CAMEROON

Approximately 75% of Cameroon is covered with forest or woodland. The forests and biodiversity of Cameroon constitute a significant portion of the Congo Basin, the worlds second largest ecosystem after the Amazon Basin. Dense rainforest covers 24 million ha (50% of the country), 17 million of which are exploitable for logging.

Cameroons forests have a long history of commercial logging, dating back to the 19th century. In recent years, the area annually opened up for logging has increased significantly as has the number of species harvested. Cameroon is now the leading exporter of tropical timber in Africa. The logging sector is dominated by a small number of foreign companies with the financial and technical capacity to overcome hurdles such as transport difficulties. There is a history of conflict over the ownership and use of forests, often the result of local communities resentment at being denied access to the benefits of forest activities. The current trend towards decentralised management of forests has not, to date, been very successful in resolving conflicts.

However, Cameroon is seen as a frontrunner in establishing forest management plans in Central Africa and was one of the first countries to negotiate a Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) with the EU, signed in May 2010.

Illegal logging has been a persistent problem in Cameroon, though it is recognised that the government has made significant progress in addressing the problem by, for example, clamping down on corrupt officials, suspending the activities of exporters suspected of having timber doubtful origin, reviewing regulations and enforcement procedures, enabling independent monitoring, and participating in a study of forest governance. Cameroon will be one of six central African countries to benefit from a £1 million satellite, funded by the UK, which will track illegal logging and enable governments, NGOs and local communities to prevent the further loss of forests.

For information about the EU FLEGT Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) with Cameroon, see the Cameroon VPA page.

DOCUMENTS

DATE	TITLE	AUTHOR
30/04/2013	Logging in the shadows: how vested interests abuse shadow permits to evade forest sector reforms Systematic abuse of small, poorly regulated logging permits in Africa by companies, forest officials ...	Global Witness
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01/01/2013	Deforestation trends in the Congo Basin: reconciling economic growth and forest protection ...	C. Megevand et al.
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01/10/2012	Annual Report Card 2011 Making the Forest Sector Transparent is a four-year programme supporting civil society groups in forest-rich ...	Global Witness
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01/09/2012	Land Deal Brief: Massive Deforestation Portrayed as Sustainable Investment: The Deceit of Herakles Farms in Cameroon The authors of this report say that, from its very name, American-owned SG Sustainable Oils Cameroon, ...	The Oakland Institute & Greenpeace International
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01/09/2012	Community Forestry in Cameroon: How it Can Contribute More Effectively to FLEGT The basic idea of community forestry (CF) is to grant small-scale logging rights to forest-adjacent communities ...	Tropenbos International
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01/04/2012	Where Next for Governance Reform? This article for ETFRN News explains the Chatham House Illegal Logging Indicators project and examines ...	Sam Lawson, Chatham House (for ETFRN Newsletter no.53)
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10/10/2011	Forest Peoples Programme Newsletter, October 2011 In this newsletter, FPP recounts how conflicts over imposed palm and pulpwood plantations in Riau Province, ...	Forest Peoples Programme
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01/07/2011	Is China Unique? Exploring the behaviour of Chinese and European firms in the Cameroonian logging sector China’s growing presence in Africa’s extractive industries has been the subject of much debate ...	CIFOR (P O Cerutti, S Assembe Mvondo, L German, L Putzel)
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30/05/2011	Congo Basin Program Briefing IDH’s Congo Basin Program has now officially started its activities. The main objective of this ...	Congo Basin Program
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07/02/2011	REDD and Rights In Cameroon: A Review of the Treatment of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities in Policies and Projects. In this report, it is argued that national REDD readiness planning activities in Cameroon, including ...	Forest Peoples Programme
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01/12/2010	Chainsaw Milling: Supplier to Local Markets Chainsaw milling, the on-site conversion of logs into lumber using chainsaws, is supplying a large proportion ...	ETFRN (European Tropical Forest Research Network)
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19/11/2010	The Challenges of Redistributing Forest-Related Monetary Benefits to Local Governments: a Decade of Logging Area Fees in Cameroon The Cameroonian regulatory framework on forest, wildlife and fisheries requires logging companies to ...	CIFOR (Cerutti, P.O.; Lescuyer, G.; Assembe Mvondo, S.; Tacconi, L.)
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01/08/2010	IM-FLEG Cameroon: Progress in Tackling Illegal Logging in Cameroon This REM report is a five-year assessment (2005-2009) of illegal logging and law enforcement by the government ...	REM (Resource Extraction Monitoring)
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15/07/2010	Illegal Logging and Related Trade: Indicators of the Global Response - Country Report Cards This document contains the individual report cards for each country covered in the study. ...	Chatham House (Sam Lawson & Larry MacFaul)
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15/07/2010	Chatham House Illegal Logging Indicators Country Report Card - Cameroon ...	Chatham House (Sam Lawson & Larry MacFaul)
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11/12/2009	Voices from the Congo Basin: Incorporating the Perspectives of Local Stakeholders for Improved REDD Design The scarcity of information on local and indigenous perspectives on Reduced Emissions from Deforestation ...	WRI
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01/09/2009	Statistics 2008 Timber trade statistics from a number of Central and West African countries for 2007-2008. ...	ATIBT (Association Technique Internationale des Bois Tropicaux)
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29/05/2009	Tropical Forest Tenure Assessment: Trends, Challenges and Opportunities The goal of this report is to present and analyse the state of forest tenure in much of the world's ...	Rights and Resources Initiative / International Tropical Timber Organisation
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01/05/2009	Forest Governance Learning Group Update May 2009 This 7th Forest Governance Learning Group Update describes activities and their impacts over the last ...	Forest Governance Learning Group
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01/05/2009	Land Rights and the Forest Peoples of Africa: Historical, Legal and Anthropological Perspectives A series of five country studies, plus a broad overview, examining indigenous peoples' land rights ...	Rights & Resources Initiative (RRI)
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01/05/2009	Tropical Forest Tenure Assessment: Trends, Challenges and Opportunities The goal of this report is to present and analyse the state of forest tenure in much of the world’s ...	Rights & Resources Initiative (RRI) & International Tropical Timber Organisation (ITTO)
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01/06/2008	Forest Governance Learning Group Update June 2008 This Update highlights the impacts and plans of the Forest Governance Learning Group in its country-based ...	IIED
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01/04/2008	Independent Monitoring Cameroon: Progress in tackling illegal logging in Cameroon This annual report by the Independent Monitor of Forest Law Enforcement and Governance in Cameroon covers ...	REM
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10/02/2008	Babong Traditional Council: Statement regarding activities of CAFECO timber corporation Statement by the Babong village council of south-west Cameroon addressed to Mr Ntumbong Linus Tayo, Director ...	Babong Traditional Council
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01/02/2008	Forest Products Trade between China and Africa: An Analysis of Imports and Exports Recent media coverage of China's efforts to secure access to natural resources in Africa suggests ...	Forest Trends (Kerstin Canby, James Hewitt, Luke Bailey, Eugenia Katsigris, Sun Xiufang)
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03/12/2007	Crime and Persuasion General overview of illegal logging, together with case studies from Indonesia, Ghana and Cameroon, showing ...	UK Department for International Development
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28/09/2007	Joint declaration from the EU FLEGT Cameroon VPA negotiations Statement from the FLEGT VPA negotiations in Yaounde, Cameroon. (In French) ...	Cameroon Ministry of Forests and Fauna/ European Commission
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01/09/2007	Forest Governance Learning Group Update September 2007 The latest update report from the Forest Governance Learning Group (FGLG), describing activities over ...	FGLG
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01/07/2007	Documents relating to the Cameroon EU FLEGT Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) A collection of documents relating to the Cameroon EU FLEGT VPA negotiation process. Includes details ...	Government of Cameroon
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01/04/2007	Forest Governance Learning Group Update April 2007 The latest update report from the Forest Governance Learning Group (FGLG), describing activities over ...	FGLG
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01/02/2007	Concessions to poverty: The environmental, social and economic impacts of industrial logging concessions in Africa's rainforests This report addresses the issues surrounding the sustainability and the impacts of the industrial logging ...	Forests Monitor
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01/10/2006	Forestry Research Programme: Research supporting improved forest governance Outlines DFID Forestry Research Programme research projects supporting good governance, a number of which ...	Forestry Research Programme
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25/05/2006	Status of Tropical Forest Management 2005 Is forest management improving in the tropics? This report sets out to answer that question. It provides ...	ITTO
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01/05/2006	The role of development partners in Africa: a forestry perspective on benefits, problems and trends This article seeks to demonstrate how the forest sector could capitalize on emerging trends in official ...	International Forestry Review (Giuseppe Topa)
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01/04/2006	Chain Saw Logging and Milling in Ghana: Background study report This report is an analysis based on review of documented records and focus group meetings to reveal the ...	Forestry Research Programme
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01/03/2006	Justice in the Forest: Rural Livelihoods and Forest Law Enforcement This study was born out of a concern that a narrow focus on law enforcement could unintentionally harm ...	CIFOR (Marcus Colchester)
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01/01/2006	From Chainsaw to Chain store: Regulating Timber Commodity Chains in Cameroon Timber commodity chains link tropical rain forests and producers in Cameroon with markets and consumers ...	University of Cambridge (Wynet Smith)
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01/01/2006	Forests, Illegality, and Livelihoods in Cameroon This paper addresses the state of illegal forest activities (IFAs) in Cameroon, with particular attention ...	CIFOR (Paolo Omar Cerutti and Luca Tacconi)
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01/01/2006	Planned Research: Regional Trade Patterns – West and Central Africa The aim of the study is to identify any potential trade distortions that might arise as a result of the ...	DFID
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01/12/2005	Best Practices for Improving Law Compliance in the Forestry Sector: FAO Forestry Paper 145 This report looks at some of the innovative approaches being used by governments to combat illegal logging. ...	FAO
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01/12/2005	GREENPEACE REPORT - Illegal Logging in Cameroon: How French Government Action is Fuelling Rainforest Destruction Takes a closer look at the Cameroonian logging industry and at France as the largest importer of African ...	Greenpeace
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22/11/2005	Failing the Forests: Europe's Illegal Timber Trade Based on trade data for six key timber-producing regions – the Amazon Basin, the Baltic States, ...	WWF
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01/10/2005	SIM: illegal logging in Cameroon's Forest A Greenpeace Forest Crime Briefing on the alleged large-scale involvement of the Cameroonian based timber ...	Greenpeace
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17/06/2005	Forest Law Enforcement in Cameroon: 3rd Summary Report of the Independent Observer July 2003 – February 2005 In its last progress report on IFM in Cameroon Global Witness concludes that Forest Law Enforcement is ...	Globalwitness
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01/11/2004	Greenpeace Forest Crime Reports: Africa Various Greenpeace reports published on forest crime between November 2004 and March 2000, with a particukar ...	Greenpeace
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01/07/2004	SIGIF Report The first ever analysis of Cameroon's concession database comparing authorised and actual volumes ...	Global Witness
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12/12/2003	IIED Forest Governance Learning Group Summary FGLG is an alliance of independent agencies to exchange learning and develop ideas on forest governance ...	IIED
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01/10/2003	Forest Law Enforcement in Cameroon: 2nd Summary Report of the Independent Observer December 2001 – June 2003 Following the formal establishment of IFM in Cameroon in May 2002, this report commends the Government ...	Globalwitness
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01/06/2003	Legal Origin of Timber as a Step Towards Sustainable Forest Management in Africa Argues that although voluntary partnerships may produce some positive outcomes at the local level, real ...	SGS for the WWF/World Bank Alliance
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01/05/2003	Feasibility of and Best Options for Systems for the Identification, Verification, Licensing/Certification and Tracking of Legality of Timber and Related Products for Imports into the EU This study, carried out as part of the EC FLEGT process, examines relevant experience related to log ...	Environmental Resources Management Ltd
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01/04/2003	Greenpeace 'Chainsaw Criminal' Reports April 2003 Three reports alleging illeagl activities by logging companies CIBEC, Reef and Wijma operating in Ca ...	Greenpeace
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27/11/2002	Evolution of the exploitation of Cameroon's forests: national production, illegal exploitation, perspectives Proposes a simple methodology for assessing the damages and interest resulting from illegal logging, ...	DFID (Philippe Auzel et al)
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01/11/2002	Forest Law Enforcement in Cameroon: 1st Summary Report of the Independent Observer May – November 2001 Based on two scoping missions and a six month inception phase, this report lays the groundwork for long-term ...	Globalwitness
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30/10/2002	Forest Law Assessment in Selected African Countries This report has been produced as one of two major outputs of work commissioned by the World Bank/WWF ...	SGS for the WWF/World Bank Alliance
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01/04/2002	Greenpeace: Reports of alleged illegal activities by timber companies operating in Cameroon Reports profile several companies operating in Cameroon. ...	Greenpeace
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01/04/2002	Chains of Destruction leading from the world's remaining ancient forests to the Japanese market This report reveals the many 'chains of destruction' in which Japan is involved, leading from ...	Greenpeace
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01/03/2002	Greenpeace Report: DLH: a partner in global forest crime Greenpeace looks at the legality of the activities of a number of timber companies supplying the Dutch ...	Greenpeace
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01/01/2002	Partners in Crime: the UK and destruction of the Forest of the Great Apes Nearly two years after the UK Government stated that they would only use wood from 'legal and sustainable' ...	Greenpeace
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01/08/2001	FERN Illegal timber trade statistics Estimates of illegal timber imported by EU member states from Brazil, Cameroon, Indonesia and Malays ...	FERN
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NEWS

DATE	TITLE	AUTHOR
14/05/2013	Cameroon hopes EU timber labelling can protect forests Cameroon’s government has introduced a new timber mark that will appear on all legitimate wood ...	Thomson Reuters Foundation
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30/04/2013	Africa’s logging permit crisis puts EU at risk of laundering illegal timber imports Systematic abuse of small, poorly regulated logging permits in Africa by companies, forest officials ...	Global Witness
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01/04/2013	UNCERD calls on Cameroon to respect international law During its 82nd session, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (UNCERD) examined ...	Fern
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05/03/2013	Illegal Logging: Authorities Impound Over 20 Trucks in Douala More than 20 trucks loaded with illegally exploited species of wood were confiscated in Douala over the ...	Business in Cameroon
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18/02/2013	Cameroon and EU train independent auditors on logging A workshop grouping independent auditors selected to check the legality and ensure the transparency of ...	Business in Cameroon
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30/01/2013	Illegal logging: Logo on wood to trace and track products from Cameroon Authorities want a logotype label affixed on wood products destined for the European Markets from the ...	Business in Cameroon
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31/12/2012	The year in rainforests 2012 was another year of mixed news for the world's tropical forests. This is a look at some of ...	Mongabay.com
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10/12/2012	Civil society raises serious concerns about Cameroon’s draft revised Forest Code Cameroon’s 1994 Forest Code is being reformed and civil society has serious and urgent concerns ...	Forest Peoples Programme
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14/11/2012	Under threat: Deforestation pressure on Congo Basin forests increasing Yaounde - Rainforests in the Congo Basin are being cleared at an alarming rate amid global demand for ...	CIFOR Forests Blog
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14/11/2012	Cutting through: Formalising Cameroon’s huge domestic timber market Yaounde - Shirtless and muscular, his skin flecked with specks of sawdust, 58 year-old Dieudonné ...	CIFOR Forests Blog
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05/09/2012	Palm oil company in Cameroon drops bid for eco-certification of controversial plantation Herakles Farm, a U.S.-based agricultural developer, will no longer seek eco-certification of its 70,000-hectare ...	Mongabay.com
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26/07/2012	Ten Central African countries to take part in UN-backed forest monitoring system Ten Central African countries will take part in a United Nations-backed initiative that will help them ...	UN News Centre
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17/07/2012	Cameroon to protect forests with satellite monitoring Yaounde - Cameroon has joined a Congo Basin initiative that uses satellite imagery to monitor changes ...	Reuters AlertNet
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23/05/2012	Cameroon's forests pressured as leaders welcome palm oil investors Yaoundé, Cameroon – Cameroon is inviting foreign companies to expand lucrative palm plantations, ...	Reuters AlertNet
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05/04/2012	Cameroon: GEF grant to achieve sustainable development for local communities in the Ngoyla-Mintom forest Washington – Today the World Bank Board of Executive Directors approved a US$3.5 million grant ...	The World Bank
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31/03/2012	Congo moves to combat illegal logging in the Congo Basin Brazzaville, Congo - The Congolese government on Thursday launched a project in Brazzaville to combat ...	Afrique en Ligne
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20/03/2012	Scientists sound alarm on massive oil palm development in Cameroon The following is an open letter written by several world-class scientists on the subject of a proposed ...	National Geographic
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07/03/2012	EU-funded study underlines importance of Congo Basin for global climate and biodiversity With its 1.7 billion square kilometres, an area equivalent to 5 times the size of Germany, the Congo ...	Science Codex
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05/03/2012	Cameroon government cracks down on illegal logging Yaounde, Cameroon – The government of Cameroon has intensified a crackdown on illegal loggers in ...	Reuters AlertNet
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20/11/2011	Cameroon: Desertification - gov't steps up reforestation efforts More than 100,000 trees were planted in 2010 in a bid to check the consequences of increasing deforestation. ...	allAfrica.com
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19/09/2011	Cameroon: Investment plans endanger forest reserves Cameroon's dream of building, digging and mining its way out of widespread poverty by 2035 has sparked ...	Africa News
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12/09/2011	A huge oil palm plantation puts African rainforest at risk As global agricultural companies turn to Africa, a U.S. firm is planning a massive oil palm plantation ...	Yale Environment 360
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25/03/2011	Palm oil giants target Africa in 'land grab' following Indonesia deforestation ban Indonesia's move to bring in a two-year moratorium on new palm oil plantations to protect its remaining ...	The Ecologist, UK
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25/01/2011	Wolverhampton University staff tackle illegal logging ...	BBC News
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19/11/2010	Distribution of timber fees to communities in Cameroon compromised by confusion and corruption: providing lessons for global efforts to develop equitable distribution of REDD+ revenues CIFOR study pinpointing problems in Cameroon instructive for plans to distribute forest-based carbon ...	CIFOR
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18/11/2010	Saving trees in the Congo Basin: is REDD a solution or a quagmire? The Congo Basin is rich in forests and poor in cash, which makes it hard to resist offers of easy money ...	Ecosystem Marketplace
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05/08/2010	Protection of environment - forest certification brings fortune to Cameroon Forest Stewardship Council official points to significant reductions in illegal logging and damage to ...	allAfrica.com
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20/07/2010	Troublesome timber The past weeks have brought rare good news for the world’s forests. On July 15th a ...	The Economist, UK
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15/07/2010	Major decline seen in illegal logging Illegal logging in the world's forests has fallen by nearly a quarter since 2002, according to what ...	BBC News
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15/07/2010	Illegal logging has dropped dramatically—or has it? A new analysis suggests that illegal logging has declined 22% worldwide since 2002, thanks to stricter ...	Science
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15/07/2010	China, the timber baron The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme is an initiative to prevent conflict diamonds from being traded; ...	IRIN News
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25/01/2010	Forestry sector needs transparency to reduce risks of REDD A new project aims to increase transparency in the forestry sector, an area long plagued by corruption ...	Mongabay.com
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18/12/2009	Can climate action resuscitate tropical forests? ...	WRI
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29/10/2009	Africa: African governments and outside powers must be accountable On the eve of the climate change summit in Copenhagen this December, momentum for action still falls ...	allAfrica.com
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21/10/2009	Leaps forward in satellite forest monitoring Efforts to tackle deforestation and develop a robust REDD mechanism have received a double boost this ...	Carbon Positive
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16/09/2009	Tracker detects illegal logging Timber tracking software developed in the UK has helped detect illegal logging in Cameroon, the technology ...	TTJ, The Timber Industry Magazine, UK
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23/07/2009	The need to check deforestation in West Africa Achieving long-term development in West Africa requires much more than just exploiting the region's ...	Business Day, Nigeria
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28/05/2009	Indigenous people, forest communities in Africa control less than 2% of forest land Less than 2 percent of Africas tropical forests are under community control, hindering efforts to slow ...	Mongabay.com
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25/05/2009	Slow forest tenure reform threatens Africa's action against climate change A new report released today at a major global forestry conference in Cameroon has found that deforestation ...	Africa Science News Service (Kenya)
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20/05/2009	Responsible forest management in Congo Basin has bright future following latest certification milestone Yaounde, Cameroon - The Congo Basin is now home to over four million hectares (ha) of sustainably managed ...	WWF
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10/05/2009	EU, Congo to protect tropical forest with timber pact The European Union reached an agreement with the Republic of Congo to halt illegal timber imports to ...	Ghana Business News
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03/05/2009	Deforestation and illegal logging exaggerated - situation improving The Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), reports the annual average rate of deforestation fell from ...	World Growth Forestry and Poverty Project News
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10/10/2008	Cameroon: illegal loggers flee gov't crackdown forces Cameroon - Illegal loggers in the forests of Ndoumbie, Ndongo, Ndemba and Guekong in the Lom et Djerem ...	AllAfrica.com
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05/09/2008	Cameroon and Nigeria to protect world's rarest gorilla Cameroon and Nigeria have agreed to protect the the Cross River gorilla, world's most endangered ...	Mongabay.com
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18/08/2008	An interview with Dr. Andrew Mitchell of the Global Canopy Program: Markets could save rainforests Markets may soon value rainforests as living entities rather than for just the commodities produced when ...	Mongabay.com
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31/07/2008	Congo Basin passes 1 million ha milestone in swing to sustainable forestry Yaound, Cameroon - WWF today announced that more than one million hectares of Congo Basin forests have ...	WWF International (Switzerland)
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18/06/2008	Fish and timber in West Africa need more sustainable EU policies say MEPs Fish and timber are natural resources often not managed in a sustainable way in West Africa due to inadequate ...	European Parliament (EU)
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17/06/2008	Spy satellite will monitor illegal logging across six African countries A spy satellite is to be trained on the vast rainforests of central Africa as part of a British project ...	Independent (UK)
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16/06/2008	Cameroon: Gov't Dismisses Allegations of Poor Forest Management The Minister of Forestry and Wildlife, Elvis Ngolle Ngolle has dismissed as false reports by a French ...	AllAfrica.com
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12/06/2008	Cameroon: Illegal Logging, a Rising Concern in East Province Cameroon - Illegal forest exploitation has become an issue of great concern to environment and forestry ...	AllAfrica.com
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26/05/2008	Cameroon: Forest Exploiters Debunk Report on Illegal Logging The president of the Cameroon Forest Exploiters Trade Union, Nkodo Dang, last Friday, dismissed as unfounded ...	AllAfrica.com
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10/03/2008	FLEGT update from the EU Support Team Cameroon, Ghana, Indonesia and Malaysia continue to negotiate Voluntary Partnership Agreements (VPAs), ...	CPET (UK)
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22/02/2008	Cameroonian villagers held following official protest at timber exploitation Cameroon - The small village of Babong around the Ejagham Forest Reserve in the Eyumojock Subdivision, ...	Babong Traditional Council (Cameroon)
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19/02/2008	Cameroon suspends 27 timber firms in clampdown Yaounde, Cameroon - Cameroon has suspended 27 logging firms for failing to justify the origin of the ...	Reuters
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30/01/2008	Interactive forest mapping launched for communities in Cameroon Yaounde, Cameroon - The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), the British High Commission Yaounde and ...	FCO/Helveta (UK)
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24/09/2007	ALPI and Tropical Forest Trust Work Together to Enhance Sustainable Forest Management in Cameroon Modigliana, Italy - ALPI, the largest forest and wood processing company operating in Cameroon, has agreed ...	Tropical Forest Trust (Switzerland)
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15/09/2007	Cameroon and EU agree to investigate illegal logging Sky News reported that Cameroon and the EU will investigate illegal logging in Cameroon, which costs ...	ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report (Japan)
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27/08/2007	Cameroon: Unorthodox Forest Exploitation in Upward Mobility Illegal logging, fraudulent acquisition of licences, non respect of transportation and marketing regulations, ...	AllAfrica.com
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23/08/2007	EU helps Cameroon fight $100 mln/yr illegal logging Yaounde, Cameroon - The European Union and Cameroon have agreed to investigate illegal logging, which ...	Reuters (UK)
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23/08/2007	Cameroon: Illegal Logging - Gov't, E.U. to Create Independent Committee ...	AllAfrica.com
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16/06/2007	China's rise: Hope or doom for Africa? 'A win-win situation' is how the Chinese government describes its economic relations with Africa. ...	Sunday Vision (Uganda)
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10/06/2007	Chinese demand drives global deforestation Ngambe-Tikar, Cameroon - From outside, Cameroon's Ngambe-Tikar forest looks like a compact, tangled ...	Mongabay.com (USA)
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08/06/2007	Loggers threaten a third of rainforests in Congo Basin The rainforests of central Africa are being systematically plundered for their hardwood timber trees, ...	The Independent (UK)
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14/02/2007	Cameroun: Forest Concession Monitoring Project Takes Root The process for the implementation of the Forest concession Monitoring System in Central Africa (FORCOMS) ...	AllAfrica.com
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30/01/2007	Cameroon: German MPs Astonished At Misuse of Forest Resources Cameroon - Two members of the German Parliament - Bundestag - on January 25 called on the Cameroon Government ...	AllAfrica.com
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20/11/2006	Buying Legal Timber For Europe More than 50 leading wood products buyers, suppliers and policy makers met recently to discuss how to ...	Green Building Press (UK)
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06/11/2006	New internet platform challenges the Forest Stewardship Council (Press Release) A new website launched today - www.fsc-watch.org - raises urgent ...	FSC Watch
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23/10/2006	World Bank advises better forest governance Washngton D.C., USA - Preserving the world's rapidly shrinking tropical forests and improving the ...	World Bank (USA)
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16/09/2006	Major Forest Governance Initiative launched (Press Release) Singapore Ministers and senior parliamentarians from the UK, Japan, Indonesia, Cameroon ...	GLOBE
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12/09/2006	Cameroon: Timber Exportation - European Union Sets Conditions Stakeholders work out new criteria for legal exploitation in order to break through the international ...	AllAfrica.com
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19/07/2006	Cameroon: Logging Company Compensates Villagers 5 Years After Cameroon - In its thrust to eliminate illegal logging, World Wide Fund for Nature, WWF, alongside other ...	AllAfrica.com
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14/07/2006	Now available worldwide: CIEarth ' the premier application for forest inventory and community resource mapping Helveta has released its exciting new mapping application ' CIEarth. CIEarth enables interactive ...	Helveta (UK)
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14/07/2006	Safeguarding Cameroon's Rainforest (Radio Transcript) During the last 40 years the rainforest of Africa's Congo Basin has been devastated ...	Living on Earth (USA)
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23/06/2006	Conservation efforts in Congo Basin appear effective A new assessment of Africa's massive Congo Basin rain forest finds that it is less degraded than ...	Voice of America (USA)
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20/06/2006	Timber companies join WWF's responsible forest management network in Congo Yaound, Cameroon ' Three major logging companies have joined WWF's Central Africa Forest & ...	WWF
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11/04/2006	Cameroon "should involve locals" to control logging Governments in Central Africa, trying to protect large tracts of their valuable rainforests, are starting ...	afrol news (Norway)
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24/03/2006	Cameroon: Legal forest biodiversity destruction Industrial logging is one of the main direct causes of forest biodiversity loss. Many organizations and ...	World Rainforest Movement (Uruguay)
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25/12/2005	Cameroon forest faces illegal-logging threat Kribi, Cameroon - Traffic creeps along the coastal road to Douala, backed up behind a truck with five ...	Independent Online (South Africa)
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11/10/2005	Greenpeace boards ship importing rainforest destruction to Italy Press Release: Rome — Today 30 Greenpeace activists boarded a ship carrying rainforest timber at ...	Greenpeace
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11/10/2005	Greenpeace gorillas fight for apes Livorno, Italy - Greenpeace activists dressed up as gorillas boarded a timber transport ship on Tuesday ...	ANSA (Italy)
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29/09/2005	Civil Society Mobilises Against Illegal Forest Exploitation Some 30 Civil Society Organisations, CSOs, have called on government to give them a chance in the fight ...	AllAfrica.com
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26/08/2005	Corruption threatens Cameroon's forests Just more than a decade ago, Cameroon drafted a law that was intended to regulate commercial use of the ...	Ici Cemac (Cameroon)
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18/07/2005	Environment-Cameroon: Corruption Rooted in Logging Industry - NGOs Just over a decade ago, Cameroon drafted a law that was intended to regulate commercial use of the country's ...	AllAfrica.com
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11/07/2005	Illegal logging problems in Cameroon ...	CBBC (UK)
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01/04/2005	New Tool to Help Cameroon Combat Illegal Logging A powerful new tool released recently by World Resources Institute's Global Forest Watch (GFW) will ...	AllAfrica.com
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07/03/2005	WRI, Cameroon Agreement Cuts Down Illegal Logging A landmark partnership formed in 2002 between the government of Cameroon and the World Resources Institute's ...	World Resources Institute (USA)
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13/12/2004	EU Illegal Logging Project Approved An EU grant of 3.5 million euros has been awarded to a partnership of EU and developing country timber ...	Timber Trade Federation (UK)
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24/06/2004	Suspicious Cameroon timber delivered to local police Greenpeace Press Release - Greenpeace activists in the Italian port of Salerno today seized part of a ...	Greenpeace
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23/01/2004	DLH Responds to Accusations on Danish TV The Danish timber and wood products company has hit back at claims they are involved in illegal logging ...	DLH Group (Denmark)
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01/08/2003	Corruption Barred from the Cameroon Forests A 13-man committee has been put in place to fight corruption in the Ministry of Environment and Forestry. ...	AllAfrica.com
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14/06/2003	Police board Greenpeace ship during logging Protest Spanish police detained four Greenpeace members after Greenpeace's ship blocked the ship Honour ...	ananova.com
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15/05/2003	Greenpeace uncovers contentious timber in French port Greenpeace activists uncovered approximately 8000 cubic metres of contentious timber from Liberia, Cameroon ...	Greenpeace
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22/04/2003	Greenpeace claims illegal and destructive logging practices 'the norm' in Cameroon Recent investigations in Cameroon reveal illegal logging has damaged a significant area of tropical rainforest, ...	Greenpeace.org
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PRESENTATIONS

DATE	TITLE	AUTHOR
07/02/2013	Civil society monitoring: a Cameroonian perspective	Rodrigue Ngonzo, FODER
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23/06/2009	TFT update - progress and challenges	Annie Adams, Tropical Forest Trust (TFT)
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23/06/2009	The domestic timber sector in the Congo Basin	Paolo Cerutti, CIFOR
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19/01/2009	Overview of VPA negotiations and their challenges	Philip Mikos, European Commission
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19/01/2009	Cameroon's VPA process	Jean-Claude Ndo Nkoumou
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19/01/2009	Lessons learned in the Cameroon VPA process	Samuel Nguiffo, CED
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18/06/2008	US efforts in Congo Basin Forest Partnership	U.S. Embassy Beijing (C Sherry Hong)
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10/06/2008	Legality and SFM in Cameroon	Paolo Cerutti, CIFOR
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01/11/2007	FLEG in Africa and its potential relevance and its potential relevance for China	IUCN Forest Programme (Guido Broekhoven)
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01/11/2007	China-Africa Forest Product Trade: An overview	Forest Trends (Sun Xiufang)
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10/09/2007	Forest governance, Carbon and Avoided Deforestation: Who Benefits? A view from the Congo Basin	Samuel Nnah Ndobe, Centre for Environment and Development, Cameroon; Cath Long, Rainforest Foundation
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09/07/2007	SM Certification in the Congo Basin region	Interafrican Forest Industries Association (Herv Bourguignon)
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09/07/2007	FLEGT Legality Definition: Cameroon process	DFID/World Bank (Emeran Serge Menang Evouna)
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26/01/2007	China and the global market for forest products: Look at Africa and Russia	Forest Trends (Kerstin Canby)
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25/01/2007	The involvement of REPAR within FLEG	Cameroon National Assembly (Hon. Roland Matta MP)
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20/07/2006	Independent monitoring and FLEGT in Cameroon	REM (Stuart Wilson)
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20/07/2006	FLEGT Cameroon: Fight against poverty and legal security in the forest sector	GTZ (Dr Florent Dirk Thies)
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20/01/2006	Private Sector Update: Wijma and certification in Cameroon	Wijma (Mark Diepstraten)
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20/01/2006	Stakeholders involvement (AFLEG) in VPA Cameroon	Cameroonian Chapter of the Central African Parliamentary Network (Honourable Joseph Roland Matta)
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EVENTS

DATE	TITLE
Thursday 31st May 2012	Governance and REDD+: challenges & success stories from Brazil, Cameroon, and Indonesia Experts from leading civil society organizations in Brazil, Cameroon, and Indonesia will share their ...
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Thursday 25th January 2007	Illegal Logging Update and Stakeholder Consultation Number 9 The ninth in a regular series of meetings coordinated by Chatham House and funded by DFID. The meeting ...
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Tuesday 24th October 2006	First International Conference of Members of Parliament on the Sustainable Management of Central African Forest Ecosystems Attended by more than 400 parliamentarians and issue experts from inter-governmental and non-governmental ...
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Thursday 20th July 2006	Illegal Logging Update and Stakeholder Consultation Number 8 The eighth in a regular series of meetings coordinated by Chatham House and funded by DFID. The meeting ...
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Wednesday 15th February 2006	International Seminar: Responsible Trade of Forest Products Between Spain and Countries in Central Africa The seminar was organised by WWF Spain, with the assistance of the ministers of Congo Republic and Cameroon. ...
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Thursday 19th January 2006	Illegal Logging Update and Stakeholder Consultation Number 7 The seventh in a regular series of meetings coordinated by Chatham House and funded by DFID. The meeting ...
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Tuesday 30th August 2005	Tropical Forest Governance and Trade - Cameroonian and UK Initiatives The meeting aimed to share information about current efforts to combat illegal logging by UK/EU and Congo ...
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Tuesday 17th May 2005	Trade Forums - 'Changing International Markets for Timber: What African Producers can do' The UK Timber Trade Federation (TTF) and Inter-African Forest Industries Association (IFIA) have joined ...
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Monday 6th December 2004	Commission For Africa ' Forest Programme Brainstorm A brainstorming session on illegal logging held in part to feed into the Commission for Africa Report, ...
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LINKS

TITLE	DESCRIPTION	REPORT
AfriTRON: African Tropical Rainforest Observation Network	The African Tropical Rainforest Observation Network (AfriTRON), is an international network of researchers engaged in on-the-ground long-term monitoring of tropical forests. The network pools expertise and data to help answer larger-scale and longer-term questions relating to the ecology and biogeochemistry of African tropical forests. In particular AfriTRON aims to address questions of contemporary importance such as the possible impacts of regional and global environmental changes on tropical forests, and the impacts of changes in the forests themselves on the regional and global environment. This is done through partnerships between scientists across the world, students and local villages who host our field-trips.	Broken link
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Cameroon: Interactive Map	A set of detailed interactive maps showing the forest management plan for Cameroon, each highlighting a different theme of forest use. All maps contain detailed data including logging concessions, protected areas, roads, and settlements.	Broken link
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Congo Basin Forest Partnership	The Congo Basin Forest Partnership (CBFP) is an association of almost 50 governmental and nongovernmental organisations that works to promote sustainable management of Congo Basin forest ecosystems and wildlife, and improve the lives of people living in the region. It was originally agreed at the World Summit on Sustainable Development in September 2002.	Broken link
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Forest Governance Learning Group (FGLG)	Run by IIED, the forest governance learning group works in Africa and Asia to exchange learning and develop ideas on forest governance.	Broken link
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Global Witness	Since establishing the first field-based independent monitoring of forest law enforcement in 1999, Global Witness has acquired considerable experience in providing credible information on the natural resource sector to the public, governments and donors, as well as in IFM project management in Cambodia and Cameroon to date.	Broken link
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Independent Forest Monitoring Cameroon	Independent site devoted to forest monitoring in Cameroon. Hosted by REM and funded by the European Commission (in French with some reports in English).	Broken link
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Resource Extraction Monitoring (REM)	REM monitors the extraction of natural resources, law enforcement and governance through a constructive approach involving governments, the international donor community, the private sector and civil society. REM is the official Independent Monitor of Forest Law Enforcement and Governance in Cameroon. Link here to their Independent Monitoring in Cameroon website (in French).	Broken link
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Timber Trade Action Plan (TTAP)	TTAP is a project funded by the European Union. It is the timber industry response to the FLEGT Action Plan. TTAP offers Europe's importers, traders and their suppliers an opportunity to be at the forefront of efforts to promote legal forestry, and to access premium European markets. TTAP is currently working in Indonesia, Malaysia, Cameroon, Congo Brazzaville and Gabon.	Broken link
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VERIFOR Project	VERIFOR is an ODI-led research project which will work with partner institutions in tropical countries to ensure that timber and forest products are legally harvested. It will help producer nations put in place verification systems with high national and international credibility. Has worked in Cameroon, Ghana, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Nepal, Brazil, Costa Rica and Ecuador.	Broken link
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Video Guide to IFM in Cameroon	The link takes you to a Global Witness web page where you can view a video explaining their role as independent forest monitor in Cameroon.	Broken link
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