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Forestry And Environmental Regulations, Legal Protection And Enforcement Of Community Rights In Cameroon

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  • Marcelin Tonye Mahop

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Current forestry and environmental regulations in Cameroon have provisions addressing community rights and the interests of local communities over plant genetic resources. However, the appropriateness of the legal protection of community rights under existing regulations is questionable. This article assesses the specific issue of the enforceability of community rights in the existing forestry and environmental regulations in Cameroon. These analyses are based on information collected from the literature and interviews carried out in Cameroon from early autumn through late December 2003. Since then, the author has updated data through regular contacts with policy actors and other collaborators in Cameroon. Rural communities, whose rights over forest resources are recognised, for instance, under the community forestry scheme, are still unable to enforce their rights through the normal judicial system in Cameroon. However, there are some opportunities under the existing forestry and environmental regulatory framework for the establishment of workable regulatory options that can improve the enforceability of community rights in Cameroon, it is argued.

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  • Marcelin Tonye Mahop, 2009. "Forestry And Environmental Regulations, Legal Protection And Enforcement Of Community Rights In Cameroon," The IUP Journal of Governance and Public Policy, IUP Publications, vol. 0(1), pages 7-21, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:icf:icfjgp:v:04:y:2009:i:1:p:7-21
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