Cameroon's forest policy within the overall national land use framework: from sectorial approaches to global coherence?

Djiegni, F. Kengoum; Assembe-Mvondo, S.; Atyi, R. Eba'a; Levang, Patrice; Fomété, T.

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“…Similarly, symbols or images express stakeholders' conceptions of environmental issues (Chong & Druckman, 2007; Christensen, 2022; Darjee et al, 2021; Straus, 2011). Thus, public policies tend to be coherent or incoherent when they (or domains) do or do not share a common system of ideas, culture, symbols, beliefs, or values (Baker et al, 2019; Behboudi et al, 2015; Jordan & Halpin, 2006; Kengoum Djiegni et al, 2016; Skovgaard, 2018). For example, in the analysis of the Arctic PC, May et al (2005) wrote that “coherence is further undermined by our failure to identify common objectives or ideas concerning Arctic policy from our perusal of the websites of relevant organizations” (p. 56).…”

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“…Political reasons are also a factor that can influence PC (Brooks, 2014; Ranabhat et al, 2018; Waheed et al, 2021), including political will and culture (Kengoum Djiegni et al, 2016; Lewis & Su, 2021; Moure et al, 2021). In examining the conditions for climate‐sensitive sectoral policies to be coherent with each other in the Caribbean, Lewis and Su (2021) found that political will is an important trigger to consider.…”

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Barriers and enablers of environmental policy coherence: A systematic review

Tchinda

Talbot

2023

Env Pol Gov

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The literature on policy coherence (PC) examines contradictions and synergies between policies. This systematic review explores factors that facilitate or disrupt PC in the environmental field. Based on 70 empirical studies, this research describes the evolution of the PC literature, identifying eight critical PC factors. Furthermore, this study identifies six avenues for future research on PC, such as methodological innovations and including stakeholders in the policy development process. In addition to drawing on contradictions and synergies for PC analysis, this study suggests an integrative framework of barriers and enablers. These findings have implications for policymakers and program managers in the environmental field.

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Barriers and enablers of environmental policy coherence: A systematic review

Tchinda

Talbot

2023

Env Pol Gov

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“…Diverse actors that do not necessarily share the same ideas and interests regarding forestland policies intervene in the community forestry in Cameroon (Cuny 2011, Ongolo 2015, Djiegni et al 2016. Communities, public sector, private enterprises, and local, national, and international NGOs, among others compete for the various policies that are designed to satisfy their desires.…”

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Addressing equity in community forestry: lessons from 20 years of implementation in Cameroon

Essougong¹,

Foundjem-Tita²,

Minang³

2019

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A community forestry approach was adopted by Cameroon as a strategy to promote the sustainable management of forests, participation by local communities in forest management, and poverty alleviation. However, results have been moderate and community forestry has largely failed in achieving its initial goals. Our work, based on existing literature, uses the three interrelated dimensions of equity: distributive, procedural, and contextual to highlight the main equity challenges encountered in implementing the community forestry approach over the past 20 years in Cameroon. The main constraints to distributive equity identified include: the absence of clear benefit-sharing mechanisms and rents capture by elites, insecure tenure, and limited use rights of forest resources. Regarding the procedural dimension, we observed an exclusion of vulnerable groups, especially women, and a lack of information flow and transparency in decision-making processes. Finally, for contextual equity, the main constraints are unfair laws and regulations that give more advantages to the state and logging companies than to the local population. Moreover, poor community capacities and high transaction costs in the process of obtaining and exploiting community forests are additional constraints to contextual equity. The authors recommend a few measures to improve community forestry contribution to socioeconomic development, equity in benefit sharing, and sustainable management of forest resources. These include the need: (1) to promote transparency in community forests management with fair and gender-based policies that consider socioeconomic differences existing within and between forest communities; (2) to strengthen local community members financial and technical capacities and increase their representation and participation in decision-making structures; and (3) to set up mechanisms that guarantee existing policies are fully implemented.

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“…For nearly eight million rural and poor inhabitants, forests represent an important source of food, medicinal products, domestic energy and construction material (Topa et al., ). Economically, the formal and informal forestry sector collectively employed over 3% (617,000) of Cameroon's 20 million people as well as contributing 3.95% to the country's gross domestic product in 2013 (Kengoum Djiegni, Assembe‐Mvondo, Eba'a Atyi, Levang, & Fomete, ). This section discusses the 1994 sectoral forest management decentralization and the role of municipalities therein.…”

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The conundrum between political and sectoral decentralizations: The case of Cameroon

Ofoulhast-Othamot

2018

Development Policy Review

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In recent years, alongside implementation of “traditional” decentralization policies, sectoral decentralization experiments in natural resources management have taken place worldwide, mainly under the justification of improving resource conservation and rural development. In the Congo basin, for instance, the epicentre of Africa's tropical rainforests, Cameroon has been engaged in these dual processes of devolution of power to municipalities and municipal involvement in the forestry sector. Drawing on the case of the first municipal forest governance experiment in Cameroon, the article argues that the lack of co‐ordination between the political and sectoral decentralizations is undermining the foundation for effective, democratic and accountable municipal and environmental governance. The case provides useful policy recommendations for donors supporting the global emergence of municipal government capacity.

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Cameroon's forest policy within the overall national land use framework: from sectorial approaches to global coherence?

Cited by 7 publications

References 18 publications

Barriers and enablers of environmental policy coherence: A systematic review

Barriers and enablers of environmental policy coherence: A systematic review

Addressing equity in community forestry: lessons from 20 years of implementation in Cameroon

The conundrum between political and sectoral decentralizations: The case of Cameroon

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