests.

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Title Trading legality with precaution: preliminary impacts of management plans and forest certification in the Cameroonian forests.
 
Creator Cerutti, P.O.
Tacconi, L.
Nasi, Robert
 
Subject forest management
certification
logging
 
Description As of mid-2008, 63 of the 101 available forest management units (FMUs) in Cameroon were managed according to approved management plans, and seven FMUs had received a FSC certification. This paper provides a preliminary assessment of the volumetric and financial variations incurred by logging companies and by the government when adopting both the management plans and the FSC regulations. The full adoption of sustainable, or at least precautionary, values into approved management plans could reduce available volumes of the most harvested species by 17%, while foregone revenues for the State could amount to about 18%. The financial losses incurred by both the State and logging companies by fully adopting improved forest management in Cameroon should deserve more attention, if viable alternative options are to be found and resistance to reform diminished.
 
Date 2011
2012-06-04T09:15:23Z
2012-06-04T09:15:23Z
 
Type Book Chapter
 
Identifier Cerutti, P.O., Tacconi, L., Nasi, R. 2011. Trading legality with precaution: preliminary impacts of management plans and forest certification in the Cameroonian forests. In: Geldenhuys C.J, Ham C, & Ham H (eds.). Sustainable Forest Management in Africa: some solutions to natural forest management problems in Africa. Proceedings of the sustainable forest management in Africa Symposium. Stellenbosch, 3 – 7 November 2008.. :361-374. Stellenbosch, South Africa, Stellenbosch University. ISBN: 978-0-7972-1345-6..
978-0-7972-1345-6
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/20996
https://www.cifor.org/knowledge/publication/3670
 
Language en
 
Publisher Stellenbosch University