Use and misuse of forest income by rural communities in Cameroon
Since 1996, Cameroon has been redistributing a share of Annual Forest Royalties (AFF) to villages/communities, with the aim of increasing rural people’s standards of living. However, its applicationhas been widely criticized. Our study is based on a sample of nine communities in the Cameroon forest belt. We found that:a significant part of AFF does not reach communities; 3 villages out of 9 add other incomes to AFF payments in order to carry out collective investments; and 3 other villages were able to justify the complete use of their AFF. This relative success in the establishment of a decentralized mechanism for forest incomemanagement indicates the need for strengthening the capabilities of communities in order to guarantee endogenous development.
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| Format: | Journal Article biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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2008
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| Subjects: | tropical forests, rural development, rural communities, |
| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/20015 https://www.cifor.org/knowledge/publication/2622 |
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