Pénelon Alain, Mendouga Mébenga Luc.
1997. Produits forestiers non ligneux : du prélèvement à la première commercialisation.
In : Forestry for sustainable development : towards the 21'st century. Vol.3 : Productive functions of forests = La foresterie pour le développement durable vers le 21ème siècle. Vol.3 : Fonctions de production des forêts. Ministry of Forestry
Titre anglais : Non-woody forest products from removal to initial marketing
Résumé : The humid forest of the equatorial zone is characterized by considerable biological diversity. Some resources have been exploited since ancient times while in the case of others exploitation has been recent and intensive. This paper considers how non-woody resources, long held in low regard on account of the priority accorded to commercial timber, are viewed by forest populations. The timber industry has triggered many social conflicts by exploiting the timber of several species used for their bark, their fruit or the caterpillars they carry. Beyond these conflicts, it is the economy of households which has been changed by a reduction in own consumption to the benefit of sales, with the modification also - and especially of the rules governing the removal of, access to and control of resources. The study is taking place in the Province of East Cameroon, a feature of which is an imposing stand of 7.5 million ha of semi-deciduous, sempervirent forest in its southern two-thirds and grassier formations with gallery forests in its northern part. The study, conducted among 40 households from 4 villages, is intended to ascertain the socio-economic importance of non-woody forest products in the local economy. To achieve the lasting management of this combination of resources, intensifying the present system of barter based on harvesting cannot be envisaged. In fact, it would be liable to cause certain species, particularly the rarest, to disappear. Yet others are still greatly under-utilized on a commercial basis.
Auteurs et affiliations
- Pénelon Alain
- Mendouga Mébenga Luc
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