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Améliorer la compétitivité du bois de sciage légal en provenance de la zone agroforestière au Cameroun

Authors
  • Romain Kana (WWF, Cameroun)
  • Norbert Sonne (WWF, Cameroun)
  • Barthelemy Ondua (WWF, Cameroun)
  • Patrick Tadjo (Ministère des forêts et de la faune, Cameroun)
  • Benjamin Ondo (ONG de développement local CEPFILD, Cameroun)

Abstract

Since 1997, the year the first community forest in Cameroon was created, sawn wood from community forests has been facing difficulties to find a place in an expanding domestic market. The low competitiveness of community forest products is among the major obstacles to have them help reduce rural poverty as desired in the new forest policies in Central Africa. This article, from the work of the World Wide Fund for Nature team and organizations partners, identifies the factors explaining the low competitiveness of community forests in the domestic market and proposes by way of conclusion some strategies whose implementation will allow community forestry to play its full role in the supply of domestic markets, improving sustainable management of the agroforestry landscape and fostering poverty reduction in rural areas.

Key words: wood value chain, artisanal logging, forest policy, community forests 

How to Cite:

Kana, R., Sonne, N., Ondua, B., Tadjo, P. & Ondo, B., (2015) “Améliorer la compétitivité du bois de sciage légal en provenance de la zone agroforestière au Cameroun”, Afrika Focus 28(2). doi: https://doi.org/10.21825/af.v28i2.4865

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16 Sep 2015
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