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Cameroon REDD Community Consultations and Civil Society Workshop
Participants in a workshop held on 30 June 2010 in Yaounde have
called for concrete measures to recognise the rights of forest
peoples in all REDD policies and actions. They have challenged
the flawed finance mechanisms of REDD in Cameroon.
7 July 2010 |
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Communiqué
de presse
REDD au Cameroun - Consultation des collectivités et
Atelier de la société civile
7 juillet 2010 |
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Indigenous
peoples' rights in Cameroon
Supplementary report to the African Commission on Human and
Peoples' Rights (ACHPR) in connection with Cameroon's second
periodic report
Submitted by Centre for Environment and Development (CED), Réseau
Recherches Actions Concertées Pygmées (RACOPY)
and Forest Peoples Programme (FPP)
May 2010
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Report
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Annexes
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Les
droits des peuples autochtones au Cameroun
Rapport supplémentaire soumis à la Commission
africaine des droits de l'homme et des peuples
suite au deuxième rapport périodique du Cameroun
Présenté par le Centre pour l'Environnement et
le Développement (CED), le Réseau Recherches Actions
Concertées Pygmées (RACOPY) et Forest Peoples
Programme (FPP)
Mai 2010
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Rapport
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Annexes
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Press
information
Baka forest communities at the Green & Black's Rainforest
Garden, Chelsea Flower Show, London
A group of Baka and Bagyeli women were invited to recreate a
forest dwelling within a rainforest setting at London's Chelsea
Flower Show, and their garden was awarded a Gold Medal. This
press information provides background to the situation of indigenous
peoples in Cameroon, and the threats to their traditional use
of the forest.
May 2010 |
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Cameroun
Observations finales du Comité pour l'élimination
de la discrimination raciale
Examen des rapports présentés par les états
parties conformément à l'article 9 de la convention.
CERD/C/CMR/CO/15-18 (version non éditée)
16 mars 2010 |
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The
situation of indigenous peoples in Cameroon
Supplementary report to UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial
Discrimination (CERD)
submitted by Centre for Environment and Development (CED), Réseau
Recherches Actions Concertées Pygmées (RACOPY)
and Forest Peoples Programme
January 2010 |
Report
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Annexes
pdf
(3.0Mb) |
La
situation des droits des peuples autochtones au Cameroun
Rapport supplémentaire soumis au Comité des Nations
Unies pour l'élimination de la discrimination raciale
soumis par le Centre pour l'Environnement et le Développement
(CED), le Réseau Recherches Actions Concertées
Pygmées (RACOPY) et Forest Peoples Programme
Janvier 2010 |
Rapport
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annexes
pdf (3.0Mb) |
Securing
Indigenous Peoples' Rights in Conservation:
Reviewing and promoting progress in Cameroon
Part of FPP's series on Forest Peoples and Protected Areas
Messe Venant, Okani and Forest Peoples Programme
July 2009 |
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The
influence of historical and contemporary land laws on indigenous
peoples' land rights in Cameroon
Samuel Nguiffo, Pierre Étienne Kenfack and Nadine Mballa
One of five country studies in the series 'Land rights and the
forest peoples of Africa:
Historical, legal and anthropological perspectives'
Published June 2009
(Click on link for the full collection of studies)
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L'incidence
des lois foncières historiques et modernes sur les droits
fonciers des communautés locales et autochtones du Cameroun
Samuel NGUIFFO, Pierre Étienne KENFACK et Nadine MBALLA
Le deuxième rapport d'une série de cinq études
de pays intitulée : "Les droits fonciers et les
peuples des forêts d'Afrique : Perspectives historiques,
juridiques et anthropologiques"
Juin 2009
(Pour voir tous les titres de la série, cliquez sur le
lien) |
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Indigenous
peoples' participation in mapping of traditional forest resources
for sustainable livelihoods and great ape conservation
Report to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
John Nelson and Messe Venant
November 2008 |
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Conservation
and Indigenous Peoples: Assessing the Progress since Durban
Interim report: discussion draft
Launched at the IUCN World Conservation Conference, Barcelona,
this is a review of 8 country studies which indicate that despite
a commitment to respect the rights of indigenous peoples in
protected areas, conservationists have failed to deliver on
this promise.
Forest Peoples Programme
October 2008 |
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Conservación
y Pueblos Indígenas: Evaluando progresos desde Durban
Informe preliminar: borrador para discusión
Una contribución al Congreso Mundial de la Naturaleza de la
UICN
Forest Peoples Programme
Octubre de 2008 |
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The
Indigenous Forest Peoples and Protected Areas in Cameroon
A review of Cameroon's implementation of the CBD Programme of
Work on Protected Areas
Brief report as part of FPP's series on Indigenous Peoples and
Protected Areas
February 2008 |
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Consumers
must stop forest destruction
Demand for wood products is threatening the long-term survival
of Baka communities
Article for BBC News 'The Green Room'
John Nelson
February 2008 |
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to BBC article |
Evidence
of illegal incursions into community land by industrial loggers
in Cameroon
Mapping technology used by Baka clearly identifies plans for
logging on their land
February 2008 |
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New
technology used by indigenous peoples to map traditional lands
and monitor illegal logging given wide coverage on BBC
January 2008 |
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An
Overview of Community Mapping with FPP in Cameroon
Working document
John Nelson
July 2007
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Survol
de la cartographie communautaire avec FPP au Cameroun
Document de travail
John Nelson
Juillet 2007
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Discrimination
against indigenous women in Central Africa
Oral statement by Téa Braun, FPP
to the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR),
at its 41st Session, Ghana
May 2007 |
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A
desk-based review of the treatment of indigenous peoples' and
social issues
in large and medium-sized GEF biodiversity projects (2005-2006)
FPP analysis of 23 GEF projects into its treatment of indigenous
peoples' rights and social issues in the design of its large
conservation projects - in Bangladesh, Cameroon, Democratic
Republic of Congo, Guyana, India, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Suriname
and Venezuela
Compiled by Liam Taylor and Tom Griffiths
February 2007 |
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Protecting
and encouraging customary use of biological resources by the
Baka in the
west of the Dja Biosphere Reserve
Contribution to the implementation of Article 10(c) of the Convention
on Biological Diversity
Belmond Tchoumba and John Nelson
June 2006 |
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Protéger
et encourager l’usage coutumier des ressources biologiques
par les Baka à l’ouest
de la Réserve de biosphère du Dja
Contribution à la mise en oeuvre de l’article 10
(c) de la Convention sur la diversité biologique
Belmond Tchoumba and John Nelson
Juin 2006 |
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Forest
Peoples, Customary Use and State Forests:
the case for reform
Marcus Colchester
Draft paper presented to the 11th Biennial Congress of the
International Association for the Study of Common Property (IASCP)
Bali, Indonesia, 19-23 June 2006 |
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Pueblos
del bosque, utilización consuetudinaria y bosques estatales:
argumentos para una reforma
Marcus Colchester
Junio de 2006 |
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Justice
in the forest
Rural livelihoods and forest law enforcement
Based on a review of the situation in Bolivia, Cameroon, Canada,
Honduras, Indonesia, and Nicaragua, this new report explores
how the newly popular policy of "forest law enforcement" can
be made an opportunity rather than a threat to forest peoples.
CIFOR
March 2006 |
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Has
Wijma complied with FSC certification obligations in Cameroon?
FPP letter to the certification body, EUROCERTIFOR - BVQI, regarding
the rights of Bagyeli communities affected by logging concession
UFA 09-021
28 February 2006 |
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Protecting
and encouraging traditional sustainable use in Cameroon:
Customary use of biological resources by local and indigenous
peoples in Western Dja Reserve, Cameroon
CED and FPP
August 2005
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Central Africa: Great Lakes Region and Cameroon -
Report by Lucy Mulvagh, John Nelson and Dorothy Jackson for
The Indigenous World 2005, IWGIA’s Yearbook, published
May 2005
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Community-based
mapping and research on customary resource management
Newsletter
March 2005 |
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La
cartographie et la recherche sur la gestion coutumière
des ressources basées dans les communautés
bulletin
Mars 2005 |
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The Global Environment Facility in Central Africa
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A desk-based review of the treatment of indigenous peoples'
and social issues in a sample of 14 biodiversity projects
March 2005
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Indigenous
peoples & protected areas in Africa - from principles to practice
The impact of 10 conservation projects on the lives and futures
of indigenous peoples
in 7 African countries, including Cameroon.
Project background and links to all case studies
2001 - 2003
To purchase the book of this project online - click on "look
& buy"
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Les peuples autochtones et les aires
protégées en Afrique : du principe à la pratique
L'impact de 10 projets de conservation sur la vie et sur l'avenir
de peuples autochtones
dans 7 pays d'Afrique, y inclus le Cameroun.
Présentation du projet et lien à chaque étude
de cas
2001 - 2003
Pour acheter en ligne le livre sur ce projet cliquez sur "découvrez
et achetez" |
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Indigenous
peoples and protected areas: From principles to practice -
Community testimony from Cameroon
Video on CD
2003 |
look & buy |
Africa:
Forests Under Threat
Published by WRM
2002 |
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Africa:
bosques en peligro
WRM
2002 |
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A
Survey of Indigenous Land Tenure – in Latin America, Sub-Saharan
Africa and Asia
A report for the Food & Agriculture Organisation (FAO)
December 2001 |
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Sold
down the river -
The need to control transnational forestry
corporations: a European case study
Examination of the EU's role in forest resource management in
Cameroon and other African countries.
Forests Monitor with contributions by FPP
2001 |
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La forêt prise en otage -
La nécessité de contrôler les sociétés
forestières transnationales : une étude européenne
Le rôle de l'UE dans les forêts de Cameroun et d'autres
pays africains
Forests Monitor avec contributions additionnelles du FPP
2001 |
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The
Bitter Fruit of Oil Palm:
Dispossession and Deforestation -
Published by WRM, 2001 |
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El
amargo fruto de la palma aceitera:
Dispojo y deforestación -
WRM, 2001 |
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Securing
indigenous land rights in the Cameroon oil pipeline zone
Report of an FPP project which supported 20 Bagyéli communities
to secure recognition for their land rights as part of their
ongoing struggle to secure proper compensation for the oil pipeline
on their lands
John Nelson
July 2007 |
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Sauvegarder
les droits fonciers autochtones dans la zone de l'oléoduc
au Cameroun
Ce briefing décrit un projet de FPP qui a aidé 20 communautés
bagyéli à obtenir la reconnaissance de leurs droits fonciers
dans le cadre de la lutte qu'ils mènent afin d'obtenir une juste
compensation pour la présence de l'oléoduc sur leurs terres
John Nelson
Juillet 2007 |
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The
Chad-Cameroon Oil & Pipeline Project
A Project Non-completion Report
Although the World Bank has produced its Project Implementation
Completion Report (ICR) signaling the end of its role in the
project, this investigation by three NGOs identifies too many
outstanding environmental, livelihood and compensation problems
for the World Bank to turn its back on.
April 2007 |
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Concerns
over the World Bank's failures in applying Operational Directive
4.20 in Cameroon
FPP letter to the President of the World Bank -
May 2004 |
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Commentaires du réseau RACOPY (Recherche Actions
Concertées Pygmées) sur l'étude commanditée
par la Banque Mondiale en vue de l'établissement de deux
Plans de développement des populations Pygmées
devant s'insérer dans le Programme National de Développement
Participatif et le Programme Sectoriel Forêt Environnement
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novembre 2003 |
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Case
study on the Implementation of the Chad-Cameroon Pipeline
Report on the Bagyeli communities living along the pipeline
route - Southern Cameroon
(as presented at the International Workshop on Indigenous Peoples,
the Extractive Industries and the World Bank, April 2003) |
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de cas camerounais sur la mise en œuvre du pipeline Tchad-Cameroun
Rapport de l'enquête menée auprès des Communautés
Bagyéli le long du tracé du pipeline : partie
Sud du Cameroun (présenté lors de l'Atelier international
sur les peuples autochtones, les industries d'extraction et
la Banque mondiale, avril 2003) |
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Letter
from FPP to the UK Secretary of State for International Development
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12 December 2002 |
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Written
evidence submitted to the House of Commons International Development
Committee - 23 October 2002 |
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Annex
1 - Evidence of Weakened World Bank Standards |
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Annex
2a - Brief Summary of Written Correspondence between FPP and
the UK Government |
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Annex
2b - Summary of Correspondence and Meetings with UK Governmental
Agencies and Representatives |
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Annex
3 - Social and Environmental Predictions and Outcomes of the
Chad-Cameroon Pipeline |
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Report
on a consultation with Bagyeli communities impacted by the Chad-Cameroon
Pipeline Project -
May 2001 |
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Rapport
de l'Enquête sur le Degré d'Implication des Peuples
Autochtones dans le cycle du projet Pipeline Tchad-Cameroun
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mai 2000 |
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