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WORLD DEVELOPMENT
Volume 37, Issue 2, Pages 445-456Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2008.03.011
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community forests; logging; vertical integration; Central Africa; Cameroon
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Community-based forest management has been promoted widely to enable local communities capture the value of the forests they inhabit. Most community forests have focused on non-timber forest products. In Cameroon, the 1994 Forest Law introduced community forestry with a strong emphasis on timber harvesting. We analyze a stratified sample of 20 community forests to assess the added in the market chain. This is due to a lack of technical skills. excessive distance to markets, competition from industrial loggers who access forests to local development. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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