Cameroon’s Environmental Impact Assessment Decree and Public Participation in Concession-Based Forestry: An Exploratory Assessment of Eight Forest-Dependent Communities

Alemagi, Dieudonne; Hajjar, Reem; Tchoundjeu, Zac; Kozak, Robert

doi:10.5539/jsd.v6n10p8

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“…There is a need for the government to establish procedures for a much broader participatory process. Alemagi, Hajjar, Tchoundjeu, and Kozak (2013) identify possible ways of achieving this, including community empowerment through the translation of relevant documents pertaining to the project into local languages, as well as the use of radio and/or television to communicate major provisions of these documents to the illiterate population. In such situations, Lewis (2012) posits that there is a need to implement consultation and participation strategies that take into account the linguistic disparity and literacy levels, such as those established for free, prior, and informed consent processes.…”

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REDD+ readiness process in Cameroon: an analysis of multi-stakeholder perspectives

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Cameroon has been a keen participant in Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation plus conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of carbon stocks (REDD+) negotiations since 2005 and has engaged in activities to enhance the implementation of REDD+ . This article reviews progress on REDD+ readiness in Cameroon based on a multiple REDD+ functions framework. Results show that some progress has been made in terms of planning and coordination, institutional development, and the development of some REDD+ projects. Absence of a legal framework, inadequate procedures for stakeholder participation, slow progress in the development of a national strategy, monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV) challenges, and weak financing remain prominent constraints. Despite having one of the slowest REDD Readiness Preparation Proposal (R-PP) processes in the Congo Basin, stakeholders feel strong ownership because the R-PP was done almost entirely by Cameroonian experts. Some opportunities for improving REDD+ can be considered going forward, including the establishment of procedures for a broader participatory process, speeding up the operationalization of the National Observatory on Climate Change, making use of the ongoing forestry law reform, consideration of a carbon concessions concept, tapping from international initiatives to build on MRV, and improving benefit sharing and financing through the development of an appropriate and decentralized mechanism. Enhancing these opportunities is fundamental for successful REDD+ implementation in Cameroon. Policy relevanceThis article offers a new multidimensional approach to assessing the REDD+ readiness process in Cameroon. This critical assessment, which is done using six key functions, provides an opportunity for enhanced understanding of the process by policy makers, decision makers, and professionals with a view to enabling improvements in the readiness process. Furthermore, the article proffers a series of opportunities that the government and other relevant stakeholders can capitalize on to overcome current hurdles affecting the REDD+ readiness process. It is hoped that policy makers driving the REDD+ process in Cameroon will be able to incorporate the findings of this research into their strategic policy, formulated to advance the REDD+ readiness process. More importantly, it is hoped that the multidimensional framework applied in this study could be useful for assessing REDD+ in similar contexts in the Congo Basin.

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“…The population of Ikizdere, which is the highest of all the towns in Rize, was nearly 5,600 in 2017. 68% of the population (3,814) lives in the villages and the outskirts of Ikizdere town (URL-1, 2018). According to article 31 of Turkish Forest Law 6831, 24 villages of Ikizdere Town are in the status of "forest villages" that have certain privileges and status over other ordinary villages.…”

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“…One of the basic objectives of all national forest policies include conservation with a focus on protection, maintenance, sustainable utilization, restoration and enhancement of the forested lands (Alemagi et al, 2013); however, meeting the objectives set by these policies has rarely been fully achieved (Makarabhirom, 1999). One of the impediments has been the lack of public participation in processes and mechanisms which enable stakeholders to be part of decision-making in all aspects of forest resource management, including policy formulation processes.…”

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Transferring the Responsibility of Forest Protection to Village Administration: A Case Study of Ikizdere, Rize, Turkey

Ayaz¹,

Bılgılı²,

Koroglu³

2019

Appl. Ecol. Env. Res.

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Effective public participation is considered essential to making sound decisions for the protection and sustainable management of natural resources. This paper aims to analyze the preferences of forest villagers to protect state forests within the boundaries of villages and generate income for their livelyhoods. As a case study area in Turkey, forest villages of Rize-Ikizdere town were selected to carry out the research. In the study area, intensive forest protection activities are carried out under the administration of Trabzon Regional Directorate of Forestry. A questionnaire form was developed and applied to the villages of the town on a face-to-face basis. According to the survey results, while most of the participants preferred to hand over the forest protection responsibility from state to legal village administration, they indicated some concerns about taking over the responsibility of forest protection that would bring some risks under the proposed policy. In conclusion, most of the participants envisioned that the new policy was likely to develop mutual understanding of participation, thoughtfulness, worthiness and stewardship about forests rather than foreseeing it as a source of income generation, and help lessen the forest degradation to a certain extent.

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“…The execution of EIA policies and regulations among the local government administration bureaus varied greatly surrounding information disclosure and public participation. In Cameroon, Alemagi et al () in their study of public participation and EIAs for concession‐based forestry in eight forest‐dependent villages in the Southwestern Region note that some of the obstacles toward effective participation included lack of promotion of public participation by government, corruption in government and lack of governance, poor literacy in communities, unavailability of EIA documents in the local language and participation being limited to traditional leaders.…”

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Exploring the Impacts of Mining on Tourism Growth and Local Sustainability: The Case of Mapungubwe Heritage Site, Limpopo, South Africa

Leonard

Lebogang

2017

Sustainable Development

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Mining licenses in post‐apartheid South Africa are being granted by the ruling government in sensitive areas that are important tourism hubs and employment generators. Limited research has been conducted to understand mining impacts on protected environments and tourism sites. This paper will focus on the Mapungubwe World Heritage Site as a tourist attraction in Limpopo to shed light on how mining is impacting on the area and on tourism development and local sustainability. This paper examines the difficulties that have been encountered by the tourism destination and surrounding communities due to the mining licences granted. Semi‐structured interviews were conducted with key informants (communities, an employee at the heritage site and a government official) and are reported in this paper. We conclude that mining should not be allowed, with the need to rather safeguard the environment for cultural and environmental purposes. Stakeholder participation needs to be taken seriously by both the mining company and the government. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment

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Cameroon’s Environmental Impact Assessment Decree and Public Participation in Concession-Based Forestry: An Exploratory Assessment of Eight Forest-Dependent Communities

Cited by 7 publications

References 26 publications

REDD+ readiness process in Cameroon: an analysis of multi-stakeholder perspectives

REDD+ readiness process in Cameroon: an analysis of multi-stakeholder perspectives

Transferring the Responsibility of Forest Protection to Village Administration: A Case Study of Ikizdere, Rize, Turkey

Exploring the Impacts of Mining on Tourism Growth and Local Sustainability: The Case of Mapungubwe Heritage Site, Limpopo, South Africa

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