Topa, GiuseppeKarsenty, AlainMegevand, CaroleDebroux, Laurent2012-03-192012-03-192009978-0-8213-7878-6https://hdl.handle.net/10986/2683In 1994, the Government of Cameroon introduced an array of forest policy reforms, both regulatory and market-based, to support a more organized, transparent, and sustainable system for accessing and using forest resources. This report describes how these reforms played out in the rainforests of Cameroon. The intention is to provide a brief account of a complex process and identify what worked, what did not, and what can be improved. The barriers to placing Cameroon's forests at the service of its people, its economy, and the environment originated with the extractive policies of successive colonial administrations. The barriers were further consolidated after independence through a system of political patronage and influence in which forest resources became a coveted currency for political support. These deeply entangled commercial and political interests have only recently, and reluctantly, started to diverge. In 1994, the government introduced an array of forest policy reforms, both regulatory and market based. The reforms changed the rules determining who could gain access to forest resources, how access could be obtained, how those resources could be used, and who will benefit from their use. This report assesses the outcomes of reforms in forest-rich areas of Cameroon, where the influence of industrial and political elites has dominated since colonial times.CC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO FORESTACTION PLANAGRICULTUREAGROFORESTRYAMAZON BASINAREAS FOR WILDLIFEAREAS OF FORESTBIODIVERSITY CONSERVATIONBOTANICAL GARDENSBUFFER ZONESBUSH MEATCARBONCLIMATECLIMATE CHANGECOMMERCIAL FORESTSCOMMERCIAL LOGGINGCOMMUNITY FORESTCOMMUNITY FOREST MANAGEMENTCOMMUNITY FORESTRYCOMMUNITY FORESTSCOMMUNITY HUNTING ZONESCOMMUNITY PARTICIPATIONCONCESSIONCONCESSION HOLDERSCONSERVATION AREASCONSERVATION EFFORTSCONSERVATION ESTATECONSERVATION INITIATIVESCONSERVATION OBJECTIVESCONSERVATION OF NATURECONSERVATION STRATEGYCONSERVE BIODIVERSITYDEBTDEFORESTATIONDEFORESTATION RATESDEGRADATIONDOMESTIC CONSUMPTIONDRIVERS OF DEFORESTATIONECOLOGICAL STABILITYECOLOGICAL ZONESECONOMIC EFFECTSECONOMIC GROWTHECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENTEMISSIONSEMISSIONS FROM DEFORESTATIONENDANGERED SPECIESENVIRONMENTALENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITSENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTSENVIRONMENTAL ISSUESENVIRONMENTAL POLICYENVIRONMENTAL SERVICESENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIPENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITYEQUILIBRIUMEXPENDITURESEXPORT DUTIESEXPORT INDUSTRYEXTRACTIVE ACTIVITIESFARMSFAUNAFINANCIAL RESOURCESFLORAFORESTFOREST ACTIVITIESFOREST ADMINISTRATIONFOREST AREAFOREST AREASFOREST BIODIVERSITYFOREST CODEFOREST COMMUNITIESFOREST CONCESSIONFOREST CONCESSIONAIRESFOREST CONCESSIONSFOREST CONSERVATIONFOREST CONTROLFOREST COVERFOREST ECOSYSTEMFOREST ECOSYSTEMSFOREST ESTATEFOREST GOVERNANCEFOREST HARVESTFOREST HARVESTINGFOREST INDUSTRYFOREST INSTITUTIONSFOREST INVENTORYFOREST LANDFOREST LANDSFOREST LANDSCAPEFOREST LAWFOREST LAW ENFORCEMENTFOREST MANAGEMENTFOREST MANAGEMENT PLANFOREST MANAGEMENT PLANSFOREST MANAGEMENT POLICYFOREST MANAGEMENT UNITSFOREST MONITORINGFOREST OPERATIONSFOREST PLANTATIONSFOREST POLICIESFOREST POLICYFOREST PRODUCTIONFOREST PRODUCTSFOREST REFORMSFOREST REGENERATIONFOREST REGIMEFOREST REGULATIONSFOREST RESERVESFOREST RESOURCEFOREST RESOURCE MANAGEMENTFOREST RESOURCESFOREST REVENUEFOREST REVENUESFOREST SECTORFOREST SPECIALISTFOREST STEWARDSHIPFOREST SUSTAINABILITYFOREST TAXATIONFOREST USEFOREST USERSFOREST WATCHFOREST ZONESFOREST ZONINGFOREST ZONING PLANFORESTRYFORESTRY DEVELOPMENTFORESTRY LAWFORESTRY POLICYGAME RESERVESGEOGRAPHIC INFORMATIONGEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMSGLOBAL FORESTGREAT APEHUMAN ACTIVITYHUMID FORESTSHUNTINGHUNTING AREASHUNTING ZONESILLEGAL EXPLOITATIONILLEGAL LOGGINGINDIGENOUS COMMUNITIESINDIGENOUS GROUPSISSUESLAND MANAGEMENTLAND TENURELOG EXPORTSLOGGINGLOGGING CONCESSIONSLOGGING OPERATIONSLOGSMEDICINAL PLANTSNATIONAL FOREST DEVELOPMENTNATIONAL FOREST ESTATENATIONAL FORESTRYNATIONAL FORESTSNATIONAL PARKSNATURAL RESOURCENATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENTNATURAL RESOURCESNORTHERN FORESTSOILOPPORTUNITY COSTSPLANTPOACHINGPOLITICAL ECONOMYPOPULATION DENSITYPOPULATION GROWTHPOTENTIAL INVESTORSPRIMARY FORESTSPRIVATE FORESTSPUBLIC PARTICIPATIONQUOTASRAINFORESTRAINFORESTSRANCHESREFORESTATIONROADSRURAL COMMUNITIESSET ASIDESPECIESSTATE FORESTSSTRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENTSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTSUSTAINABLE FORESTSUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENTSUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENTSUSTAINABLE SYSTEMSUSTAINABLE USETAX REVENUETERMS OF TRADETIMBERTIMBER COMPANIESTIMBER HARVESTTIMBER INDUSTRYTIMBER MARKETTIMBER PRICESTIMBER PRODUCTIONTIMBER PRODUCTSTREETREESTROPICAL FORESTTROPICAL FORESTSURBAN AREASVALUE OF BIODIVERSITYVEGETATIVE COVERVILLAGE FORESTVILLAGESWILDLIFEWILDLIFE CONSERVATIONWILDLIFE RESERVESWILDLIFE SANCTUARIESWOODWOOD PRODUCTSZOOLOGICAL GARDENSWorld Bank10.1596/978-0-8213-7878-6