This forest reserve, covering an area of 39 728 ha, is located in the Akonolinga District of Cameroon’s Centre and Sud Provinces. It is a medium-altitude semi-deciduous closed forest, containing an abundance of Sterculiaceae.
The National Office for Forest Development is the government department responsible for managing the reserve. The management objectives assigned are those of timber production and improvement in the local population’s standard of living. Management was established in 1993 with the support of ITTO as a pilot scheme to identify a management model for Cameroon. The partners are the forest administration, the local government, a private operator with a subcontract for timber harvesting, and the local inhabitants. The local government helps in surveillance of the reserve and also provides training for the local population. Two types of committee were set up to implement the project: a steering committee (with decision-making authority for the project) and an advisory committee (with responsibility for monitoring the concerns of the local population). All the stakeholders are represented on these committees.
The management inventory has been completed and the management plan has been prepared with the following key elements:
• a 25-year rotation;
• an annual harvest potential of 1 600 ha in terms of area and 50 000 m3 in terms of volume;
• establishment of a zoning plan for the reserve and implementation of a land use plan (production, silviculture and agroforestry series).
The conservation measures adopted are based on the controlled exercise of rights of use, development of a stabilizing agroforestry system supported by the extension of intensive silvicultural methods, and the promotion of creeper removal as a pre-harvest silvicultural activity to reduce damage from logging. Harvesting is also planned and monitored, forest tracks laid out, and minimum harvest diameters established. Agroforestry areas have been demarcated on the ground. With regard to silviculture, post-harvest rehabilitation programmes for degraded zones are planned, and also the enrichment of natural stands.
Nomination proposed by:
Cyrille Laurent Nkie
B.P. 95, Akonolinga, Cameroon
Tel: (+237) 2220393/2214187
Fax: (+237) 2215350
E-mail: [email protected]
Further information available from:
Jean Williams Solo / Dieudonné Nnip Ntep
ONADEF
B.P. 1341, Yaounde, Cameroon
Tel: (+237) 2210393/2214187
Fax: (+237) 2215350
E-mail: [email protected]
This is a State-owned natural closed moist forest with an area of roughly 55 000 ha, located on the coast in Equatorial Guinea’s continental region. It is being harvested by a private company (the Forestry Company of Equatorial Guinea, or SOFOGE), which has long experience in the country. The forest administration is responsible for monitoring and making sure that the provisions contained in the management plan are respected.
The management process was started in 1998 and has the main objectives of sustainable timber production, diversification into new species and conservation of exceptional coastal ecosystems. The management plan is thus based on the definition of three forestry series corresponding to the assigned objectives:
• a concerted management series, which can be described as community-based and multipurpose (habitat, agriculture, land reserve and wood products);
• a conservation series;
• a production series.
The silvicultural approach proposed is that of natural regeneration of okoumé stands. Relations between the logging company and the local population are at present good, and forest harvesting is contributing to economic and social development of the area.
Nomination proposed by:
Andréas Nkisogo Ndong Angue
Projet CUREF
B.P. 207, Bata, Equatorial Guinea
Tel: (+240) 83471/83566/53485
Fax: (+240) 83338
Further information available from:
Jaime Malonga Oko, Crisantos Obama
Ministère des forêts, pêches et environnement
Tel: (+240) 92806/83471
Fax: (+240) 92905
E-mail: [email protected]