From farmers to loggers: The role of shifting cultivation landscapes in timber production in Cameroon

Robiglio Valentina, Lescuyer Guillaume, Cerutti Paolo Omar. 2013. From farmers to loggers: The role of shifting cultivation landscapes in timber production in Cameroon. Small-Scale Forestry, 12 (1) : 67-85.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s11842-012-9205-3

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Quartile : Q3, Sujet : FORESTRY

Résumé : This article focuses on timber sourced from the agricultural areas in the shifting cultivation landscapes of the Central Region of Cameroon. Data about volumes marketed in urban centres, harvesting operations and on-farm timber management are used to discuss the ecological impact of small-scale logging and its sustainability in the long term. An opportunistic association exists between small-scale logging and agricultural land uses, determined mostly by the abundance of valuable species in fallows and on cocoa farms, their easy accessibility and the low price of farmland timber. Farmers apply various strategies to the management of tree resources in fallows and cocoa agroforests, with most felling authorized in fallows and most trees preserved on the cocoa farms. With current agricultural expansion and intensification trends associated with small-scale logging, timber resources on rural land are at risk of depletion with direct consequences for domestic timber supply and the thousands of livelihoods it sustains. Marketing and regulatory changes are needed to encourage the integration of timber production in agricultural management systems.

Mots-clés Agrovoc : forêt, gestion des ressources, ressource forestière, agriculteur

Mots-clés géographiques Agrovoc : Cameroun

Classification Agris : K10 - Production forestière
F08 - Systèmes et modes de culture
P01 - Conservation de la nature et ressources foncières
E16 - Économie de la production

Champ stratégique Cirad : Axe 1 (2005-2013) - Intensification écologique

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