Forest policy analysis praxis: Modelling the problem of forest loss in Cameroon |
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| Authors: | Richard S Mbatu |
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| Institution: | 1. UPR BSEF, CIRAD, Campus International de Baillarguet, F-34398 Montpellier, France;2. Université de Bangui – Cerphameta, BP 1450 Bangui, Central African Republic;3. Université de Picardie Jules Verne, UR “Ecologie et Dynamique des Systèmes Anthropisés” (EDYSAN, FRE 3498 CNRS), 1 rue des Louvels, F-80037 Amiens, France;4. Ministère des Eaux, Forêts, Chasse et Pêche, avenue du 19 janvier, BP 3314 Bangui, Central African Republic;5. Agro Bio-Tech, Université de Liège, 2, Passage des Déportés, B-5030 Gembloux, Belgium;1. Division of Forest, Nature and Landscape, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, KU Leuven. Celestijnenlaan 200E-2411, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium;2. Laboratory of Development Economics and Environment, Faculty of Economics, Université de Kisangani, BP2012, Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo;3. Division of Geography, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, KU Leuven. Celestijnenlaan 200E-2409, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium;1. IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute Ltd., P.O. Box 53021, SE-400 14 Gothenburg, Sweden;2. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Ecology, P.O. Box 7044, SE-750 07 Uppsala, Sweden;3. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, P.O. Box 7050, SE-750 07 Uppsala, Sweden;1. Institute of Environmental Sciences, University of Quebec at Montreal (UQAM), Case postale 8888, succ Centre-Ville, Montréal, QC H3C 3P8, Canada;2. Department of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Concordia University, 1515 St Catherine West, Montreal, QC H3G 2W1, Canada |
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| Abstract: | This study employs survey and ground truthing methodologies for determining individuals' concerns for forest loss and its environmental impacts in Cameroon. The aim of this practical modelling exercise is to acquire information from people experiencing actual conditions of forest loss on the ground. The information acquired through the modelling exercise is used to conceptualise people's concerns about the problem of forest loss in Cameroon. These concerns are aggregated into groups and qualitative public policy analysis methods (Benefit/Cost Analysis, Cost Effectiveness Analysis, and Multi-Goal Analysis) are used to facilitate the identification of goals, constraints and objectives. Based on identified goals, constrains and objectives, seven policy options are proposed to mitigate the problem of forest loss in Cameroon. The analysis in this study show that market failure, policy failure, institutional weakness, debt crises, and population growth are issues that intricately work together to produce the negative outcome that is being witnessed in the forest sector of Cameroon. |
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