Forest resources and rural livelihoods: the conflict between timber and non-timber forest products in the Congo Basin

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dc.creatorNdoye, O.
dc.creatorTieguhong, J.C.
dc.date2004
dc.date2012-06-04T09:09:05Z
dc.date2012-06-04T09:09:05Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T14:04:29Z
dc.descriptionThe forests of the Congo Basin are exploited by rural communities and timber companies at different scales to meet various conflicting interests. The forest contributes in several ways to rural livelihoods, but the growing importance of timber exploitation poses a threat to this livelihood's fabric and to the conservation of biodiversity. For example 6% of the top 23 timber species exported from cameroon have important non-timber values to local communities. The paper argues that in the process of forest exploitation, a balanced approach is needed to take into account the interests of both rural communities and timber companies. This will require among other things the development and implementation of sustainable forest management plans by timber companies, exclusion from harvesting of timber species that are important to local communities, compensation of timber companies for compliance with management plans, and the involvement of rural communities in monitoring the activities of timber companies.
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/19054
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/73052
dc.languageen
dc.sourceNdoye, O., Tieguhong, J.C. 2004. Forest resources and rural livelihoods: the conflict between timber and non-timber forest products in the Congo Basin . Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research 19 (Supplement no.4) :36-44.
dc.subjectforest resources
dc.subjectbiodiversity
dc.subjectlivelihoods
dc.subjectrural communities
dc.subjectlogging
dc.subjectconcession (land)
dc.subjectnon-timber forest products
dc.subjectforestry policies
dc.subjecttimber
dc.subjectconflicts
dc.titleForest resources and rural livelihoods: the conflict between timber and non-timber forest products in the Congo Basin
dc.typeJournal Article

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