Politico-Economic Determinants of Forestry Policy in Cameroon
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-2007
Keywords
Cameroon, Citizen participation, Community forest management, Environmental policy, Forestry policy, Market-based strategies, Grassroots-based strategies, Political economy
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10708-008-9118-z
Abstract
Factors that influence the policy choices of forest and environmental policy-makers in developing countries are yet to be completely understood. The study reported in this paper seeks to contribute to efforts addressed to promoting knowledge of these factors. It does so by analyzing the forest and environmental policy and policy field of Cameroon. The field is shown to be crowded, involving entities and individuals with disparate goals. The state emerges as the most powerful stakeholder in the field. It is argued that despite their seemingly inconsistent and contradictory nature, major provisions of Cameroon’s forestry and environmental policy have a unified purpose, viz., to serve the interests of powerful domestic and international stakeholders. It is concluded that the interests of these stakeholders, rather than the country’s national development goals, constitute the major determinant of the policy choices of its forest and environmental policy-makers.
Was this content written or created while at USF?
Yes
Citation / Publisher Attribution
GeoJournal, v. 70, issues 2-3, p. 109-120
Scholar Commons Citation
Njoh, Ambe J., "Politico-Economic Determinants of Forestry Policy in Cameroon" (2007). School of Geosciences Faculty and Staff Publications. 1959.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/geo_facpub/1959
