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Tenure and land use

Are ownership and forest land use maps available?

The forest land use maps exist and are drawn by State (National Mapping Institute) and its foreign partner NGOs (WRI...). The maps prepared by the National Mapping are more general maps, serving as background for more forest-specific maps. NGOs preparing land-use maps are more professional than the MINFOF staff as they have enough resources to hire experts. It is however a concern to leave such a sensitive task under the full control of foreign institutions, and capacity building with a transfer of the task will be more than needed in this area.

Title	INC maps Interactive forestry atlas of Cameroon version 1.0 (Synthesis Document) 2005 Interactive forestry atlas of Cameroon version 2.0 (summary Document) 2007
Date	2005, 2007
Source	Institut National de Cartographie Global Forest watch, http://www.globalforestwatch.org/french/pdf/Document_synthese_francais.pdf http://cameroun-foret.com/fr/bibliotheque/10191 http://pdf.wri.org/gfw_cameroun_atlas_v2_francais.pdf
Language	French and English
Accuracy	Information on reference maps (INC maps) are not accurate.
Timeliness	INC maps not updated. Atlas updated annually.
Completeness	Ownership maps are available at the level of divisions but there is a lack of information at the national level.