2016
DOI: 10.1505/146554816819683744
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Contributions of community and individual small-scale logging to sustainable timber management in Cameroon

Abstract: In Cameroon, sustainable timber management relies on the model of large logging concession. However, over the past fifteen years, small-scale logging has become a common activity, with two different forms. First, the creation of community forests in the late 1990s allowed village associations to legally harvest, process and trade timber, almost always with the support of external actors such as NGOs or private operators. Second, individual chainsaw milling, almost always informal, has grown considerably. The a… Show more

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“…This cost is now almost entirely borne by external funders in the DRC (Bauer 2016). Without a simplification of national regulations, this dependence on external funding will prevent most rural https://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol24/iss1/art6/ populations from engaging in community forestry or will favor illegal practices to cover these costs, as the Cameroonian experience has clearly shown (Cuny 2011, Lescuyer et al 2016).…”
Section: The Obligation To Decrease the Costs Of Procedures And Instimentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…This cost is now almost entirely borne by external funders in the DRC (Bauer 2016). Without a simplification of national regulations, this dependence on external funding will prevent most rural https://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol24/iss1/art6/ populations from engaging in community forestry or will favor illegal practices to cover these costs, as the Cameroonian experience has clearly shown (Cuny 2011, Lescuyer et al 2016).…”
Section: The Obligation To Decrease the Costs Of Procedures And Instimentioning
confidence: 99%
“…First, the start-up costs for a community forest are out of the reach of local populations: it is necessary to spend more than US$30,000 even before signing the CF management agreement with the administration (Lescuyer et al 2016). Such a level of starting costs is partly because of the complex and expensive regulations imposed on creating and running a CF in Cameroon (Vermeulen et al 2006, Julve Larrubia et al 2013.…”
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“…Elles semblent aujourd'hui largement instrumentalisées pour fournir ces volumes de bois, en déconnexion avec leurs capacités réelles, et en servant bien souvent à blanchir du bois abattu illégalement, avec des bénéfices mineurs pour les communautés (Lescuyer et al, 2016). Améliorer la performance du système de contrôle et de traçabilité des produits extraits des forêts communautaires est une étape préalable incontournable pour favoriser la légalisation des exportations des sciages vers le Tchad.…”
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“…Les organisations non gouvernementales (ONG), les élites et les opérateurs forestiers privés ont été présentés aux communautés comme des acteurs d'appui à la création et à l'amélioration de la gouvernance des FC (Burnham, 2000 ;Lescuyer et al, 2016). Au Cameroun et dans d'autres pays en développement, ces acteurs ont financé la création de FC, donné des formations et entrepris des dons d'équipements forestiers aux communautés (Djeumo, 2001 ;Afroz et al, 2016).…”
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