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Forests, illegality, and livelihoods in Cameroon

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Title Forests, illegality, and livelihoods in Cameroon
 
Creator Cerutti, P.O.
Tacconi, L.
 
Subject illicit felling
logging
livelihoods
rural communities
concession (land)
forestry policies
 
Description Concern about illegal logging has grown considerably over the past decade due to the interest in its environmental impacts, and more recently as a result of its perceived impacts on livelihoods. The authors find that the reality of illegal logging is much more nuanced than has been depicted and that there is a need to focus on illegal forest activities (IFAs) beyond just illegal harvest. This paper shows that the illegal log harvest in Cameroon is smaller than previously thought and that, in recent years, small-scale operators forced to operate illegally by an illicit ministerial decision contributed a significant share. This paper provides suggestions to the government and donor community about priority areas for interventions related to IFAs, sustainability, and livelihoods. These include allowing small-scale logging operations as a way to reverse the historical marginalization of rural people and reducing the misuse of the forest area tax, which is supposed to benefit rural communities.
 
Date 2006
2012-06-04T09:09:32Z
2012-06-04T09:09:32Z
 
Type Book
 
Identifier Cerutti, P.O., Tacconi, L. 2006. Forests, illegality, and livelihoods in Cameroon . CIFOR Working Paper No.35. Bogor, Indonesia, CIFOR. 22p.
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/19522
https://www.cifor.org/knowledge/publication/2108
 
Language en
 
Publisher Center for International Forestry Research