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Understanding The Challenges Of Expanding Community Forestry In Northwest Cameroon, Caitlin M. Farnung

FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The tropical afro-montane forest of the Northwest region is unique and under direct threat from the high population density of the region. Community-based forestry management is an opportunity to sustainably manage the remaining forest fragments.

Community forestry was introduced to Cameroon with the legislation of the 1994 Forestry Law. Over two decades later little research has been conducted in the Northwest region of Cameroon. Twenty-four semi-structured interviews were conducted, and samples of forestry records were analyzed as exploratory research that would act as a base for further research.

This research found that the tenure of the community over the community …