Logging operations in Cameroon are based on the extraction of wood from natural forest. In this paper, we assessed the carbon stock (in a Forest Management Unit -FMU located in East Cameroon) from field inventory to post-felling operations up to sawmill and export terminals.Tree basal area and aboveground biomass were calculated based on trees inventoried in the annual allowable cut. We observed that from an exploitable tree potential of 0.696 trees ha -1 inventoried within a diameter range of 50-110 cm, 0.141 tree ha -1 i.e. 20% of the inventoried 1 A c c e p t e d M a n u s c r i p t 2 trees were logged. In other words, out of 6.78 tC ha -1 inventoried, 1.84 tC ha -1 i.e. 27% was logged, 1.62 tC ha -1 arrived in the log yard and 1.3 tC ha-1 arrived in sawmill while 0.32 tC ha -1 reached the export terminal. In terms of damages caused on vegetation, 4.45% of the all Annual Allowance Cut were affected during logging activities, this represents almost 33188.07 Tons of carbon. These findings show that the implementation of RIL could reduce these losses throughout the logging steps and help propose process for the valuation of wood waste in forest and sawmill. In this context reducing emission from deforestation and degradation will be engaged with the right approach.

Projects aimed at reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) have expanded in Central Africa following carbon certification standards, which were intended to demonstrate the feasibility of payments and rewards earned depending on a measured quantity of avoided deforestation. We used storytelling as a communication concept to analyse the narratives of five main certification standards that accompanied the implementation of REDD+ projects in Central Africa. Our analysis focuses on two storylines: the measurement of avoided deforestation, and payments or rewards. The examination of official documents disseminated by certification standards and the results from a survey of REDD+ stakeholders highlighted a gap between these promises and reality. Our findings show that carbon standards have diffused an idyllic view of REDD+, simplifying methods of measuring avoided deforestation and promising payments, co-benefits and sustainable development. Unkept promises result in disappointment and declining enthusiasm on the part of those involved in REDD+ projects at an early stage.

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Analyser la résilience des populations au changement climatique et les opportunités de la REDD+ pour recommander des synergies entre adaptation et mitigation dans le Bassin du Congo