Balancing politics, economics and conservation: the case of the Cameroon forestry law reform

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cg.coverage.countryCameroon
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2CM
cg.coverage.regionMiddle Africa
cg.identifier.urlhttps://www.cifor-icraf.org/knowledge/publication/813en
cg.issn0012-155Xen
cg.journalDevelopment and Changeen
cg.subject.ciforPOLICY AND EXTRASECTORAL ISSUESen
dc.contributor.authorEkoko, F.en
dc.date.accessioned2012-06-04T09:06:18Zen
dc.date.available2012-06-04T09:06:18Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/18299
dc.titleBalancing politics, economics and conservation: the case of the Cameroon forestry law reformen
dcterms.abstractThe formulation of Cameroon's 1994 Forestry Law was influenced by the World Bank, the Government of Cameroon and French politicians, as well as by logging companies and individual Cameroonian politicians. Development objectives, direct material interests and political concerns motivated their actions. However, as the result of a flawed formulation process, conflicting interests and weak government administrative capacity, the law has not been fully implemented and may not be. An analysis of the 1994 Forestry Law suggests that the success of future policies will depend on the willingness of actors to defend their interests, the balance of power at the time, and the ability of the Executive Branch to mediate among the different interests in each case.en
dcterms.bibliographicCitationEkoko, F. 2000. Balancing politics, economics and conservation: the case of the Cameroon forestry law reform . Development and Change 31 (1) :131-154. ISSN: 0012-155X.en
dcterms.issued2000
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.subjectnature conservationen
dcterms.subjectforest lawen
dcterms.subjectchangeen
dcterms.subjectpoliticsen
dcterms.subjecteconomicsen
dcterms.subjectdevelopmenten
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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