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Linking the global to the national: An application of the international pathways model to examine the influence of International environmental agreements on Cameroon’s forest policy.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2016
ISSN
1567-9764
Abstract
Cameroon’s tropical forest cover is one of the largest in the world. It is home to some of the world’s rarest plant and animal species. However, the country has suffered extensive forest loss for many decades as a result of socioeconomic and political factors. The growing global concern for the health of the world’s forests and related global issues has placed pressure on Cameroon to sustainably manage its forests. The intricacies of domestic and international pressures on Cameroon’s forest sector means that policy makers have to take into consideration the dynamics of the domestic-international nexus in developing the country’s forest policies. The increasingly integrated global governance of the world’s forests—international agreements, protocols and treaties, international program, international institutions, international actors, and international norms—together constitute international policy regimes that have influenced the direction of Cameroon’s forest policy. Employing the international pathways framework model, an analytic model which describes how transnational actors and international institutions affect domestic policies and policy making, this paper examines the extent to which international environmental agreements have influenced the direction of Cameroon’s forest policy and policy making. The application of the international pathways model facilitated analytic review and allowed for a better understanding of how Cameroon has utilized the complex global forest governance arrangements to enhance its domestic forest policy.
Language
en_US
Publisher
Springer
Recommended Citation
Mbatu, R.S. (2016). Linking the global to the national: An application of the international pathways model to examine the influence of International environmental agreements on Cameroon’s forest policy. International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics, 16(4), 465-492. doi: 10.1007/s10784-014-9260-7
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Abstract only. Full-text article is available only through licensed access provided by the publisher. Published in International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics, 16(4), 465-492. doi: 10.1007/s10784-014-9260-7. Members of the USF System may access the full-text of the article through the authenticated link provided.