The Economics of Shifting Cultivation and Deforestation in Cameroon
Author | : Amy Susan Ickowitz |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 456 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Burning of land |
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Author | : Amy Susan Ickowitz |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 456 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Burning of land |
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Author | : Cheryl Palm |
Publisher | : Columbia University Press |
Total Pages | : 494 |
Release | : 2005-08-17 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9780231508834 |
Caused in part by the slash-and-burn practices of both large- and small-scale farmers, the environmental implications of tropical deforestation remain a worldwide concern. Yet the small-scale farmers who use slash-and-burn agriculture depend on it to produce food and make a living for their families. With contributions from scientists, economists, ecologists, and anthropologists, this book provides an overall analysis of the environmental, economic, and social reasons for why slash and burn is so common and presents alternatives to this destructive practice.
Author | : Boniface Essama-Nssah |
Publisher | : World Bank Publications |
Total Pages | : 152 |
Release | : 2000-01-01 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 9780821347607 |
This country case study, part of the Operations Evaluation Department (OED) A Review of the 1991 World Bank Forest Strategy and Its Implementation, evaluates World Bank operations in Cameroon for their consistency with the strategy. The strategic aspects of those operations are judged here on their relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, institutional development, and sustainability. The fundamental objective of the forest policy reform in Cameroon was to establish a transparent, equitable, and sustainable management system for forest resources. The outcome of the reform process was limited, for four reasons. First, the government of Cameroon lacked genuine commitment and the capacity to carry out the reform. Second, key actors in the reform process (particularly foreign logging companies and the parliament) chose to oppose it. Third, partners such as the World Bank failed to devise an implementation strategy compatible with the underlying dynamics of political and socioeconomic changes in Cameroon. Finally, while Cameroon's forest policy is well codified in documents, it is poorly implemented. Although the reforms have led to increased tax revenues and increased the share of GDP attributable to the forest sector, the structural underpinnings of the sector have been little affected. Government agencies in the sector continue to be weak. The international logging companies that dominate the sector continue to have a free hand in the development and use of the forest resources of Cameroon. Local communities were left out of the reform process, despite the declared objective to include them in forest resource management. Overall, the interventions of the Bank inside and outside the forest sector in Cameroon were relevant to its strategic objectives, but they were neither efficacious nor efficient. Because of weak institutional development, the achievements are unlikely to be sustained. The Bank should focus its future reform efforts in Cameroon on the collection and dissemination of relevant and reliable information, working with a larger set of stakeholders, and using more Cameroonian expertise to gain local perspective and build capacity. The success of such an approach hinges on government commitment and the cooperation of other donor countries, including those with timber interests in Cameroon.
Author | : Mary Ann Brocklesby |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 20 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Agricultural development projects |
ISBN | : 9780850033328 |
Author | : Amy Ickowitz |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
[Shifting cultivation is often blamed as a principal cause of deforestation in tropical Africa. It is claimed that the practice is unsustainable because shortened fallow lengths result in soils too degraded to support forest vegetation. The decline in fallow lengths is often attributed to increases in population density and greater market participation. The conventional wisdom makes several claims that are as yet unsubstantiated. This paper investigates whether there is evidence to support two of these claims in southern Cameroon. First, using both cross-sectional and panel data, I find that there is indeed a robust negative association between fallow lengths and population density in the study area and weaker evidence for a negative relationship between fallow lengths and market participation. Second, a stochastic frontier production function approach is used to investigate the marginal contribution of fallow to output. Results indicate that fallow lengths are not low enough to be affecting yields and therefore do not appear to be resulting in declines in soil fertility. Thus overall, while some of the assumptions of the conventional wisdom appear to be true, there is little evidence to support its dramatic conclusion that shifting cultivators are causing deforestation in the forested region of Cameroon.
Author | : David Kaimowitz |
Publisher | : CIFOR |
Total Pages | : 153 |
Release | : 1998-01-01 |
Genre | : Deforestation |
ISBN | : 979876417X |
Types of economic deforestation models. Household and firm-level models. Regional-level models. National and macro-level models. Priority areas for future research.
Author | : Cornelius Mbifung Lambi |
Publisher | : African Books Collective |
Total Pages | : 220 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 995661548X |
The densely populated Bamenda Highlands of Cameroon remains one of the regions with the greatest land degradation problems in the country. Factors responsible for this include climate change, the hilly nature or topographic layout of the land, and human interference through overgrazing, destructive agricultural practices and the impact of deforestation. This detailed study of resource management and its ecological challenges in the Bamenda Highlands, stresses an important link between falling food output and soil deterioration. While most areas in this predominantly agricultural region enjoy food abundance, the inhabitants of high-density infertile, rugged mountainous areas are forced to resort to double cropping and intensified land exploitation that leave little room for soil regeneration. The population problem in relation to land degradation is infinitely more complicated than the region's sheer ability to produce enough food supply. The authors make a strong case for a delicate balance between human agency and environmental protection in this highly populated and physically challenging region where land is a precious resource and land conflicts are common.
Author | : Carole Megevand |
Publisher | : World Bank Publications |
Total Pages | : 180 |
Release | : 2013-01-25 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0821397427 |
"This volume is a product of the staff of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / The World Bank."