External Influences on and Conditions for Community Logging Management in Cameroon

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.