People
54 per km2 of forest
Corruption Perception Index
2.2
10
Income
GDP per capita US$1137
Cameroon
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Our Findings
Legal access to information
Although the right to information is clearly recognised by Constitution, lack of a legal framework means communities struggle to obtain information from public services. Read more...
Transparent Decision Making
The first substantive National Forest Forum took place in March 2010, with some one thousand participants debating various and raising them directly with officials. Read more...
Tenure and Land Use
Forest lands are under clear legal ownership by the state or the municipalities. This is contested by communities, who claim ownership on all the forest lands and resources. Read more...
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Impact of extra-sectoral activities in forests
In one area, there can be three layers of overlapping rights: customary rights, commercial logging rights, and rights to subsoil resources (oil, gas minerals). This is a key threat to forests and to the rights granted to communities by the forest law. Read more...
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